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[Capitulum secundum cod. A] XII. De Iudaeorum conuiuium.

Omnes deinceps clerici Iudaeorum conuiuiae uitent nec eos ad conuiuium quisquam excipiat; quia cum apud Christianos cibis communibus non utantur, indignum est atque sacrilegum eorum cibos a Christianis sumi; cum ea quae Apostolo permitiente nos sumimus, ab iilis iudicentur immunda ac sic inferiores incipiant esse clerici quam Iudaei, si nos quae ab illis apponuntur utamur, illia nobis oblata contemnant.

(ed. Munier 1963: 154, 158)

[Title according to cod. A] XII. Concerning the feast of the Jews.

All clerics should avoid the feasts of the Jews, nor should they receive them at a feast. For because they do not eat the ordinary food of Christians, it is indecent and sacrilegious for Christians to consume their meals. For this food that we eat, which the apostle allowed us to, by them is considered polluted. If we accepted what they serve to us and they held in contempt what is offered by us, the clerics would seem to be inferior to Jews.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

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 - Clericus

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Relation with - Jew

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER856, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=856