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Canon 95

Vt presbyteri rem ecclesiae sine conscientia episcopi non uendant.

Concilio Anquiritano, tit. 15. Concilio Hipponensi, tit. 9.

(ed. Munier 1974: 295)

Canon 95

The presbyters should not sell the property of the Church without the knowledge of the bishop.

The Council of Ancara, title 15. The Council of Hippo, title 9.

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

Canon 15 of the Council of Ancara dealt only with the presbyters who were selling the property of the Church during an episcopal vacancy (any other situation was not probably even deemed possible). For the Council of Hippo AD 427 see [757].

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa
East

City

Carthage
Hippo Regius
Ancara

About the source:

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

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Ecclesiastical administration - Administering Church property

Economic status and activity - Buying & selling

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER756, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=756