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Canon 30

Vt clericus a diaconatum insupra pecuniam non commodit ad usuras nec de praestitis beneficiis quidquam amplius, quam datur, speret neue in exercendis neguciis, ut publici, qui ad populi responsum negutiaturis obseruant, turpis lucri cupiditate uersetur aut sub alieno nomine interdicta negutia audeat exerciri. Quod siquis aduersum statuta uenire praesumserit, cummunione concessa ab ordine regradetur.

(ed. de Clercq 1963: 125)

Canon 30

That a cleric from a deacon upwards should not borrow money at interest (usura) nor expect the amount of money given to him to be higher than those, he himself has granted, nor engage in trade activities, tempted by indecent profit as public officials who watch merchants at the market (populi responsum), nor dare to participate in illegal transactions under different name. If someone dares to do anything against these statutes, he will be stripped of his rank, along with the right to receive communion.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Orléans

About the source:

Title: The Third Council of Orléans, Concilium Aurelianense III anno 538
Origin: Orléans (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

This council convened on 7 May 538 in Orléans gathered five metropolitans, fourteen other bishops, and seven presbyters representing their bishops. They all came from the kingdoms of Childebert I or Theuderic I. No bishop from the kingdom of Clothar I participated. Apart from the Council of Agde (AD 506), this is the only one from this period that gathered a metropolitan bishop from every region represented in the synod by a bishop or a presbyter. The council was presided by metropolitan bishop of Lyon, all of whose suffragans were present. Similarly, all bishops from the metropolitan province of Rouen attended the synod.

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:

Described by a title - Clericus

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Economic status and activity - Buying & selling

Economic status and activity - Loans

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Demotion

Livelihood/income

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and deacons

Private law - Ecclesiastical

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