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[Titulum secundum cod. M] II. De clericus bigamus uel contumacem.

[Titulum secundum cod. A] II. De contumacibus clericis.

[Titulum secundum cod. R] II. De contomacibus clericis.

[Titulum secundum coll. Hispanam] II. De contumacibus clericis et ad officium tardis.

Contumaces uero clerici, prout dignitatis ordo permiserit, ab episcopis corrigantur; et si qui prioris gradus, ut elati superbia, communionem fortasse contempserint aut ecclesiam frequentare uel officium suum implere neglexerint, peregrina eis communio tribuatur; ita ut cum eos paenitentia correxerit, rescripti in matricula gradum suum dignitatemque recipiant.

(ed. Munier 1963: 193, 220, 221, 223)

[Title according to cod. M] II. On a twice-married cleric or a stubborn one.

[Title according to cod. A] II. On stubborn clerics.

[Title according to cod. R] II. On stubborn clerics.

[Title according to the Hispana collection] II. On clerics stubborn and late for office.

Stubborn clerics, just as the order of dignity allows it, should be corrected by bishops. And if some [clerics] of higher grade, exalted by pride, hold communion in disdain or neglect to visit church or perform their duties, they should be granted [only] the peregrine communion (communio peregrina). Thus, when the penance will correct them, enlisted once again in the register they will receive their grade and dignity.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

On the "peregrine communion", see the records [252], [404], and [900].

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Agde

About the source:

Title: Council of Agde, Concilium Agathense anno 506
Origin: Agde (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The Council of Agde was held in September of 506 under the auspices of Cesarius, bishop of Arles, and with the permission of the Visigothic King Alaric. The first 47 canons are considered genuine, since only those are present in the oldest codices. The rest, present in some manuscripts, must have been taken from the other council acts, especially those of the Council of Epaone in 517. This council was attended by 24 bishops, and 8 presbyters and 2 deacons, who represented their bishops. More on the council, see Klingshirn 1994, 97-104.

Edition:

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

Bibliography:

W.E. Klingshirn, Caesarius of Arles: the making of a Christian community in late antique Gaul, Cambridge 1994.

Categories:

Described by a title - Clericus

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Conflict

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema

Administration of justice - Suspension

Administration of justice - Penance

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