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According to Canon 89 of the Breviary of Ferrandus of Carthage (North Africa, AD 523/546, repeating earlier norms) all are bound to communicate from the sacrifice offered by a married presbyter.
Canon 89
 
Vt de oblatione presbyteri coniugati nullus audeat non communicare.
Concilio Gangrensi, tit. 4.
 
(ed. Munier 1974: 294)
Canon 89
 
Nobody should dare not to communicate from the sacrifice offered by a married presbyter.
Council of Gangra, title 4.
 
(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

The canon repeats the norm of Canon 4 of the Council of Gangra (ca AD 340). It is interesting to see that it cites specifically married presbyters, presumably implying that the bishops were not supposed anymore to remain in marriage.

Place of event:

Region
  • Latin North Africa
  • East
City
  • Carthage
  • Gangra

About the source:

Author: Ferrandus of Carthage
Title: Breviary of Ferrandus, Breviatio Canonum, Breuiatio Canonum Breuiatio Canonum
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa), Gangra (East)
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:

Family life - Marriage
    Family life - Permanent relationship continued after ordination
      Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
        Impediments or requisits for the office - Marriage
          Ritual activity - Eucharist
            Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER748, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=748
            Record by: Stanisław Adamiak
            last edited: 2019-06-27 12:03:24
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