Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 166
Canon 14 (13) of the First Council of Arles (Gaul, AD 314) expels from the clerical order those who have given away the holy scriptures, Sunday utensils, or the names of their brothers. If those suspended have ordained others, those others' ordination will be valid.
Canon 14 (13)
 
De his qui scripturas sanctas tradidisse dicuntur uel vasa dominica uel nomina fratrum suorum, placuit nobis ut quicumque eorum ex actis publicis fuerit detectus, non uerbis nudis, ab ordine cleri amoueatur. Nam si idem aliquos ordinasse fuerint depraehensi, et de his quos ordinauerunt ratio subsistit, non illis obsit ordinatio. Et quoniam multi sunt qui contra ecclesiam repugnare uidentur et per testes redemptos putant se ad accusationem admitti debere, omnino non permittantur, nisi ut supra diximus, actis publicis docuerint.
 
(ed. Munier 1963: 12)
Canon 14 (13)
 
On those about whom it is said that have given away the holy scriptures, or divine utensils, or the names of their brothers. It has pleased us that each of those who were exposed by public acts – and not only by mere words – should be removed from the clerical order. Also, if those arrested ordained others, and there was a reason for their ordination, their ordination will be valid. And because there is a number of those who, it seems, have fought against the church and although redeemed by witnesses nevertheless think that they should be indicted, we permit nothing of this kind if, as we have stated before, there is no evidence in the public acts.
 
(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region
  • Gaul
City
  • Arles

About the source:

Title: First Council of Arles 314, Concilium Arelatense anno 314, Canones ad Silvestrum Papam
Origin: Arles (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The First Council of Arles gathered in 314 under the auspices of Constantine the Great to solve the controversy between Bishop Caecilian of Carthage and the emerging Donatist movement. The Donatists, dissatisfied with the ruling of the Council of Rome in 313, implored Constantine to summon a new council. The First Council of Arles, however, also condemned the Donatists.
Edition:
Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.

Categories:

Described by a title - Clericus
    Act of ordination
      Ritual activity - Ordaining
        Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
          Administration of justice - Suspension
            Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER166, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=166