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Canon 34

Vt episcopi siue presbyteri ea quae sunt in locis ubi ordinantur ad alia loca non transferant, nisi causas ante reddiderint.

Concilio Hipponensi, tit. 5.

(ed. Munier 1974: 290)

Canon 34

Bishops and presbyters should not move to other places the things from the places where they were ordained, unless they first explain the causes for it.

The Council of Hippo, title 5.

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

This canon repeats in a modified way Canon 5 of the Council of Hippo (AD 427, [640]).

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

City

Carthage
Hippo Regius

About the source:

Author: Ferrandus of Carthage
Title: Breviary of Ferrandus, Breviatio Canonum, Breuiatio Canonum Breuiatio Canonum
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa)Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa),
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Ferrandus was a deacon of Carthage; he died before 546. His "Breviary" is the first systematic collection of canons produced in Africa. It contains the titles (not the entire text) of 232 canons of different councils (not only from Africa), treating mainly the duties of various clerical offices (1-144), ecclesiastical delicts (145-198), and liturgical norms (199-232).

Edition:

C. Munier ed., Concilia Africae a. 345-a. 525, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 149, Turnhoult 1974, 284-311.

Bibliography:

J. Gaudemet, Les Sources du droit de l’Église en Occident du IIe au VIIe siècle, Paris 1985.

Categories:

Ecclesiastical administration - Administering Church property

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops

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