Canons of the First Council of Saragossa
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Preamble
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Caesaraugusta in secretario residentibus episcopis Fitadio, Delfino, Eutychio, Ampelio, Auxentio, Lucio, Itacio, Splendonio, Valerio, Symposio, Cartherio et Idacio, ab universis dictum est: Recitentur sententiae. Lucius episcopus legit.
At Caesaraugusta, the bishops Phoebadius, Delphinus, Eutychius, Ampelius, Auxentius, Lucius, Itacius, Splendonius, Valerius, Symposius, Carterius, and Idacius sitting in the sacristy, it was said by all: Let the sentences be read. Bishop Lucius read.
Chapter 1
1PL 84:316
Ut mulieres omnes Ecclesiae catholicae et fideles a virorum alienorum lectione et coetibus separentur, vel ad ipsas legentes aliae studio vel docendi vel discendi conveniant, quoniam hoc Apostolus jubet. Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Anathema futuros qui hanc concilii sententiam non observaverint.
That all the women of the catholic church, and the faithful, are to be kept apart from the reading and the meetings of men not their own, nor are other women to gather with women who read, out of zeal either for teaching or for learning, since the Apostle commands this. It was said by all the bishops: Those who do not observe this sentence of the council will be anathema.
Chapter 2
2PL 84:316
Item legit; Ne quis jejunet die dominica causa temporis aut persuasionis aut superstitionis, et quadragesimarum die ab ecclesiis non desint nec habitent latibula cubiculorum ac montium qui in his suspicionibus perseverant, sed exemplum et praeceptum custodiant sacerdotum et ad alienas villas agendorum conventuum causa non conveniant. Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Anathema sit qui hoc commiserit.
Likewise he read: That no one is to fast on the Lord's day for the sake of the season, or of persuasion, or of superstition; and that on the days of Lent those who persist in these suspect practices are not to be absent from the churches, nor dwell in hiding places in chambers and mountains, but are to keep the example and precept of the bishops, and are not to gather at other people's country estates to hold meetings. It was said by all the bishops: Let him be anathema who has committed this.
Chapter 3
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Item legit: Eucharistiae gratiam si quis probatur acceptam in ecclesia non sumpsisse anathema sit in perpetuum. Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Placet.
Likewise he read: If anyone is proved not to have consumed in the church the grace of the eucharist received there, let him be anathema forever. It was said by all the bishops: It pleases.
Chapter 4
4PL 84:316
Item legit: Viginti et uno die quo a xvi Kalendas Januarias usque in diem Epiphaniae qui est VIII Idus Januarias continuis diebus nulli liceat de ecclesia absentare, nec latere in domibus, nec secedere in villam, nec montes petere, nec nudis pedibus incedere, sed concurrere ad ecclesiam: quod qui non observaverit de susceptis, anathema sit in perpetuum. Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Anathema sit.
Likewise he read: For twenty-one days, from the sixteenth day before the Kalends of January until the day of Epiphany, which is the eighth day before the Ides of January, no one is permitted on consecutive days to be absent from the church, nor to hide in houses, nor to withdraw to a country estate, nor to seek the mountains, nor to walk barefoot, but all are to come together to the church. Whoever of those received does not observe this, let him be anathema forever. It was said by all the bishops: Let him be anathema.
Chapter 5
5PL 84:316
Item lectum est: Ut hi qui per disciplinam aut sententiam episcopi ab Ecclesia fuerint separati ab aliis episcopis non sint recipiendi; quod si scientes episcopi fecerint, non habeant communionem. Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Qui hoc commiserit, episcoporum non habeat communionem.
Likewise it was read: That those who have been separated from the church by the discipline or sentence of a bishop are not to be received by other bishops; and if bishops do this knowingly, they are not to have communion. It was said by all the bishops: Whoever has committed this is not to have the communion of the bishops.
Chapter 6
6PL 84:316
Item legit: Si quis de clericis propter luxum vanitatemque praesumptam de officio suo sponte discesserit, ac se velut observationem legis in monacho videri voluerit esse quam clericum, ita de Ecclesia repellendum ut nisi rogando atque observando plurimis temporibus satisfecerit, non recipiatur. Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Ita fiat.
Likewise he read: If any of the clergy, out of luxury and presumptuous vanity, has of his own accord left his office and wishes to be seen as one keeping the law as a monk rather than as a cleric, he is to be driven from the church, so that he is not received unless he has made satisfaction by entreaty and observance for a very long time. It was said by all the bishops: So be it.
Chapter 7
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Item lectum est: Ne quis doctoris sibi nomen imponat praeter has personas quibus concessum est, secundum id quod scriptum est. Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Placet.
Likewise it was read: That no one is to take for himself the name of teacher except those persons to whom it has been granted, according to what is written. It was said by all the bishops: It pleases.
Chapter 8
8PL 84:318
Item lectum est: Non velandas esse virgines, quae se Deo voverint, nisi quadraginta annorum probata aetate, quam sacerdos comprobaverit. Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Placet.
Likewise it was read: That virgins who have vowed themselves to God are not to be veiled unless their age of forty years has been proved, as the priest has verified. It was said by all the bishops: It pleases.