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ER 1968
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his work "On the sacraments" speaks about foot washing of the newly baptized performed by the bishop or by the presbyters. Composed in Milan, AD 374/397.
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ER 1989
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his work "On the mysteries" speaks about deacons, presbyters and a bishop as venerable witnesses of the baptism and compares them to angels. Composed in Milan, before AD 391.
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ER 1990
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his work "On the mysteries" says that the validity of sacraments administered by priests, successors of Peter and Paul, does not depend on their personal merits but on the power of their office. Composed in Milan, before AD 391.
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ER 1119
Canon 40 in the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids deacons from sitting down before presbyters.
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ER 1122
Canon 53 in the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids presbyters to enter the baptistery before the bishop.
ID
ER 1134
Canon 59 in the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids clerics to use incantations and produce amulets.
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ER 1135
Canon 60 in the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids clerics to watch spectacles at weddings and feasts.
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ER 1136
Canon 61 in the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids clerics to participate in the feasts to which everyone contributes a share.
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ER 2422
Presbyter Vincentius of Rome restored and decorated the tomb of the martyr boy Gordianus. The metrical inscription on Via Latina in Rome, AD 375/379.
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ER 1147
Canon 68 the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids clerics to celebrate mass for the dead outside of the church.
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ER 1149
Canon 70 in the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids clerics to receive eulogies from heretics and to pray with either heretics or schismatics.
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ER 2215
The Emperors Valens, Gratian, and Valentinian issue a law according to which bishops can be judged by secular courts only if accused of criminal charges. Other matters should be decided by diocesan synods. Interpretation added to the law in the Breviary specifies that diocesan synods are the gathering of presbyters. The law issued on 17 May 376, included in the Theodosian Code published in 438 and in the Breviary of Alaric, published in 506 in Gaul.
ID
ER 83
Pacian of Barcelona (Iberian Peninsula) mentions the prostration before presbyters as a penitential practice. Treatise on Penitents, written in Barcelona ca AD 377/392.
ID
ER 2216
The Emperors Valens, Gratian, and Valentinian issue a law exempting clerics from the rank of presbyters to ostiaries from the compulsory public services that are incumbent on persons. The law issued on 5 March 377, included in the Theodosian Code published in 438 and repeated in in the Justinian Code, promulgated in 529 and then again 534.
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ER 2004
Ambrose of Milan (Italy) in his "Exposition of the Gospel of Luke" says that one should first take care of the material needs of his parents and the poor and only later give to the Church. He explicitly mentions conferring gifts to presbyters in order to get spiritual profits. Composed in Milan 377/390.
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ER 2388
DRAFT Jerome of Stridon confirm that bishops lay hands on the people who have been baptized by the presbyters and deacons. Jerome, The Dialogue Against the Luciferians, written probably in Antioch, ca AD 379.
ID
ER 2389
DRAFT Jerome of Stridon compares the Church to Noah's Ark, with the deacons, presbyters and bishops at its summit. Jerome, The Dialogue Against the Luciferians, written probably in Antioch, ca AD 379.
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ER 2173
Funerary inscription of the presbyter [Cand]idus. Anzio (central Italy), AD 378.
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ER 1343
Faustinus, the Luciferian presbyter from Rome, sends to Emperor Theodosius the creed to which he adheres. Faustinus, Confessio Fidei, written ca AD 379/384 in the East (in Eleutheropolis or Constantinople?).
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ER 2144
The Emperors Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius issue the law which exempt clerics who are tradesmen from the lustral tax payable in gold exacted from tradesmen. The law issued on 5 July 379, included in the Theodosian Code published in 438.