Canon 3 of the Council of Nîmes (Gaul, AD 394/396) forbids bishops to admit to communion clerics, or laymen sentenced by their own bishops.
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Canon 3
III. Illud aetiam repetiri secundum canonem placuit, ut nullus episcopus siue clericum siue laicum, a suo episcopo iudicatum, in communionem admittat inlicitam.
(ed. Munier 1963: 50)
Canon 3
III. We decided to repeat the canon that no bishop can admit a cleric or a layman sentenced by his or her own bishop to illicit communion.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Nîmes
About the source:
Title: Council of Nîmes 394/396, Concilium Nemausense anno 394/396 Origin: Nîmes (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The Council of Nîmes was held during the consulship of Arcadius and Honorius. They were consuls in 394, 396, and 402. Since Sulpicius Severus notes in his Dialogues (II.13.8) that Martin of Tours did not attend this synod but was interested in its aftermath, and Martin died in 397, the third date should be dismissed. Hence, the Council of Nîmes gathered either in 394 or 396.
Edition:
Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.
Translation:
J. Gaudemet, Conciles gaulois du IVe siècle, Sources chrétiennes 241, Paris 1977
Categories:
Travel and change of residence
Described by a title - Clericus
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema
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J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER369, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=369
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