The Presbyters Project

Canon 21

De presbyteris aut diaconibus qui solent remittere loca sua in quibus ordinati sunt et ad alia <loca> se transferunt, placuit ut his locis ministrent; quod si relictis locis suis ad alium se locum transferre uoluerint, deponantur.

(ed. Munier 1963: 13)

Canon 21

On the presbyters and deacons who leave the places where they were ordained and transfer themselves to other places, it has pleased us that they will serve in these places. But if after leaving these places they would like to transfer to yet another place, they should be deposed.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Arles

About the source:

Title: The First Council of Arles 314, Concilium Arelatense I 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:

Travel and change of residence

Ecclesiastical transfer

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

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, ER169, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=169