Canon 6 of the Council of Nîmes (Gaul, AD 394/396) forbids clerics to make journeys without letters of recommendation signed by their bishops.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Canon 6
VI. Ministrorum autem quicumque peregrina quibuscumque necessitatibus petunt, ab episcopis tantum apostolia suscribantur.
(ed. Munier 1963: 51)
Canon 6
VI. The ministers [of the Church] who out of whatever necessity seek to make a journey (peregrina petunt) should have episcopal letters of recommendation (apostolia) signed by the bishop only.
(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
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Described by a title - Minister/λειτουργός/ὑπηρέτης
Devotion - Pilgrimage
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER371, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=371
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