Bishops who were ordained without passing through lower grades should be considered usurpers. Letter 4 of Pope Celestine I, "Cuperemus quidem", Rome, AD 428.
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Letter 4
Bishops who were ordained without passing through lower grades should be considered usurpers.
(ed. Coustant 1846: 433; summary by S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
The letter was addressed to the bishops of the provinces of Vienne and Narbonne in Southern Gaul.
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:
Further ecclesiastical career - Bishop
Impediments or requisits for the office - Ecclesiastical career
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S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1800, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1800
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