[...] Si quis uero statuta supergressus corruperit uel pro nihilo habenda putauerit, si laicus est communione, si clericus est honore priuetur.
(ed. Munier 1974: 9-10)
Canon 14
Laymen who disregard the canons should be excommunicated, clerics deprived of their office.
[...] If someone disregarded the canons or considered them as worth nothing, if he is a layman, he should be deprived of the communion, and if he is a cleric, of his office.
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
Since no person is supposed to be punished twice for the same crime, the punishment for the clerics (the deposition) can be seen as lighter than the excommunication, reserved for the laymen. See also [64].
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
City
Carthage
About the source:
Title: Council of Carthage 345/348, Concilium Carthaginense sub Grato a. 345/348, Concilium Carthaginis Africae primum Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The synod of Catholic bishops gathered between 345 and 348, mainly in order to resist the Donatists.
Edition:
Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Africae a. 345-a. 525, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 149, Turnhoult 1974.
Categories:
Described by a title - Clericus
Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema
Administration of justice - Demotion
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER131, https://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=131
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