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ER 1988
Pope Gelasius I threatens with deposition the clerics guilty of disobedience of the rules that he set out. Gelasius I, Letter 14, Rome, AD 494.
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ER 1989
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his work "On the mysteries" speaks about deacons, presbyters and a bishop as venerable witnesses of the baptism and compares them to angels. Composed in Milan, before AD 391.
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ER 1990
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his work "On the mysteries" says that the validity of sacraments administered by priests, successors of Peter and Paul, does not depend on their personal merits but on the power of their office. Composed in Milan, before AD 391.
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ER 1991
Clerics of Bishop Severinus of Cologne (Gaul) accompany him on a regular basis when he visits the tombs of the saints after the morning hymns on Sundays, AD 397. Account of Gregory of Tours, "The Miracles of the Bishop Martin", Tours (Gaul), AD 573/594.
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ER 1992
Bishop Perpetuus of Tours (Gaul) invites many abbots and clerics for the translation of Saint Martin`s body. They join their bishops in vigils and fasting, the second half of the 5th century. Account of Gregory of Tours, "The Miracles of the Bishop Martin", Tours (Gaul), AD 573/594.
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ER 1993
A young man from Tours (Gaul) called Theodemundus is cured of muteness and deafness by Saint Martin. He is sent by Queen Chlotild to school and becomes a cleric, all in the first half of the 6th century. Account of Gregory of Tours, "The Miracles of the Bishop Martin", Tours (Gaul), AD 573/594.
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ER 1994
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his work "On repentance" says that the right of remitting and retaining of sins was given by Jesus Christ only to the priests who are in the Church; the heresies do not have the valid priesthood. Composed in Milan ca 386-390.
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ER 1995
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his work "On repentance" compares the power of priests to remit sins to their power to baptise. Composed in Milan ca 386-390.
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ER 1996
The bishops, presbyters, and deacons, who were among the rebaptized by the Vandals in Africa should be admitted to the lay communion at the point of their death. Acts of the Council of Rome, AD 487, preserved as Letter 13 of Pope Felix III, AD 488.
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ER 1997
Presbyter Venantius Fortunatus described to Gregory of Tours various miracles performed through the intercession of Saint Martin in his native North Italy, above all at Ravenna, in the middle of the 6th century. Account of Gregory of Tours, "The Miracles of the Bishop Martin", Tours (Gaul), AD 573/594.
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ER 1998
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his work "On repentance" says that Christ conceded the power to remit sins to the Apostles, and from the Apostles this power was transferred to the priestly office. Composed in Milan ca 386-390.
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ER 1999
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his "Oration on the death of the emperor Valentinian II" compares the Church to the human face, and says that the priests are the cheeks of that face. Composed and declared in Milan in AD 392.
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ER 2000
Presbyter Euphronius travels from Gaul to Rome and back again. Gelasius I, Letter 19, Rome, AD 494.
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ER 2001
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his exegetical work "On Joseph" claims that the office of presbyters as teachers, as well as payments they are entitled to, are prefigured in the biblical passages on the sons of Jacob. Composed in Milan after AD 388.
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ER 2002
People who are bound by service to someone should not be ordained; however, presbyters who have been already ordained may remain in their rank. Gelasius I, Letter 20, Rome, AD 492/496.
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ER 2003
Sabinus, bishop of Sala Consilina near Salerno (Southern Italy) ordains two slaves of a certain Placidia under her absence; one of them, Antiochus is ordained a presbyter. Gelasius I, Letter 21, Rome, AD 492/496.
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ER 2004
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his "Exposition of the Gospel of Luke" says that one should first take care of the material needs of his parents and the poor and only later give to the Church. He explicitly mentions conferring gifts to presbyters in order to get spiritual profits. Composed in Milan 377/390.
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ER 2005
Presbyter Genitor from Southern Italy is accused of retaining illegally the slave Septimus. Gelasius I, Letter 10*, Rome, AD 492/496.
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ER 2006
Presbyter Donatus writes a gloss in his codex of Ambrosiaster`s "Commentary on the Letter to the Romans" in the monastery of castellum Lucullanum, near Naples (Italy), AD 569/570. Manuscript Casinensis 150, subscription on page 248.
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ER 2007
Ambrose, bishop of Milan (Italy) writes a philosophical treatise about duties "De officiis" and addresses is to the clerics of his Church, the young ones in particular, the late 380s.