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Discussion:

Since the collection of Innocent I is generally ordered chronologically, this letter must have been written towards the end of his pontificate.

For the prohibition of ordaining penitents, see also [97], [175], [361], [482], [812], [959], [1069], [1128], [1290].

Place of event:

Region

Rome
Italy south of Rome and Sicily

City

Rome

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:

Categories:

Impediments or requisits for the office - Improper/Immoral behaviour

Public law - Ecclesiastical

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