Canon 2 of the First Council of Arles (Gaul, AD 314) forbids ministers to leave the places in which they were ordained.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Canon 2
De his qui in quibuscumque locis ordinati fuerint ministri: In ipsis locis perseuerent.
(ed. Munier 1963: 9)
Canon 2
On those who were ordained ministers [of the Church] wherever that was: In these places they should stay.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Discussion:
The same canon appears also at the list of the nine canons added to the letter to Pope Silvester (Epistula ad Silvestrum) sent by the synodal fathers. See Munier 1963: 5.
One of the oldest canons that forbid ecclesiastical transfer.
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Arles
About the source:
Title: The First Council of Arles, Concilium Arelatense I anno 314, Canones ad Silvestrum Papam Origin: Arles (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The First Council of Arles gathered in 314 under the auspices of Constantine the Great to solve the controversy between Bishop Caecilian of Carthage and the emerging Donatist movement. The Donatists, dissatisfied with the ruling of the Council of Rome in 313, implored Constantine to summon a new council. The First Council of Arles, however, also condemned the Donatists.
Edition:
Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.
Categories:
Travel and change of residence
Ecclesiastical transfer
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Described by a title - Minister/λειτουργός/ὑπηρέτης
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER164, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=164
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