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Discussion:

The canon in question repeats Canon 2 of Nicea, Canon 14 of Sardica and Canon 3 of Laodicea. It follows the norm of 1 Timothy 3:6. It would be interesting to know whether Ferrandus put in this norm only in order to be consistent in repeating all the norms regarding clerics, or whether such a situation would be still possible in Africa in the sixth century.

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa
East
Danubian provinces and Illyricum

City

Carthage
Nicaea
Laodicea
Sardica

About the source:

Author: Ferrandus of Carthage
Title: Breviary of Ferrandus, Breviatio Canonum
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Ferrandus was a deacon of Carthage; he died before 546. His "Breviary" is the first systematic collection of canons produced in Africa. It contains the titles (not the entire text) of 232 canons of different councils (not only from Africa), treating mainly the duties of various clerical offices (1-144), ecclesiastical delicts (145-198), and liturgical norms (199-232).

Edition:

C. Munier ed., Concilia Africae a. 345-a. 525, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 149, Turnhoult 1974, 284-311.

Categories:

Non-Christian Origin - Pagan

Non-Christian Origin - Jewish

Impediments or requisits for the office

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER327, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=327