Canon 21 of the Council of Clichy (Gaul, AD 626/627) decrees that only a cleric can be ordained an archpresbyter in a parish.
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Canon 21
Vt in parrociis nullus laicorum archipresbyter preponatur, sed, qui senior in ipsa parrocia esse debet, clericus ordinetur.
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 295)
Canon 21
In parishes, no layman can be appointed an archpresbyter, but if the noble (senior) from this parish wishes [a new archpresbyter], a cleric may be ordained.
(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:
Former ecclesiastical career - Unspecified clerical grade
Functions within the Church - Archpresbyter
Functions within the Church - Parish presbyter
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Relation with - Secular authority
Relation with - Noble
Reasons for ordination - Patronage
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1608, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1608
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