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According to Pope Celestine priests should not distinguish themselves by their clothes. Letter 4 of Pope Celestine I, "Cuperemus quidem", Rome, AD 428.
Letter 4
 
I,2. Celestine claims that priests should distinguish themselves from lay people by their customs, and not their clothes.
 
(ed. Coustant 1846: 430-431; summary by S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

The letter was addressed to the bishops of the provinces of Vienne and Narbonne in Southern Gaul. The admonition of the pope was directed generally towards the bishops, especially those who had been monks before, and maintained the monastic cloaks and ceintures after episcopal ordination.

Place of event:

Region
  • Rome
  • Gaul

About the source:

Author: Celestine I
Title: Letters, Epistulae
Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Celestine I was the bishop of Rome between AD 422 and 432.
Edition:
P. Coustant ed., S. Coelestini I Papae Epistolae et Decreta, Patrologia Latina 50, Paris 1846, 417-558.
 

Categories:

Food/Clothes/Housing - Clothes
    Monastic or common life
      Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1792, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1792
      Record by: Stanisław Adamiak
      last edited: 2018-02-01 18:17:50
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