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Canon 7 of the First Council of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 561) orders to divide the ecclesiastical property into three parts, one for the bishop, one for other clerics, and one for restoration of the church, or for the lights. The latter part shall be administered by the archpresbyter or archdeacon.
7. [...] Proposita sunt igitur capitula et relecta, quae continent haec:
 
[...]
 
VII. De rebus ecclesiae.
 
Item placuit ut ex rebus ecclesiasticis tres aequae fiant portiones, id est, una episcopi, alia clericorum, tertia in recuperationem vel in luminaria ecclesiae, de qua parte sive archipresbyter sive archidiaconus illam administrans episcopo faciat rationem.
 
(ed. Barlowe 1950: 111-112)
7. [...] The chapters are proposed and read that contain the follwing:
 
[...]
 
VII. On ecclesiastical property.
 
It pleased us that ecclesiastical property should be divided into three parts, that is, one for the bishop, the other for the rest  of the clerics, and  the third for restorations or for the lights in the church. The latter part shall be administered by the archpresbyter or archdeacon who will give an account to the bishop.
 
(trans. by M. Szada)

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

Categories:

Functions within the Church - Archpresbyter
    Ecclesiastical administration - Administering Church property
      Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER304, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=304
      Record by: Marta Szada
      last edited: 2017-09-22 10:41:53
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