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Canon 32

De missis nullus laicorum ante discedat, quam dominica dicatur oratio, et, si episcopus praesens fuerit, eius benedictio exspectetur. Sacrificia uero matutina missarum siue uespertina ne quis cum armis pertenentibus ad bellorum usum expectit. Quod si fecerit, in sacerdotis potestate consistat, qualiter eius districtione debeat castigari.

(ed. de Clercq 1963: 125-126)

Canon 32

No laymen should depart from the Mass before the Lord's prayer has been said, and, if a bishop is present, his benediction has been given. No one can attend morning or evening Mass with weapons ready for the use in war. If someone does it, is up to the priest, [to decide] how he should amend.

(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

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1329, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1329