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ER 1155
Canon 18 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) decrees that clerics should not consider their own the property which they use, but that it belongs by law to the Church.
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ER 1156
Canon 20 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) forbids presbyters to approach women in the afternoon and in the evening. If these contacts are unavoidable, other clerics should witness them.
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ER 1157
Canon 22 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) forces presbyters who have committed a capital crime to enter a monastery; they will be stripped of all ecclesiastical honours but can receive communion as long as they live in a monastery.
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ER 1158
Canon 24 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) grants laymen the right to accuse clerics.
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ER 1159
Canon 25 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) decrees that no relics should be placed in rural oratories unless there is a cleric attending to them. No cleric should be ordained for this purpose unless his livelihood has been provided for.
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ER 1160
Ambrose, bishop of Milan (Italy) forbids the Emperor Theodosius to sit in the sanctuary, and orders him to sit rather in front of the lay people, and behind the clergy. Account of Hermias Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History, ca 443-448.
ID
ER 1161
Canon 32 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) forbids widows of presbyters to remarry.
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ER 1162
Canon 37 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) decrees that the candidates for clergy should prove that they have led a pious life.
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ER 1163
Canon 38 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) forbids young clerics to enter the monasteries of virgins. If there is a necessity only men of proven life and advanced age can be admitted. Presbyters asked to say Mass on the monastery`s premises should leave immediately after the service.
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ER 1164
Canon 1 of the Fourth Council of Arles (Gaul, AD 524) requires candidates for the presbyterate to be at least 30 years old and to adopt a pious and ascetic life beforehand.
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ER 1165
Canon 2 of the Fourth Council of Arles (Gaul, AD 524) decrees that because of the shortage of clergy, candidates for presbyterate can be ordained as soon as a year has passed since their conversion to ascetic and pious life.
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ER 1166
Canon 3 of the Fourth Council of Arles (Gaul, AD 524) forbids ordaining a penitent, or someone twice married, or someone married to a wife who had been married to someone else.
ID
ER 1167
Canon 4 of the Fourth Council of Arles (Gaul, AD 524) forbids receiving and defending the wandering clerics who avoid ecclesiastic discipline.
ID
ER 1168
Presbyters Catafronius, Desiderius, and Leontius sign the acts of the Fourth Council of Arles (Gaul, AD 524).
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ER 1169
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), who is in hiding because of the persecutions, complains to his presbyters and deacons that they do not respond to his letters. He allows the presbyters, and even the deacons, to grant reconciliation to those who have received the letters of recommendation from martyrs. Cyprian, Letter 18, AD 250.
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ER 1170
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), responds to the questions of his clergy about the attitude towards the lapsed seeking reconciliation. Cyprian, Letter 19, AD 250.
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ER 1171
The Donatist presbyter Manilius of Vasua (North Africa) signs the Donatist mandate during the Conference of Carthage in AD 411 for his blind bishop. Account of the Acts of the Conference of Carthage, AD 411.
ID
ER 1173
Canon 2 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the relations between bishop and his presbyters.
ID
ER 1174
Canon 7 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) orders a bishop to delegate the care of widows, orphans, and pilgrims to an archpresbyter or an archdeacon.
ID
ER 1175
Funerary inscription of the presbytis Kale from Centuripae (Sicily), ca 4th/5th c.
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ER 1176
The Catholics claim to have a presbyter in Zerta (North Africa) in AD 411. Account of the Acts of the Conference of Carthage, AD 411.
ID
ER 1177
Canon 10 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a bishop should seek the counsel of his copresbyters before ordaining a cleric.
ID
ER 1178
Canon 11 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to move to more prestigious churches out of ambition. If they are to be transferred to another diocese, their bishop must give his permission beforehand.
ID
ER 1179
Canon 12 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that if a bishop is seated he should also allow his presbyter to sit.
ID
ER 1180
Canon 13 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a certain age is to be required from the candidates to priesthood.
ID
ER 1181
Canon 14 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that the bishop should hear cases and pass judgements only in the presence of his clerics.
ID
ER 1182
Canon 17 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids accepting false accusers (back into?) to the clergy.
ID
ER 1183
Canon 18 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that priests should impose the same penance on people who have sinned in the same way.
ID
ER 1184
Canon 20 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the correct order of proceeding for a priest when someone ill and asking for penance loses his mind or the ability to speak.
ID
ER 1185
Canon 25 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to grow long hair or shave beards.
ID
ER 1186
Canon 26 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a cleric should show his profession also in his dress and walk, and should avoid elegant clothes and shoes.
ID
ER 1187
Canon 27 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to live with non-related women.
ID
ER 1188
Canon 28 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to walk through public squares and passages.
ID
ER 1189
Canon 29 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics should provide for their nourishment and clothing by craft or agriculture. This work, however, should not threaten the dignity of their office.
ID
ER 1190
Canon 31 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids leaving the church when a priest is delivering a sermon.
ID
ER 1191
Canon 34 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to visit fairs and markets with no intention to buy anything.
ID
ER 1192
Canon 35 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics should be present at vigils.
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ER 1193
Canon 38 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids laymen to teach unless they have been approved by the clerics.
ID
ER 1194
Canon 42 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids the promotion of clerics jealous of the successes of others.
ID
ER 1195
Canon 43 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) demotes clerics guilty of idle flattery or treachery.
ID
ER 1196
Canon 44 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to make slanderous allegations, especially against priests.
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ER 1197
Canon 45 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics should learn also practical skills, useful to everyday work, not only letters.
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ER 1198
Canon 48 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that quarrelling clerics should be reproached by their bishop; those who are unwilling to reach an accord will be damned by the synod.
ID
ER 1199
Canon 50 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids bishops to make transactions concerning ecclesiastical property without the consent of clerics.
ID
ER 1200
Canon 55 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids the ordination to the clergy of those who riot, practise usury, or avenge harms done to them.
ID
ER 1201
Canon 56 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) grants presbyters visiting the churches of another diocese the right to be received according to their rank, to deliver a sermon, and to celebrate the Eucharist.
ID
ER 1202
Canon 57 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) reminds deacons that they are obliged to serve both presbyters and bishops.
ID
ER 1203
Canon 58 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) grants deacons the right to distribute Eucharist in the presence of presbyters if there is a necessity and they are acting on presbyters` orders.
ID
ER 1204
Canon 59 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) permits deacons to sit in any place only with the presbyter`s approval.
ID
ER 1205
Canon 61 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that deacons should ask for permission to speak in the presence of presbyters.
ID
ER 1206
Canon 65 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that at the time of fast priests should lay hands on penitents.
ID
ER 1207
Canon 68 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) considers it a fault of the bishop or presbyter in charge of the parish if widows or nuns have illicit contacts with clerics because their livelihood was sufficiently provided for.
ID
ER 1208
Canon 69 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) obliges priests to refuse offerings from those who oppress the poor.
ID
ER 1209
Canon 71 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics who successfully resist temptations should be promoted to higher ranks.
ID
ER 1210
Canon 72 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics who neglect their duties should be demoted.
ID
ER 1211
Canon 73 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that bawdy clerics should be demoted.
ID
ER 1212
Canon 74 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics swearing by creatures, if they persist in doing it despite reproaches, should be excommunicated.
ID
ER 1213
Canon 75 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) excommunicates clerics who sing during feasts.
ID
ER 1214
Canon 76 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) demotes clerics who do not keep a fast without a good reason.
ID
ER 1215
Canon 79 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics should provide for their nourishment by means of a craft.
ID
ER 1216
Canon 80 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to feast and fraternise with heretics and schismatics.
ID
ER 1217
Canon 84 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids penitents to be ordained to the clergy.
ID
ER 1218
Canon 85 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids ordaining to the clergy someone who married a widow or wife rejected by her husband or took a wife for the second time.
ID
ER 1219
Canon 87 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the procedure to be followed by presbyters asking for chrism.
ID
ER 1220
Canon 88 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a cleric who does not agree with the sentence passed on him by his bishop should appeal to the synod.
ID
ER 1221
Canon 89 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a bishop who drove a cleric to a crime should be examined by the synod.
ID
ER 1222
Canon 91 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the correct ordination of the presbyter.
ID
ER 1223
Canon 101 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes a blessing of marriage by a priest.
ID
ER 1224
Canon 98 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) grants presbyters the right to pass upon someone the office of a cantor without the knowledge of the bishop.
ID
ER 1225
Ambrose, bishop of Milan (Italy) forbids Emperor Theodosius to receive communion in the sanctuary because it is an exclusive privilege of the clergy, Milan, AD 390. Account of Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Ecclesiastical History, AD 438/446.
ID
ER 1226
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), writes to the presbyters and deacons of Rome explaining his behaviour during the recent persecutions and informing them about reconciliation being granted too easily to the lapsed by some presbyters and deacons. Cyprian, Letter 20, AD 250.
ID
ER 1227
Celerinus, a Christian from Rome, asks Lucian, a confessor at Carthage, for intercession for his sisters, who lapsed during the persecutions. Letter 21 in the epistolary of Cyprian of Carthage, AD 250.
ID
ER 1228
Canon 7 of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo (Iberian Peninsula, AD 693) orders bishops to inform their clergy and inhabitants of their diocese of the decisions of the councils.
ID
ER 1229
Presbyter Crisces represents Bishop Agripius of Ossonoba (Iberian Peninsula) at the Sixteenth Council of Toledo (Iberian Peninsula, 693 AD).
ID
ER 1231
Felix, probably a presbyter, is exiled with his wife, and his property is confiscated by the authorities during the Decian persecutions. Letter 24 in the epistolary of Cyprian of Carthage, AD 250.
ID
ER 1232
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, writes to his presbyters and deacons, confirming the previous decisions on the reconciliation of the lapsed. Cyprian, Letter 26, AD 250.
ID
ER 1233
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, relates to the presbyters and deacons of Rome how the lapsed in Carthage are demanding reconciliation and some martyrs are granting it to them. Cyprian, Letter 27, AD 250.
ID
ER 1234
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, congratulates Moyses and Maximus, presbyters of Rome, and other confessors, on their faith in the face of persecutions. Cyprian, Letter 28, AD 250.
ID
ER 1235
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, informs his presbyters and deacons that he ordained Saturus as reader, and Optatus as subdeacon. Cyprian, Letter 29, AD 250.
ID
ER 1236
The presbyters and the deacons of Rome write to Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage about the question of the reconciliation of the lapsed, saying that they cannot innovate anything while there is no bishop in Rome, and that the question should in any case be resolved by the council of the clergy, confessors and laymen. Letter 30 in the epistolary of Cyprian, AD 250.
ID
ER 1237
The presbyters and confessors of Rome write to Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa). They agree with him in condemning the excessively easy reconciliation granted to the lapsed of Carthage by some presbyters. Letter 31 in the epistolary of Cyprian, AD 250.
ID
ER 1238
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), sends to his clergy the copies of his correspondence with the Roman clergy; he asks them to distribute them further. Cyprian, Letter 32, AD 250.
ID
ER 1239
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, approves the decision of his presbyters and deacons not to communicate with the Presbyter Gaius of Didda, who communicated with the lapsed. Cyprian, Letter 34, AD 250.
ID
ER 1240
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), informs the Roman presbyters and deacons about the lapsed demanding reconciliation in Carthage. The Roman clergy agree with the decisions taken by Cyprian. Letters 35 and 36 in the epistolary of Cyprian, AD 250.
ID
ER 1241
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), praises the Roman presbyters Moyses and Maximus and other confessors for their behaviour when imprisoned, and asks for their prayers. Cyprian, Letter 37, AD 250.
ID
ER 1242
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), informs the presbyters, deacons, and people of Carthage that he ordained a reader without taking their advice, as is customary. Cyprian, Letter 38, AD 250.
ID
ER 1243
Presbyter Saturninus is among the martyrs (probably from Diocletianic persecutions, AD 303/304), commemorated in Uppena (North Africa), 4th/7th c.
ID
ER 1244
Tertullian denonunces rapid clerical promotions and the usurpation of priestly powers among heretics. Tertullian, "The Prescription Against Heretics", Carthage (North Africa), ca AD 200.
ID
ER 1245
Tertullian on who has the right to baptise. Tertullian, "On the Baptism", Carthage (North Africa), AD 200/206.
ID
ER 1246
Tertullian describes penitence, including prostration before presbyters. Tertullian, "On Repentance", Carthage (North Africa), AD 200/206.
ID
ER 1247
A presbyter leads the prayers at the funeral. Account of Tertullian, "On the Soul", Carthage (North Africa), AD 207/213.
ID
ER 1248
Tertullian explains the unlawfulness of a second marriage for Christians by the fact that the Christian priests can only be husbands of one wife; he gives examples of priests demoted for their second marriage. Tertullian, "On an Exhortation to Chastity", Carthage (North Africa), AD 207/213.
ID
ER 1249
Tertullian says that the leaders of the Christian community, i.e. bishops, presbyters, and deacons, must not flee in the face of the persecutions. Tertullian, "De fuga in persecutionibus", Carthage (North Africa), ca AD 212.
ID
ER 1250
Tertullian writes about the monogamy of the bishops, presbyters and deacons, and their authority over the marriages of the faithful. Tertullian, "On Monogamy", Carthage (North Africa), ca AD 217.
ID
ER 1251
Tertullian describes prostration before widows and presbyters as a part of public penance. Tertullian, "On Modesty", Carthage (North Africa), ca AD 217/222.
ID
ER 1252
Canon 1 of the Council of Carpentras (Gaul, AD 527) orders bishops to respect parish property and not to appropriate all of the resources intended for the sustenance of the clergy.
ID
ER 1254
Letter of the bishops gathered at the Council of Carpentras (Gaul, AD 527) addressed to Bishop Agricius of Antibes. Agricius is forbidden to say Mass for one year because he had ordained presbyter Protadius in violation of the synodal decree.
ID
ER 1255
Martin, bishop of Braga (Iberian Peninsula) in the letter to Bishop Bonifatius "On Triple Immersion" mentions the presbyter Ausentius who is in possession of an old book with Jerome's commentary on the letters of Paul. Braga, ca AD 561/580.
ID
ER 1256
Canon 1 of the Second Council of Vaison (Gaul, AD 529) orders the presbyters serving in the parishes to accommodate unmarried lectors, following the practice introduced in Italy. The presbyters should teach them psalmody, the Holy Scripture, and canon law, thus grooming their successors in presbyterate.
ID
ER 1257
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa) informs the presbyters, deacons, and people of Carthage that he ordained the confessors Celerinus and Aurelius as readers, and that he wants to ordain them presbyters soon. Cyprian, Letter 39, AD 250.