Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 331
Canon 6 of the Second Council of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572) forbids the building of private oratories in order to profit from the offerings of the faithful.
VI. Ut qui oratorium pro quaestu suo in terra propria fecerit non consecretur.
 
Placuit ut si quis basilicam non pro devotione fidei sed pro quaestu cupiditatis aedificat, ut quidquid ibidem oblatione populi colligitur medium cum clericis dividat, eo quod basilicam in terra sua ipse condiderit, quod in aliquibus locis usque modo dicitur fieri. Hoc ergo de cetero observari debet, ut nullus episcoporum tam abominabili voto consentiat, ut basilicam quae non pro sanctorum patrocinio, sed magis sub tributaria condicione est tributa, audeat consecrare.
 
(ed. Barlowe 1950: 120-121)
Canon 6
 
That an oratory built on one's private land for one's own profit shall not be consecrated.
 
It is said that in some places churches are built not because of devotion of faith, but because of greed for profits - that the person on whose land the church was founded divides between himself and clerics the offerings made there by the people. Hence, it shall be observed that no bishop consent with such abominable vow and dare to consecrate a church founded not for the patronage of saints but as a source of income.
 
(trans. by M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region
  • Iberian Peninsula
City
  • Braga

About the source:

Title: Second Council of Braga 572, Concilium Bracarense a. 572, II Concilium Bracarense, Concilium Bracarense secundum
Origin: Braga (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The Second Council of Braga was held in AD 572, eight years after the first. Presiding over the council was the metropolitan bishop of Braga, Martin, but also another metropolitan bishop was present - Nitigisius of Lugo. The province of Galicia had been divided in two regions (six dioceses in the each new province) some time before the second council. The Second Council was held under the auspices of the Suevic king, Miro (Barlowe 1950: 82-83).
 
It has been suggested that Martin of Braga wrote the minutes of 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 secundum, in C. Barlowe ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950
Bibliography:
C. Barlowe ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950

Categories:

Described by a title - Clericus
    Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
      Ritual activity
        Livelihood/income
          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, ER331, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=331