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[Capitulum secundum codd. A et R] VIII. De his qui in ministerio ordinati contra interdictum filios genuerunt.

[Capitulum secundum coll. Hispanam] VII [sic!]. De his qui contra interdictum sunt ordinati uel in honore filios genuerunt.

VIII. Hi autem qui contra interdictum sunt ordinati uel in ministerio filios genuerunt, ne ad maiores gradus ordinum permittantur synodi decreuit auctoritas.

(ed. Munier 1963: 58-59)

[Title according to the codices A and R] VIII. Concerning those who, having been ordained to the ministry against the law, begot sons.

[Title according to the Hispana collection] VII [sic!]. Concerning those who were ordained to the ministry against the law or begot sons in office [i.e. after ordination].

VIII. On those, moreover, who were ordained against the law or begot the sons in office [i.e. after ordination], the authority of the synod decrees that they cannot be ordained to higher [ecclesiastical] positions.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region

Italy north of Rome with Corsica and Sardinia

City

Turin

About the source:

Title: Council of Turin 398, Concilium Taurinense anno 398
Origin: Turin (Italy north of Rome with Corsica and Sardinia)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The Council of Turin gathered at the request of the Gallic bishops and was chaired by Bishop Simplicianus of Milan. The actual year of the synod was subject to a long scholarly debate, mainly because of the letter of Pope Zosimos dated AD 417, in which he also mentions the Council of Turin (see MGH Epistolae 3.I.2) which according to him dealt with Bishop Brice of Tours, who was appointed in the late 397. Hence, the Council of Turin was placed variously between 398 and 417. Currently, the majority of scholars agree on the date of 398. See discussion in Gaudemet 1977: 133-134. Most canons of this council deal with specific cases and not general issues.

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:

Family life - Offspring

Sexual life - Sexual activity

Impediments or requisits for the office - Improper/Immoral behaviour

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER381, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=381