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De cultoribus idolorum.

The canon quotes the Scripture to indicate how serious a crime idolatry is.

Ac proinde omne sacrilegium idolatriae uel quicquid illud est contra sanctam fidem, in quo insipientes homines captiuati diabolicis culturis inseruiunt, sacerdotis uel iudicis instantia inuenta haec sacrilegia eradantur et exterminata truncentur. [...]

There follow the punishments to be inflicted on the serfs and free-born people who committed idolatry.

(eds. Martínez Díez, Rodríguez 2002: 181-184)

On those who venerate idols

The canon quotes the Scripture to indicate how serious a crime idolatry is.

And because every sacrilege of idolatry or whatever of this kind to which stupid people serve enslaved by the diabolical courting, is hostile to the holy faith, whenever those sacrileges are revealed, they shall be wiped out and put to an end by a priest or a judge.

There follow the punishments to be inflicted on the serfs and free-born people who committed idolatry.

(trans. M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Toledo

About the source:

Title: Concilium Toletanum XII a. 681, Concilium XII Toletanum a. 681, Twelfth Council of Toledo in 681 AD
Origin: Toledo (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The Twelfth Council of Toledo gathered on 9 January 681, after the reign of King Wamba came to an end. The senior bishop at the council was Julian of Seville, and the bishop of Toledo was at the time Julian of Toledo (the author of Historia Wambae). The preface of the acts of the council relates the end of Wamba`s rule, his illness, and the penance he received on his deathbed. He survived, but, as a penitent, he could not continue to be a king; thus the new kingdom passed to Ervig, whose rule the council confirmed. Since the circumstances of Ervig`s ascent to power were at least suspicious, Ervig issued a document, (a tomus) to assert his version of the facts related above that was appended to the acts of the council (Thompson 1960: 229–231). The council also confirmed the anti-Jewish legislation added by Ervig to the Lex Visigothorum (there are 28 of them, many concern priests and presbyters; see [553], [555], [606], [632], [635], [636], [637], [646], [648], [649], [652]), see Collins 2004: 234-235.

Edition:

G. Martínez Díez, F. Rodríguez eds., La colección canónica Hispana, Monumenta Hispaniae sacra. Serie canónica 6, Madrid 2002.

Bibliography:

R. Collins, Visigothic Spain, 409-711, Oxford 2004.

E.A. Thompson, The Goths in Spain, Oxford 1969.

Categories:

Described by a title - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Relation with - Pagan

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER973, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=973