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Canon 2 of the Tenth Council of Toledo (Iberian Peninsula, AD 656) forbids clerics and monks to break oaths made on the life of the king, people or kingdom.
Canon 2
 
De non uiolandis religiosorum iuramentis in salutem regiam datis.
 
Frequentium molestiarum nocens impulsus contemni quidem magnitudine decentis poterat grauitatis, sed quia leuitas labens facile ad praecipitia uana corda reclinat, bene honesta sollicitudo cohibere properat quod frequentata usitatio uitare non curat. Adeo, cum et quorundam Paternorum sanctionibus decretorum et institutionibus sit legalibus cautum, ne contra salutem principium gentisque aut patriae quisquam meditare conetur aduersum, hoc unum specialiter nunc depromitur obseruandum, ut si quis religiosorum ab episcopo usque ad extremi ordinis clericum siue monachum generalia iuramenta in salutem regiam gentisque aut patriae data reperiatur uiolasse uoluntate profana, mox propria dignitate priuatus et loco et honore habeatur exclusus, id miserationis obtentu tantummodo reseruato, ut an locum an honorem an utraque possideat, concedendi ius licentiamque principalis potestas obtineat.
 
(eds. Martínez Díez, Rodríguez 1992: 521-522)
Canon 2
 
That the vows made by the consecrated persons on the health of the king shall not be violated
 
The harmful pressure of frequent troubles could be kept back by the greatness of noble dignity, but because frivolity easily falls into error and inclines vain hearts to failure, honest solicitude rightly rushes to contain what frequent usage has not cared to avoid. Therefore, as some decrees of the Fathers and the legal decisions have guarded lest anyone dare to do something against the welfare of the ruler, or people, or kingdom, we decree specially that the following shall be observed: if a consecrated person, from a bishop to the lowest order of clergy, or a monk, is found to break by a profane wish an oath made on the health of the king, or the people or the kingdom, he shall be immediately deprived of his office, place and honour. Only the ruler has the right and freedom to pardon such person, and to let him keep her place, or honour or both.
 
(trans. M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region
  • Iberian Peninsula
City
  • Toledo

About the source:

Title: Tenth Council of Toledo, Concilium Toletanum decimum a. 656, Concilium X Toletanum, Concilium Toletanum X, Concilium X Toletanum, Conciliu Toletanum X
Origin: Toledo (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The Tenth Council of Toledo assembled in December AD 656 during the reign of King Reccesvinth (653-672). It was presided over by Eugenius II of Toledo. It was attended by nineteen other bishops and five representatives of absent bishops.
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 2004.
J. Orlandis, D. Ramos-Lissón, Die Synoden auf der Iberischen Halbinsel bis zum Einbruch des Islam (711), Paderborn 1981.

Categories:

Described by a title - Clericus
    Public law - Ecclesiastical
      Public law - Secular
        Relation with - Monarch and royal/imperial family
          Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
            Administration of justice - Secular
              Administration of justice - Demotion
                Functions within the Church
                  Legal practice
                    Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER745, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=745
                    Record by: Marta Szada
                    last edited: 2019-01-28 11:02:03
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