Canon 20 of the Council of Clichy (Gaul, AD 626/627) decrees that clerics cannot visit the forum or present cases at court unless permitted to do so by their bishop.
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Canon 20
Clerici cuiuslibet ordinis neque pro propriis neque pro ecclesiasticis causis aliter adire non debeant in foro nec causas dicere audeant, nisi quas cum permisso et consilio episcopi eis fuerit omnino permissum.
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 295)
Canon 20
Clerics of whatever rank should not visit the forum in their own or ecclesiastical business; neither should they dare to present cases [to court], unless they were completely permitted acting under the permission and suggestion of their bishop.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Clichy
About the source:
Title: Council of Clichy, Concilium Clippiacense anno 626/627 Origin: Clichy (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The Council of Clichy was convoked by King Chlotar II on the 27th of September. It is quite problematic to establish the exact year of the council. The acts mention that the bishops gathered in the 43rd year of Chlotar`s rule, but since Chlotar became king either in the end of September or the beginning of October, this could mean either 626 or 627. The synod in Clichy was much smaller in scale than the Fifth Council of Paris called by Chlotar some twelve years earlier. Forty bishops attended the council, and two more sent their representatives, which were one abbot and one deacon.
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
Attributes of clerical status
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Public functions and offices after ordination - Public trustee/Mediator
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1607, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1607
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