According to Canon 99 of the Breviary of Ferrandus of Carthage (North Africa, 523/546 AD, repeating earlier norms) presbyters and deacons who have changed their diocese, and do not want to return, shall be deposed.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Canon 99
Vt presbyter uel diaconus qui, deserta ecclesia sua, ad aliam transierit, si post euocationem episcopi sui reuersus non fuerit, deponatur.
Concilio Antiocheno, tit. 3.
(ed. Munier 1974: 295)
Canon 99
If a presbyter or deacon abandoned his Church and passed to another, and did not return after being recalled by the bishop, he shall be deposed.
The Council of Antioch, title 3.
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
The canon repeats the norm of Canon 3 of the Council of Antioch (AD 341).
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:
Travel and change of residence
Ecclesiastical transfer
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
Administration of justice - Demotion
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its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER761, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=761
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