Canon 1 of the Council of Carpentras (Gaul, AD 527) orders bishops to respect parish property and not to appropriate all of the resources intended for the sustenance of the clergy.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
This lengthy canon describes the abuse of parish property and offerings by bishops. Bishops are ordered to leave at least enough for clergy to sustain themselves and not to take anything from the "small property or benefice" (facultatula vel ministerium) of the cleric in place.
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 48; summarised by J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Carpentras
About the source:
Title: Council of Carpentras, Concilium Carpentoratense Origin: Carpentras (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
This council convened on 6 June 527 in Carpentras to deal with the case of Bishop Agricius (vel Agroetius) who was accused of invalid ordination of a presbyter. Agricius, however, did not appear at the synod nor did he send his representative. In his absence, the council, presided by Caesarius of Arles, passed one canon and wrote a letter to Agricius. Both documents were subscribed by sixteen bishops.
Edition:
C. de Clercq ed., Concilia Galliae a. 511-a. 695, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148 A, Turnhout 1963.
Translation:
J. Gaudemet, B. Basdevant, Les canons des conciles mérovingiens VIe-VIIe siècles, Sources chrétiennes 353, Paris 1989.
Categories:
Functions within the Church - Parish presbyter
Described by a title - Clericus
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Economic status and activity - Ownership or possession of land
Conflict
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Livelihood/income
Economic status and activity - Taxes and services
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1252, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1252
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