Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 837
Canon 10 of the First Council of Tours (Gaul, AD 461) denounces all illicit ordinations except those which contributed to the peace and for which amends were made.
[Capitulum secundum cod. R] X. De ordinationibus inlicitis.
[Capitulum secundum codd. A, Q, et S] X. De inlicitis ordinationibus.
 
Ordinationes uero illicitas in irritum deuocamus, nisi satisfactione quae ad pacem pertinent componantur.
 
(ed. Munier 1963: 147, 149)
[Title according to cod. R] X. On illicit ordinations.
[Title according to codd. A, Q, and S] X. On illicit ordinations.
 
We denounce all illicit ordinations, unless they contribute to the peace and for which amends (satisfactione) were made.
 
(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

It seems that in some cases synodal fathers were ready to accept illicit ordinations for the sake of peace among the faithful. One may wonder if another reason was the apparent shortage of clergy in Late Antique Gaul. See, e.g. [367] and [1165].

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`s 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:

Impediments or requisits for the office - Social/Economic/Legal status
    Public law - Ecclesiastical
      Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
        Administration of justice - Demotion
          Shortage of clergy
            Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER837, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=837