According to Canon 98 of the Breviary of Ferrandus of Carthage (North Africa, AD 523/546, repeating earlier norms) presbyters who marry or fornicate after ordination shall be punished.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Canon 98
Vt presbyter, si uxorem duxerit, deponatur; si autem fornicatus fuerit, etiam paenitentiam agere conpellatur.
Concilio Nouacaesariensi, tit. 1.
(ed. Munier 1974: 295)
Canon 98
If a presbyter marries, he should be deposed; if he also fornicated, he should be forced to do penance.
The Council of Neocaesarea, title 1.
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
East
City
Carthage
Neocaesarea
About the source:
Author: Ferrandus of Carthage Title: Breviary of Ferrandus, Breviatio Canonum, Breuiatio Canonum
Breuiatio Canonum Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa), Neocaesarea (East) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Ferrandus was a deacon of Carthage; he died before 546. His "Breviary" is the first systematic collection of canons produced in Africa. It contains the titles (not the entire text) of 232 canons of different councils (not only from Africa), treating mainly the duties of various clerical offices (1-144), ecclesiastical delicts (145-198), and liturgical norms (199-232).
Edition:
C. Munier ed., Concilia Africae a. 345-a. 525, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 149, Turnhoult 1974, 284-311.
Bibliography:
J. Gaudemet, Les Sources du droit de l’Église en Occident du IIe au VIIe siècle, Paris 1985.
Categories:
Family life - Marriage
Family life - Permanent relationship after ordination
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S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER760, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=760
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