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Letter 2

XIII, 15 – Item quae Christo spiritaliter nupserunt, et velari a sacerdote meruentur, si postea vel publice nupserint vel se clanculo corruperint, non eas admittendas esse ad agendam poenitentiam, nisi is, cui se junxerant, de saeculo recesserit. [...]

(ed. Coustant 1845: 478-479)

Letter 2

XIII,15 – Those who spirtually married Christ, and deserved to be veiled by a priest, if afterwards they married publicly or became corrupted secretly, they will not be allowed to do penance until those whom they joined depart from this life. [...]

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Place of event:

Region

Rome
Gaul

City

Rome
Rouen

About the source:

Author: Innocent I
Title: Letters, Epistulae
Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Innocent I was the bishop of Rome from AD 401 to 417. Several of his letters, especially to the bishops of Gaul and Spain, are "decretals": authoritative letters containing papal rulings, usually in response to questions raised by the bishops.

Edition:

P. Coustant ed., S. Innocentii Papae Epistolae et Decreta, Patrologia Latina 20, Paris 1845, 463-608.

Bibliography:

D. Jasper, H. Fuhrmann, Papal Letters in the Early Middle Ages, Washington 2001.

Categories:

Described by a title - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς

Ritual activity - Blessing virgins/widows

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1586, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1586