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CANONS OF THE COUNCIL OF ELVIRA (first decade of 4th century) - Page 2 of 4 |
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Canon 21 |
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Si quis in civitate positus tres dominicas ad ecclesiam non accesserit, pauco tempore abstineatur, ut correptus esse videatur. |
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Canon 22 |
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Canon 23 |
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XXIII. De temporibus ieiuniorum. |
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Ieiunii superpositiones per singulos menses placuit celebrari, exceptis diebus duorum mensium Iulii et Augusti propter quorumdam infirmitatem. |
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Canon 24 |
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XXIV. De his qui in peregre baptizantur, ut ad clerum non veniant. |
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Omnis qui in peregre fuerint baptizati, eo quod eorum minime sit cognita vita, placuit ad clerum non esse promovendos in alienis provinciis. |
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Canon 25 |
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Omnis qui attulerit litteras confessorias sublato nomine confessoris, eo quod omnes sub hac nominis gloria passim concutiant simplices, communicatoriae ei dandae sunt litterae. |
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Canon 26 |
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Canon 27 |
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Canon 28 |
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XXVIII. De oblationibus eorum qui non communicant. |
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Episcopum placuit ab eo, qui non communicat, munus accipere non debere. |
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Canon 29 |
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Energumenus qui ab erratico spiritu exagitatur, huius nomen neque ad altare cum oblatione esse recitandum, nec permittendum ut sua manu in ecclesia ministret. |
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Canon 30 |
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Canon 31 |
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Adolescentes qui post fidem lavacri salutaris fuerint moechati, quum duxerint uxores, acta legitima poenitentia placuit ad communionem eos admitti. |
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Canon 32 |
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Canon 33 |
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Canon 34 |
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XXXIV. Ne cerei in coemeteriis incendantur. |
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Cereos per diem placuit in coemeterio non incendi, inquietandi enim sanctorum spiritus non sunt. Qui haec non observaverint arceantur ab ecclesiae communione. |
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Canon 35 |
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XXXV. Ne feminae in coemeteriis pervigilent. |
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Placuit prohiberi ne feminae in coemeterio pervigilent, eo quod saepe sub obtentu orationis latenter scelera committunt. |
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Canon 36 |
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Canon 37 |
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Canon 38 |
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Loco peregre navigantes, aut si ecclesia proximo non fuerit, posse fidelem, qui lavacrum suum integrum habet nec sit bigamus, baptizare in necessitate infirmitatis positum catechumenum, ita ut si supervixerit ad episcopum eum perducat, ut per manus impositionem perfici possit. |
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Canon 40 |
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Prohiberi placuit, ut quum rationes suas accipiunt possessores, quidquid ad idolum datum fuerit accepto non ferant: si post interdictum fecerint, per quinquennii spatia temporum a communione esse arcendos. |
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