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Canon 68 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) considers it a fault of the bishop or presbyter in charge of the parish if widows or nuns have illicit contacts with clerics because their livelihood was sufficiently provided for.
68 (CII). De familiaritate clericorum iuuenum.
 
Ad reatum episcopi pertinet uel presbyteri qui parrociae praeest si, sustentendae uitae praesentis causa, adulescentiores uiduae uel sanctimoniales clericorum familiaritatibus subiciantur.
 
(ed. Munier 1963: 177, 187)
68 (CII). On the familiarity of young women with clerics.
 
It is the fault of the bishop or presbyter who is in charge of the parish if younger widows or nuns, in order to sustain life, expose themselves to familiarity with clerics.
 
(trans. J. Szafranowski)

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:

Sexual life - Extramarital
    Functions within the Church - Parish presbyter
      Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
        Ecclesiastical administration - Administering Church property
          Public law - Ecclesiastical
            Relation with - Monk/Nun
              Relation with - Woman
                Pastoral activity - Helping the poor and needy
                  Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1207, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1207
                  Record by: Jerzy Szafranowski
                  last edited: 2018-04-08 15:29:32
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