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[Titulus in recensione Iuliana] X Nonnulli sacerdotum per Spanias reperiuntur qui Dominicam orationem, quam Saluator noster docuit et praecepit, non cotidie sed tantum die Dominica dicunt.

[Titulus in recensione Vulgata] X De Dominica oratione cotidie patenter pronuntianda.

Canon 10

Nonnulli sacerdotum per Spanias reperiuntur qui Dominicam orationem, quam Saluator noster docuit et praecepit, non cotidie sed tantum die Dominica dicunt. Et quia ut sine intermissione oremus Apostolus docuit, qualiter autem oremus Christus praecepit dicens "Cum autem oratis dicite: Pater noster qui es in caelis...," quomodo ergo cotidie non dicitur quod sine intermissione dici iubetur? Nam in tantum cotidie haec oratio dicenda est quantum et ipso titulo utitur dum uocatur oratio cotidiana. [...]

Follow the quotations from the Church Fathers to support the command of daily use of the Lord's prayer.

Ergo sicut Christus praecepit, sicut Apostolus admonuit, et quemadmodum doctores ecclesiastici instituerunt, quia cotidie uel cogitatione uel uerbo uel opere delinquimus, cotidie hanc orationem effundere in conspectu Dei debemus. Quisquis ergo sacerdotum uel subiacentium clericorum hanc orationem Dominicam cotidie aut in publico aut in priuato officio praeterierit, propter superbiam iudicatus ordinis sui honore multetur.

(eds. Martinez Diez, Rodriguez 1992: 162-163, 171, 196-199)

[Title in the recension Iuliana] X Some priests are found in Spain who say the Lord's prayer which the Saviour taught us not every day, but only on Sunday.

[Title in the recension Vulgata] X That the Lord's prayer shall be said every day

Canon 10

There are some priests in Spain that say the Lord's prayer which the Saviour taught us not daily, but only only on Sunday. The Apostle taught us to pray without ceasing [1 Thess 5:17], so we pray how the Lord instructed us: "When you pray say: Our Father who art in heaven..." [Luke 11:2; Matt 6:9]. Why then it is not said daily what was ordered to be said without ceasing? Then this prayer which we call the daily prayer, shall be said daily [...]

There follow quotations from the Church Fathers to support the command of daily use of the Lord's prayer.

As Christ instructed, as the Apostle recommended, and as the ecclesiastical doctors taught, because we sin every day in our thoughts, or words, or deeds, we shall offer this prayer in the sight of God every day. If a priest or a cleric subordinated to him omits to say daily this prayer either in public or private office, he will be deprived of the honour of his order because of his arrogance.

(trans. M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Toledo

About the source:

Title: Fourth Council of Toledo (633), IV Council of Toledo, IV Concilium Toletanum, IIII Concilium Toletanum, Concilium Toletanum quartum a. 633
Origin: Toledo (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The Fourth Council of Toledo was a council of the whole Visigothic church (86 bishops were present) gathered by King Sisenand (631-636) in 633 and held under the presidency of Isidore of Seville. It is sometimes claimed on stylistic grounds that Isidore was an author of the decrees (Collins 2004: 79).

The acts of the Fourth Council of Toledo are transmitted in the 7th-century canonical collection from Spain, the so-called Hispana. Its authorship has been attributed to the Isidore of Seville (it is still accepted by Martinez Diez 1966; other scholars reject this attribution: Munier 1966; Gaudemet 1967: 122-124; Schaferdiek 1967: 144-148; Landau 1968: 406-418). This collection has several recensions: a primitive one, the so-called Isidoriana, lost today; the Juliana recension edited after 681 and attributed to the Julian of Toledo, that adds to the previous recension the acts and canons of the councils from the Fifth Council of Toledo do the Twelfth (in 681); the Vulgata recension edited between 694 and 702 that adds the acts and canons of the councils from the the Thirteenth Council of Toledo up to the Seventeenth held in 694, this recension was the most widespread during the Middle Ages (more bibliography see Kéry 1999: 61-67). The two recensions Iuliana and Vulgata give different titles to the canons of the Fourth Council of Toledo (Martinez Diez 1992: 17-20).

Edition:

G. Martínez Díez, F. Rodríguez eds., La colección canónica Hispana, Monumenta Hispaniae sacra. Serie canónica 5, Madrid 1992.

Bibliography:

R. Collins, Visigothic Spain, 409-711, Oxford, OX, UK; Malden, MA, USA 2004.

J. Gaudemet, review of: "G. Martinez Diez, La coleccion canonica Hispana 1", Revue historique de droit français et étranger 4e ser. 45 (1967), 122-124.

L. Kéry, Canonical collections of the early Middle Ages (ca. 400-1140): a bibliographical guide to the manuscripts and literature, Washington, D.C 1999.

P. Landau, review of: "G. Martinez Diez, La coleccion canonica Hispana 1", Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte Kanonistische Abteilung 54 (1968), 406-414.

G. Martínez Díez, La Colección canónica Hispana, vol. 1 Estudio, Madrid 1966.

C. Munier, "Saint Isidore de Séville est-il l’auteur de I’Hispana chronologique?", Sacris Erudiri 17 (1966), 230-241.

K. Schaferdiek, review of: "G. Martinez Diez, La coleccion canonica Hispana 1", Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte 78 (1967), 144-148.

Categories:

Described by a title - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς

Described by a title - Clericus

Ritual activity - Presiding at prayer

Ritual activity - Divine office/Liturgy of the hours

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Demotion

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER390, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=390