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[Titulum secundum cod. A] XLV [sic!]. Ne presbyteri benedictionem populi aut paenitenti tribuat.

[Titulum secundum cod. R] XLIII [sic!]. Benedictione super populum in ecclesiam uel poenitentes benedicere prbo non licebit.

[Titulum secundum coll. Hispanam] XLIII. Ne presbyter benedictionem uel poenitentiam in ecclesia dare praesumat.

Benedictionem super plebem in ecclesia fundere, aut paenitentem in ecclesia benedicere, presbytero penitus non licebit.

(ed. Munier 1963: 211, 221, 223, 225)

[Title according to cod. A] XLV [sic!]. No presbyter should grant blessing to the people or a penitent.

[Title according to cod. R] XLIII [sic!]. Presbyter is forbidden to bless the people in church or bless penitents.

[Title according to the Hispana collection] XLIV. No presbyter should dare to give a blessing or [administer] penance in church.

Presbyter is absolutely forbidden to give the blessing to the people in church and bless a penitent in church.

(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 - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Ritual activity - Reconciliation/Administering penance

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Ritual activity - Blessing

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER963, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=963