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ER 319
Canon 19 of the First Council of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 561) forbids presbyters to consecrate chrism, churches, and altars.
7. [...] Proposita sunt igitur capitula et relecta, quae continent haec:
 
[...]
 
XIX. De benedictione chrismatis.
 
Item placuit ut si quis presbyter post hoc interdictum ausus fuerit chrisma benedicere aut ecclesiam aut altarium consecrare a suo officio deponatur; nam et antiqui hoc canones vetuerunt.
 
(ed. Barlowe 1950: 114)
7. [...] The chapters are proposed and read that contain the following:
 
[...]
 
XIX. On the benediction of chrism
 
It pleased us that if a presbyter after this prohibition dares to consecrate chrism, or a church or altar, he shall be deposed from his office, because this is also forbidden by the ancient canons.
 
(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:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
    Usurping episcopal power
      Ritual activity - Blessing of oil
        Public law - Ecclesiastical
          Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
            Administration of justice - Demotion
              Ritual activity - Dedication of churches and altars
                Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER319, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=319
                Record by: Marta Szada
                last edited: 2017-09-22 10:55:47
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