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According to Canon 97 of the Breviary of Ferrandus of Carthage (North Africa, AD 523/546, repeating earlier norms) a presbyter who had sacrificed to idols, but later soldiered for the faith, would not be deprived of his dignity, but would be allowed neither to celebrate mass nor to preach.
Canon 97
 
Vt presbyter, qui immolauit idolis et postea pro fide conflixit, honore quidem non priuetur, tamen nec sacrificet nec sermonem faciat.
 
(ed. Munier 1974: 295)
Canon 97
 
If a presbyter sacrificed to the idols, but later soldiered for the faith, he will not be deprived of his dignity, but he will  be allowed neither to celebrate mass nor preach.
 
(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

The canon repeats the norm of Canon 1 of the Council of Ancara (314 AD), although it is not explicitly said in the manuscripts. It is interesting why Ferrandus thought that it is worth mentioning in his collection: had it some connection to the recent Arian persecutions in Africa?

Place of event:

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

About the source:

Author: Ferrandus of Carthage
Title: Breviary of Ferrandus, Breviatio Canonum, Breuiatio Canonum Breuiatio Canonum
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa), Ancara (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
    Ritual activity - Eucharist
      Relation with - Heretic/Schismatic
        Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
          Administration of justice - Demotion
            Pastoral activity - Preaching
              Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER759, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=759
              Record by: Stanisław Adamiak
              last edited: 2017-04-25 14:10:01
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