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[Capitulum secundum cod. A] XI. Ne sacerdotes ad nuptias ambulent.

Presbyteri, diaconi atque subdiaconi, uel deinceps quibus ducendi uxores licentia non est, etiam alienarum nuptiarum euitent conuiuia, nec iis coetibus misceantur ubi amatoria cantantur et turpia aut obsceni motus corporum choris et saltibus efferuntur, ne auditus et obtutus sacris mysteriis deputatus turpium spectaculorum atque uerborum contagio polluatur.

(ed. Munier 1963: 154, 158)

[Title according to cod. A] XI. That priests should not attend weddings.

Presbyters, deacons, and subdeacons, and generally anyone who is not permitted to have a wife, should also avoid the wedding feasts of others, and mingling on social gatherings where indecent love songs are sung or obscene moves of the body are made in dancing and jumping, lest that the senses of hearing and seeing dedicated to the sacred mysteries be polluted by contact with indecent images and words.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

Compare with canon 88 of the Breviary of Ferrandus of Carthage (North Africa, AD 523/546, repeating earlier norms), [747].

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Vannes

About the source:

Title: Council of Vannes, Concilium Veneticum anno 461/491
Origin: Vannes (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

This council took place in Vannes in Brittany sometime between 461 and 491. The acts of this synod are known from the letter which the synodal fathers – six bishops, with the Bishop Perpetuus of Tours mentioned in first place – have sent to the absent Bishops Victor and Thalasius. The main cause for the episcopal gathering was the ordination of Paternus to the bishopric of Vannes.

Edition:

Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.

Categories:

Entertainment - Feasting

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Described by a title - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς

Ritual activity - Eucharist

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and deacons

Entertainment - Dancing

Family life - Celibacy

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