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Canon 38 in the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids presbyters to participate in a wedding of those who remarry.
XXXVIII. De presbyteris ut in secundas nuptias non vadant.
 
Presbyterem ad secundas nuptias convivam fieri non oportet pro eo quod hi qui ad secundas nuptias veniunt poenitentiam postulant. Quomodo potest presbyter ille esse, qui propter convivium interest tali coniugio?
 
(ed. Barlowe 1950: 134-135)
XXXVIII. On the presbyters that they shall not go to a wedding of those who remarried.
 
The presbyter shall not be a guest at the wedding of those who remarried because those who remarry shall request penance. How a presbyter can attend the wedding of such couple?
 
(trans. M. Szada)

Discussion:

Cf. canons 7 of the Council of Neocaesarea (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. Barlowe ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950.

Categories:

Entertainment - Feasting
    Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
      Ritual activity - Blessing marriages
        Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1118, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1118
        Record by: Marta Szada
        last edited: 2017-11-23 10:37:40
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