Canon 11 of the Council of Angers (Gaul, AD 453) orders that only men married once - and to a virgin - can be ordained deacons or presbyters.
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XI. De diaconibus uel presbyteris bigamis non ordinentur.
Nonnisi unius uxoris uiri iidemque uirginibus copulati diaconi uel presbyteri ordinentur.
(ed. Munier 1963: 138, 139)
Canon 11. Twice-married men should not be ordained deacons or presbyters.
Only men of one wife and married to a virgin [i.e. woman not previously married] should be ordained deacons or presbyters.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Angers
About the source:
Title: Council of Angers, Concilium Andegavense Origin: Angers (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The Council of Angers took place on the 4th of October 453. Seven bishops were present: Leo of Bourges, Eustochius of Tours, Victor of Le Mans, Chariation, Rumoridus and Viventius of unknown sees, and, finally, the newly elected bishop of Angers, Thalasius. As we learn from the letter often included in the manuscripts as part of the synodal collection (see [753]), the main purpose of this gathering was the institution of the canons against clerics applying to secular courts.
Edition:
Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.
Categories:
Family life - Marriage
Family life - Permanent relationship before ordination
Family life - More than one marriage
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER777, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=777
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