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[Titulum ex cod. M] II. De baptizatus esse chrismandus.

[Titulum ex cod. A, R] II. Si baptizatus quis, necessitate faciente, chrismatus non fuerit.

[Titulum ex Collectione Hispana] II. Vt nullus minister sine chrismate proficiscatur.

Nullum ministrorum, qui baptizandi recipit officium, sine chrismate usquam debere progredi, quia inter nos placuit semel chrismari. De eo autem qui in baptismate, quacumque necessitate faciente, non chrismatus fuerit, in confirmatione sacerdos commonebitur. Nam inter quoslibet chrismatis ipsius nonnisi una benedictio est, non ut praeiudicans quidquam, sed ut non necessaria habeatur repetita chrismatio.

(ed. Munier 1963: 78, 91-92)

[Title from the codex M] II. Concerning the baptized, that he should be anointed.

[Title from the codices A, R] II. [What to do] if someone was baptized but for some reason not anointed with chrism.

[Title from the Hispana Collection] II. That no minister should proceed without a chrism.

No minister who was granted the right to baptize should proceed in whatever situation without a chrism, because we decided among us that one should be anointed with chrism only once. If a person was not anointed with chrism during baptism by whatever reason, the priest should be reminded of that fact during confirmation. For in different anointments of chrism there is only one blessing, not that there is something harmful in repeating anointments, but one should not think that it is necessary to repeat anointment with chrism.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

This canon is repeated in somewhat changed form in the so-called Second Council of Arles as canon 27 (26) (see Munier 1963: 120; e.g. [549]).

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Orange

About the source:

Title: First Council of Orange 441, Concilium Arausicanum I anno 441
Origin: Orange (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The council of Orange gathered in 441 AD under bishop Hilary of Arles. Some sixteen bishops were present, along with their presbyters and deacons, including one presbyter who was sent by the bishop in his stead (see 444).

Edition:

Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.

Categories:

Ritual activity - Baptism and instructing catechumens

Ritual activity - Anointment with chrism

Described by a title - Minister/λειτουργός/ὑπηρέτης

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER718, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=718