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7. [...] Proposita sunt igitur capitula et relecta, quae continent haec:

[...]

III. De salutatione Dominus vobiscum.

Item placuit ut non aliter episcopi et aliter presbyteri populum sed uno modo salutent, dicentes: Dominus sit vobiscum, sicut in libro legitur Ruth (Ruth 2: 4), et ut respondeatur a populo: Et cum spiritu tuo, sicut et ab istis apostolis traditum omnis retinet Oriens, et non sicut Priscilliana pravitas permutavit.

(ed. Barlowe 1950: 111)

7. [...] The chapters are proposed and read that contain the following:

[...]

III. On the greeting Dominus vobiscum.

It pleased us that bishops and presbyters should salute people in the same way with the phrase Lord be with you, like it is said in the Book of Ruth (Ruth 2:4), and the people should respond: And with your spirit. It was transmitted in that form from the Apostles themselves and is practised in the whole East, and only the Priscillian perversity has changed it.

(trans. by M. Szada)

Discussion:

The canon does not specify how the allegedly Priscillianist custom distinguished the presbyterial and episcopal liturgical greetings. The mention of the Eastern practice seems erroneous, because the Eastern liturgies (except those of Egypt) generally adopted the greeting "Peace to all" (εἰρήνη πᾶσι) since the 4th century. The restrictive Spanish custom did not prevail in the West where the rule established that the bishop uses Pax vobis in his first greeting of the people, and only on those days when the Gloria is sung during the mass. See Fortescue 1950: 252-253, Jungmann 1951: 364.

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Braga

About the source:

Title: First Council of Braga, Concilium Bracarense a. 561, Concilium Bracarense primum
Origin: Braga (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The First Council of Braga was summoned by bishop Lucretius of Braga under the auspices of the king of Galicia Ariamir for the 1st of May 561. It was the first council of the Galician Church after the conversion of the Suevi to Catholicism. Apart from Lucretius and Martin of Dumio, mentioned in the third place, we can identify the sees of only two other bishops, Andreas of Iria and Lucetius of Coimbra, because they were present at the Second Council of Braga in 572.

It has been suggested that Martin of Braga wrote the minutes of the both councils. There are no conclusive arguments, but some linguistic evidence in favour of Martin`s authorship was presented by the editor, C. Barlowe (1950: 83).

Edition:

Edition:

Concilium Bracarense primum, in C. Barlowe ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950, 105-115

Bibliography:

A. Fortescue, The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy, London 1917.

J.A. Jungmann, The mass of the Roman rite: its origins and development: (Missarum Sollemnia), trans. F. Brunner, New York 1951 (English translation of J.A. Jungmann, Missarum sollemnia : eine genetische Erklärung der römischen Messe, Wien 1949).

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Ritual activity - Presiding at prayer

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops

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