Canon 69 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) obliges priests to refuse offerings from those who oppress the poor.
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69 (XCIV). De eos qui pauperes oppremunt oblata non recipienda.
Eorum, qui pauperes opprimunt, donaria sacerdotibus refutanda.
(ed. Munier 1963: 177, 187)
69 (XCIV). That the offerings made by those who oppress the poor should not be received.
Priests should refuse donations from those who oppress the poor.
(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:
Described by a title - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
Devotion - Donations and offerings
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, ER1208, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1208
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