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Canon 31 of the Third Council of Orléans (Gaul, AD 538) decrees that those who work on Sunday should be punished by the priest and not the lay authority.
Canon 31
 
This canon concerns the proper observation of the Lord's day, i.e. Sunday. Although some argue that on this day Christians should not travel, prepare meals, or decorate houses, the synodal fathers consider all this to belonging to the Jewish tradition and do not prohibit any of these activities. Christians should avoid, however, manual labour in the countryside, thanks to which it will be easier for them to go to church.
 
Quod si inuentus fuerit quis in operibus supra scriptis, quae interdicta sunt, exercere, qualiter emundari debeat, non in laici districtione, sed in sacerdotis castigatione consistat.
 
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 125)
Canon 31
  
This canon concerns the proper observation of the Lord's day, i.e. Sunday. Although some argue that on this day Christians should not travel, prepare meals, or decorate houses, the synodal fathers consider all this to belonging to the Jewish tradition and do not prohibit any of these activities. Christians should avoid, however, manual labour in the countryside, thanks to which it will be easier for them to go to church.
 
If someone is found engaging in the activities mentioned above that are prohibited, it should be left to the decision of the priest, and not to a lay judgement, in what way he should amend for his offence.
 
(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 - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς
    Ritual activity - Eucharist
      Ritual activity - Reconciliation/Administering penance
        Ritual activity - Celebrating feasts
          Public law - Ecclesiastical
            Relation with - Secular authority
              Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1328, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1328
              Record by: Jerzy Szafranowski
              last edited: 2019-03-06 21:48:52
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