Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 838
Canon 11 of the First Council of Tours (Gaul, AD 461) excommunicates all clerics who left their post without their bishops` permission.
[Capitulum secundum cod. R] XI. Clerecum non licere ecclesiam suam deserere nec sine
commendaticiis pergere.
[Capitulum secundum codd. A, Q, et S] XI. De uagantibus clericis.
 
Si quis uero clericus, absque episcopi sui permissu, derelicta ecclesia sua, ad alium se transferre uoluerit locum, alienus a communione habeatur.
 
(ed. Munier 1963: 147, 149)
[Title according to cod. R] XI. Clerics should not desert their church without [letters of] recommendation.
[Title according to codd. A, Q, and S] XI. On vagabond clerics.
 
If indeed a cleric, without the permission of his bishop, would like to move to another place, leaving his church, he will be excluded from communion.
 
(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

Compare the term commendaticium used in the title of this canon with the term apostholium/apostolium used a.o. in canons 1 and 6 of the council of Nîmes (AD 394/396) [367] and [371]. See also the next canon of the same council: [839].

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:

Travel and change of residence
    Functions within the Church - Wandering presbyter/Without office
      Described by a title - Clericus
        Public law - Ecclesiastical
          Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
            Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
              Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema
                Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER838, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=838