The council of Hippo (North Africa, AD 427) prohibits presbyters from selling the property of the Church without the knowledge of their bishops.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Canon 9a
Item placuit ut eo modo non uendant rem ecclesiae presbyteri ubi sunt constituti, nescientibus episcopis suis.
(ed. Munier 1974: 252-253)
Canon 9a
It pleased us in the same way that the presbyters should not sell the property of the Church where they are constituted without the knowledge of their bishops.
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
The canon is repeated in the Breviary of Ferrandus [756].
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
City
Hippo Regius
About the source:
Title: Council of Hippo 427, Concilium Hipponense a. 427 Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The last of the councils, at which Augustine of Hippo and Aurelius of Carthage were present. It issued some disciplinary canons, mainly repeating previous dispositions.
Edition:
C. Munier ed., Concilia Africae a. 345-a. 525,Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 149, Turnhoult 1974, 250-253.
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, ER757, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=757
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