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Canon 28 in the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids to ordain those whose wives commited adultery.
Canon 28
 
De his quorum uxores moechantur.
 
Si alicuius uxor in adulterio fuerit deprehensa, hic talis ad ministerium ecclesiasticum nullomodo adducatur. Si autem post ordinationem alicuius clerici uxor adulterata fuerit, dimittat eam. Sin autem cum ipsa voluerit permanere, a ministerio alienus sit.
 
(ed. Barlow 1950: 132)
Canon 28
 
On those whose wives commited adultery.
 
If one's wife is caught in adultery, he can by no means be admitted to the ecclesiastical ministry. If, then, after ordination a wife of the cleric is taken in adultery, he shall dismiss her. If, however, he wants to remain with her, he shall be removed from the ministry.
 
(trans. M. Szada)

Discussion:

Cf. canon 8 of the Council of Neocaesarea in AD 315.

Place of event:

Region
  • Iberian Peninsula
City
  • Braga

About the source:

Author: Martin of Braga
Title: Collectio orientalium canonum, seu Capitula Martini, Capitula Martini, Collection of the Eastern canons
Origin: Braga (Iberian Peninsula), Neocaesarea (East)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
In the manuscript tradition the canons of the Second Council of Braga (Iberian Peninsula) in AD 572 are followed by the Eastern canons collected and translated into Latin by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula). He was using a Greek collection, impossible to identify with any of the collections known today, which gathered the canons of the several Eastern councils. Martin quotes also the canons of the First Council of Toledo AD 400. Martin dedicated his work to Bishop Nitigisius of Lugo (Iberian Peninsula). Those two bishops met on the Second Council of Braga, and possibly the collection was composed for this occasion (Barlowe 1950: 84-87).
Edition:
C. Barlow ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950.

Categories:

Family life - Marriage
    Family life - Permanent relationship continued after ordination
      Family life - Separation/Divorce
        Described by a title - Clericus
          Impediments or requisits for the office - Improper/Immoral behaviour
            Impediments or requisits for the office - Marriage
              Relation with - Wife
                Relation with - Woman
                  Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
                    Administration of justice - Suspension
                      Private law - Ecclesiastical
                        Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1094, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1094
                        Record by: Marta Szada
                        last edited: 2020-03-12 20:37:07
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