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Canon 103

Vt presbyteri alterius regionis praesentibus presbyteris non sacrificent.

Concilio Nouacaesariensi, tit. 12.

(ed. Munier 1974: 296)

Canon 103

Presbyters from other regions should not offer the sacrifice in the presence of the presbyters [of the place].

The Council of Neocaesarea, title 12.

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

The canon is a hardly recognisible version of Canon 13 of Neocaesarea (AD 314/319), which forbids rural presbyters to say Mass in the presence of a bishop or an urban presbyter.

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:

Travel and change of residence

Functions within the Church - Rural presbyter

Functions within the Church - Urban presbyter

Ritual activity - Eucharist

Ritual activity - Concelebration

Relation with - Another presbyter

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER770, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=770