Canon 12 of a council held at an unknown place in Gaul shortly after 614 decrees that presbyters cannot marry after ordination.
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Canon 12
Presbyteri uel diaconi se nulla racione nubere praesumant. Quod si praesumpserint, ab ecclesia sequistrentur.
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 288)
Canon 12
Presbyters or deacons cannot dare marry for whatever reason. If they do so, they should be separated from the Church.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
About the source:
Title: Council held at unknown place after 614, Concilium incerti loci post anno 614 Origin: Gaul Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The acts of this council survived only in the codex Berolinensis Phillippis 1743, s. VIII, f. 300v. They are not titled. The only clue to their origin is the fact that they refer to the decrees of the Fifth Council of Paris (Gaul, AD 614), see, for example, [1595]. The text is severely damaged in some places.
Edition:
C. de Clercq ed., Concilia Galliae a. 511-a. 695, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148 A, Turnhout 1963.
Categories:
Family life - Marriage
Family life - Permanent relationship after ordination
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1597, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1597
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