The Presbyters Project

Letter 15

The long list of the bishops present at the council ends with the following words:

.... residentibus etiam universis presbyteris ...

Those who take non-virgins as wives or take second wives cannot be ordained.

3. Ab universis episcopis et presbyteris acclamatum est: "Exaudi Christe, Hilaro vita!" etc.

There follows the list of acclamations. It appears also in paragraph 10.

(ed. Thiel 1868: 162)

Letter 15

The long list of the bishops present at the council ends with the following words:

... in the presence of all presbyters ...

Those who take non-virgins as wives or take second wives cannot be ordained.

3. All the bishops and presbyters cried out: "Christ, hear us! Long live Hilarius!", etc.

There follows the list of acclamations. It appears also in paragraph 10.

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Place of event:

Region

Rome

City

Rome

About the source:

Author: Hilarius
Title: Epistulae, Letters
Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Hilarius was the bishop of Rome between AD 461 and 468.

Edition:

Thiel A. ed., Epistulae Romanorum pontificum genuinae et quae ad eos scriptae sunt a S. Hilario usque ad Pelagium II, 1, Braunsberg 1868, 127-170.

Categories:

Family life - Marriage

Family life - Permanent relationship before ordination

Family life - Permanent relationship continued after ordination

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Impediments or requisits for the office - Marriage

Ecclesiastical administration - Participation in councils and ecclesiastical courts

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1869, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1869