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

[...]

XXI. De collatione fidelium.

Item placuit ut si quid ex collatione fidelium aut per festivitates martyrum aut per commemorationes defunctorum offertur, apud unum clericorum fideliter colligatur, et constituto tempore aut semel aut bis in anno inter omnes clericos dividatur. Nam non modica ex ipsa inaequalitate discordia generatur, si unusquisque in sua septimana quod oblatum fuerit sibi defendat.

(ed. Barlowe 1950: 114)

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

[...]

XXI. On the offerings of the faithful

It pleased us that if something is given by the faithful during collections at the feasts of martyrs or commemorations of the dead, it shall be gathered faithfully by one cleric, and at a fixed time, once or twice a year, it shall be divided between all clerics. A great discord grows at the inequality when of someone keeping what was offered during his week of service [in sua septimana].

(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 - Clericus

Ritual activity - Celebrating feasts

Ecclesiastical administration - Administering Church property

Economic status and activity - Gift

Conflict

Ritual activity - Praying for the dead

Economic status and activity

Devotion - Donations and offerings

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER320, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=320