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Canon 11

[...] Vnde si quis tumidus uel contumeliosus extiterit in maiorem natu uel aliquam causam habuerit, a tribus uicinis episcopis, si diaconus est qui arguitur; si presbyter, est a sex; si episcopus, a duodecim consacerdotibus audiatur.

(ed. Munier 1974: 8)

Canon 11

[...] So if someone becomes haughty or insolent against a person of higher birth, or has any other case, if he is a deacon, he will be heard by three neighbouring bishops, if a presbyter, by six, and if a bishop, by twelve of his colleagues in priesthood.

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

The canon regulates the ecclesiastical judicial procedure in the case of a crime committed by higher clergy. The term "consacerdos" is applied here to bishops alone.

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

City

Carthage

About the source:

Title: Council of Carthage 345/348, Concilium Carthaginense sub Grato a. 345/348, Concilium Carthaginis Africae primum
Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The synod of Catholic bishops gathered between AD 345 and 348, mainly in order to resist the Donatists.

Edition:

Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Africae a. 345-a. 525, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 149, Turnhoult 1974.

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, ER129, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=129