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LIII. Quia non licet presbytero ante episcopum in baptisterio introire.

Non liceat presbytero prius ab episcopo in baptisterium introire, sed cum episcopo, nisi forte aut absens fuerit aut aegrotus.

(ed. Barlowe 1950: 134-135)

LIII. That the presbyters are not allowed to enter the baptistery before the bishop.

The presbyter shall not enter the baptistery before the bishop, but with a bishop, unless the latter is absent or sick.

(trans. M. Szada)

Discussion:

Cf. canons 56 of the Council of Laodicea (the end of the 4th c.).

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), Laodicea (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:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Usurping episcopal power

Ritual activity - Baptism and instructing catechumens

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1122, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1122