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[Titulum secundum cod. A] XXVII [sic!]. De fraudatoribus instructionum ecclesiasticarum.

[Titulum secundum cod. R] XXVI. Si strumenta ecclesiae a clerecis fuerint subpraessa uel a quibus suscipta sunt.

[Titulum secundum coll. Hispanam] XXVI. Vt si uoluntarie clericus damnum ecclesiae fecerit, et satisfaciat et excommunicatur.

Si quis uero de clericis documenta, quibus ecclesiae possessio firmatur, aut supprimere aut negare aut aduersariis fortasse tradere damnabili et punienda obstinatione aut praesumpsit aut praesumpserit, quidquid per absentiam documentorum damni ecclesiae illatum est, de propriis facultatibus reddant et communione priuentur.

(ed. Munier 1963: 204-205, 221, 222, 224)

[Title according to cod. A] XXVII [sic!]. On those who commit fraud on ecclesiastical documents.

[Title according to cod. R] XXVI. If clerics have concealed or taken documents of the church.

[Title according to the Hispana collection] XXVI. That if a cleric voluntarily did damage to the Church, he will compensate its loss and will be excommunicated.

If a cleric dared or dares to conceal, deny or give to the enemies in obstinacy worthy of both damnation and punishment the documents which prove church possession [of some property], whatever kind of damage the church sustains due to the lack of the said documents, he [the cleric] should compensate [the church] from his own property. He should also be banned from communion.

(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

Ecclesiastical administration - Administering Church property

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema

Economic status and activity

Administration of justice - Financial punishment

Private law - Ecclesiastical

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