Canon 56 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) grants presbyters visiting the churches of another diocese the right to be received according to their rank, to deliver a sermon, and to celebrate the Eucharist.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
56 (XXXIII). Episcopus aut presbiter si ecclesiam alterius uenerit uisitandam.
Episcopus uel presbyter, si causa uisitandae ecclesiae, alterius episcopi ad ecclesiam ueniant, in gradu suo suscipiantur et tam ad uerbum faciendum quam ad oblationem consecrandam inuitentur.
(ed. Munier 1963: 175, 187)
56 (XXXIII). If a bishop or a presbyter comes to visit another church.
If a bishop or a presbyter were to come to a church of another bishop on the occasion of visiting this church, they should be received according to their rank and invited both to deliver a sermon and to celebrate the Eucharist (oblationem consecrandam).
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Discussion:
This canon refers most probably to the situation when a bishop or a presbyter was visiting another diocese casually and not as a ecclesiastical official investigating some irregularities in a particular Church.
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Marseille
About the source:
Title: The Ancient Statutes of the Church, Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua Origin: Marseille (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
This corpus of canons was published by earlier editors (Labbe-Cossart, Hardouin, Mansi) as the acts of the supposed IV Council of Carthage (AD 398). It is, however, of a clearly Gallic, and not African, character; some scholars attributed it to Caesarius of Arles. It seems that these canons originated from multiple synods, above all Gallic ones. Since canons of the council of Vaison (AD 442) are quoted and the canons of the council of Agde (AD 506) are not, the original compilation known now as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua must have been prepared at some time in the period flanked by these two synods. Munier suggested that the text was compiled by Gennadius of Marseille, in ca 475 (Munier 1960). The version of the text from the Collectio Hispana was the one most widely used in the Middle Ages.
The titles of the canons are taken from the Codex Parisiensis Lat. 3846, fol. 136. Numbers in brackets in Latin numerals indicate the position of the canon in the Collectio Hispana.
Edition:
Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.
Bibliography:
Ch. Munier, Les Statuta ecclesiae antiqua, Paris 1960.
Categories:
Travel and change of residence
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Ritual activity - Eucharist
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical administration
Pastoral activity - Preaching
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1201, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1201
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