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Canon 13 of a council held at an unknown place in Gaul shortly after 614 decrees that after excommunicating someone the presbyter should let neighbouring cities and parishes know of this fact.
Canon 13
 
De excommunicatis placuit, si quis pro crimine suo ab episcopo uel presbytero fuerit communione priuatus, episcopus uel presbyter et facinus excommunicati et priuationem communionis uicinis ciuitatibus uel parrociis stodeant indecare. Quod si quis, ad cuius post notitiam uenerit, usque audientia cum ipso communicare praesumpserit, biennio com(munione) (p)riuatus ab ecclesia sequistretur.
 
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 288)
Canon 13
 
It is proper concerning the excommunicated [that], if someone has been deprived for his crime of communion by a bishop or presbyter, this bishop or presbyter should make sure to announce to the closest cities or parishes the deed of the excommunicated and [the fact that he is] deprived of communion. If someone, after he was reached by the notice, dares to communicate with him, unless his case has been heard (usque audientia), he should be deprived of communion for two years and separated from the Church.
 
(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

The meaning of usque audientia is not clear, but the context suggests that it refers to the case when the particular excommunication was lifted.

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:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
    Public law - Ecclesiastical
      Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
        Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema
          Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops
            Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1598, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1598
            Record by: Jerzy Szafranowski
            last edited: 2020-02-26 15:38:32
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