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[Titulum ex cod. M] VIII. Si quis alienus ciuis aut alibi consistentes fuerint ordinati.

[Titulum ex cod. A, R] VIII. Si alienum ciuem aut alibi consistentem ordinauerint.

[Titulum ex Collectione Hispana] IX [sic!]. De his qui ciues alienos ordinauerunt.

Si qui autem alienos ciues, aut alibi consistentes ordinauerunt, nec ordinati in ullo accusantur, aut ad se eos reuocent, aut gratiam ipsis eorum impetrent cum quibus habitant.

(ed. Munier 1963: 80, 91-92)

[Title from the codex M] VIII. [What to do] if someone ordains a person from another city or someone living somewhere else [i.e. not in his diocese].

[Title from the codices A, R] VIII. [What to do] if a person from another city or someone living somewhere else [i.e. not in his diocese] is ordained.

[Title from the Hispana Collection] IX [sic!]. On those who ordain people from another city.

If some [bishops] ordained people from another city (alienos cives) or those living somewhere else, and the ordained are not accused of anything [illicit], [the bishops] should either recall them to [live with] themselves, or obtain for them the forgiveness from [the bishops in whose diocese] they live [i.e. those clerics should come back to their original diocese].

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

The aim of this precept is to prevent the ordination of a cleric who would then wander around without any episcopal control.

This canon is one of the few NOT repeated in the so-called Second Council of Arles (see Munier 1963: 111-130; 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 First Council of Orange gathered in 441 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:

Travel and change of residence

Ecclesiastical transfer

Functions within the Church - Wandering presbyter/Without office

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER726, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=726