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[Titulum secundum cod. A] IV. De fraudatoribus oblationum.

[Titulum secundum cod. R] IV. Qui oblationis parentum denegant defunctorum uel si ab ipsis aliquid locis fuerit sanctis oplatum.

[Titulum secundum coll. Hispanam] IV. De his qui suas uel propinquorum oblationes ecclesiae fraudant.

Clerici etiam uel saeculares, qui oblationes parentum aut donatas aut testamentis relictas retinere perstiterint, aut id quod ipsi donauerint ecclesiis uel monasteriis crediderint auferendum, sicut synodus sancta constituit, uelut necatores pauperum, quousque reddant, ab ecclesiis excludantur.

(ed. Munier 1963: 194, 220, 221, 223)

[Title according to cod. A] IV. On those who defraud offerings.

[Title according to cod. R] IV. On those who deny offerings from deceased parents or if something was offered by them in sacred places.

[Title according to the Hispana collection] IV. On those who defraud their own or someone else's offerings to the church.

Clerics, as well as laymen, who would dare to keep [for themselves] offerings made by parents, either in donations or left in testaments, or decide to take back something that they have donated to churches or monasteries, will be excluded from churches until they would give back [what they have taken] as murderers of the poor, in accordance to what the holy synod has constituted.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

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

Economic status and activity - Inheritance

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema

Livelihood/income

Devotion - Donations and offerings

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