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Chapter 23

Ut si quis susceperit ecclesiae propriae desertorem et in aliquam provexerit dignitatem, utique sententiae subiaceant, quam canones affixerunt.

(ed. Thiel 1868: 361; the full text of the chapter on the page 375)

Chapter 23

That if anyone has received a deserter from his own church and promoted him into any rank, both should be subjected to the sentence which the canons have fixed.

(trans. Neil - Allen 2014: 144)

Discussion:

Letter 14 of Pope Gelasius, written on 11 March 494, was addressed to the bishops of Lucania and Bruttium (i.e. nowadays Calabria) and Sicily. They were under Gelasius' direct metropolitan jurisdiction. The long letter is a "decretal" and contains mainly various norms regulating the rights and obligation of clergy.

Place of event:

Region

Rome
Italy south of Rome and Sicily

City

Rome

About the source:

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

Gelasius I was the bishop of Rome between AD 492 and 496.

Edition:

Thiel A. ed., Epistulae Romanorum pontificum genuinae et quae ad eos scriptae sunt a S. Hilario usque ad Pelagium II, 1, Braunsberg 1868, 287-510.

Translation:

B. Neil, P. Allen edd., The Letters of Gelasius I (492-496): Pastor and Micro-Manager of the Church of Rome, Turnhout 2014.

Bibliography:

B. Neil, P. Allen edd., The Letters of Gelasius I (492-496): Pastor and Micro-Manager of the Church of Rome, Turnhout 2014.

Categories:

Ecclesiastical transfer

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

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