Canon 16 of the Second Council of Orléans (Gaul, AD 533) forbids to ordain to the presbyterate someone who is illiterate and does not know the rite of baptism.
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Canon 16
Presbyter uel diaconus sine literis uel si baptizandi ordinem nesciret nullatenus ordinetur.
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 101)
Canon 16
No one should be ordained a presbyter or a deacon if he is illiterate and does not know the rite of baptism.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Orléans
About the source:
Title: The Second Council of Orléans, Concilium Aurelianense II anno 533 Origin: Orléans (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
This council convened on the 23rd of June of 533 in Orléans under the auspices of three kings, sons of the late Clovis I: Theuderic I of Metz, Childebert I of Paris, and Clothar I of Soissons. The city of Orléans had probably been chosen due to its at least partial neutrality as it belonged originally to the fourth son of Clovis I, Chlodomer I, who died in 524, and whose kingdom was annexed by Clothar I. The council gathered five metropolitans, twenty-one other bishops, and five presbyters representing their 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:
Education - Insufficient education
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Ritual activity - Baptism and instructing catechumens
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Impediments or requisits for the office
Equal prerogatives of presbyters and deacons
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1267, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1267
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