The Presbyters Project

Discussion:

The actual Canon 8 of Antioch (AD 341) says that the "presbyters in the countryside" can issue "canonical letters", but only to the bishops of neighbouring dioceses, and the chorbishops can issue "the letters of peace" (eirenikas).

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa
East

City

Carthage
Antioch

About the source:

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

Writing activity - Correspondence

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Ecclesiastical administration

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER755, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=755