Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 822
Canon 4 of the First Council of Tours (Gaul, AD 461) forbids clerics to marry women who were previously married.
[Capitulum secundum cod. R] IV. Vt clerecus internupta non accipiat uxorem.
[Capitulum secundum codd. A, Q, et S] IV. Qualem uxorem clericus accipiat.
 
Vt clericus, cui nubendi datur licentia, internuptam non accipiat uxorem; quod si fecerit, ultimum in officio clericali teneat locum.
 
(ed. Munier 1963: 145, 149)
[Title according to cod. R] IV. That a cleric should not accept as wife a woman who was previously married.
[Title according to codd. A, Q, and S] IV. The kind of woman a cleric should accept as a wife.
 
That a cleric, who was granted the permission to marry, should not accept as wife a woman that was previously married. If he does such a thing, he will not be promoted to a higher clerical grade.
 
(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region
  • Gaul
City
  • Tours

About the source:

Title: First Council of Tours, Concilium Turonense I anno 461
Origin: Tours (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The council of Tours of AD 461 took place on the 18th of November of 461, when some bishops had gathered in Tours to celebrate the feast of St. Martin the week earlier. The canons were signed by eight bishops, including one described as "of the Britons", and one presbyter acting in his bishop` stead. Characteristic of the acts of this synod is the frequent quoting of the Holy Scriptures.
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 after ordination
      Described by a title - Clericus
        Relation with - Wife
          Relation with - Woman
            Further ecclesiastical career - None
              Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
                Private law - Ecclesiastical
                  Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER822, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=822