According to Canon 96 of the Breviary of Ferrandus of Carthage (North Africa, 523/546 AD, repeating earlier norms) a presbyter should be judged by a jury of six or seven bishops.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Canon 96
Vt presbyter qui reatum incurrerit a sex uel a septem episcopis audiatur.
Concilio Carthaginensi sub antistite Genetlio, tit. 8.
(ed. Munier 1974: 295)
Canon 96
If a presbyter comitted a crime, he should be judged by six or seven bishops.
The Council of Carthage under Bishop Geneclius, title 8.
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
The Carthaginian council of the AD 390, to which Ferrandus referred, established six bishops as the jury for a presbyter [162], repeating the norm of the council of AD 345/348 [129]; the council of AD 419 said that there should be six or seven of them [237].
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
City
Carthage
About the source:
Author: Ferrandus of Carthage Title: Breviary of Ferrandus, Breviatio Canonum, Breuiatio Canonum
Breuiatio Canonum Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Ferrandus was a deacon of Carthage; he died before 546. His "Breviary" is the first systematic collection of canons produced in Africa. It contains the titles (not the entire text) of 232 canons of different councils (not only from Africa), treating mainly the duties of various clerical offices (1-144), ecclesiastical delicts (145-198), and liturgical norms (199-232).
Edition:
C. Munier ed., Concilia Africae a. 345-a. 525, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 149, Turnhoult 1974, 284-311.
Bibliography:
J. Gaudemet, Les Sources du droit de l’Église en Occident du IIe au VIIe siècle, Paris 1985.
Categories:
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER758, https://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=758
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