A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

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A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.
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Du Pin, Louis Ellies, 1657-1719.
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MDCXCIII [1693]
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Church history.
Fathers of the church -- Bio-bibliography.
Christian literature, Early -- Bio-bibliography.
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"A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69887.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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The Council of Bourges, held in the Year, 1031.

AIMO, Arch-bishop of Bourges, held a Council on the first day of November, A. D. 1031. * 1.1 in that City, in which assisted the Bishops of Puy en Velay, Clermont, Alby, Cahors and Mande, with the Abbot of Micy and several others. Pope John's 18th Letter was read con∣cerning the Affair of St. Martial's Apostleship; proper means were sought for, to put a stop to the Civil Wars and to establish Peace in the Kingdom, and the following Constitutions were rectify'd.

The First ordains, That the Commemoration of St. Martial shall be made among the Apo∣stles, and not among the Confessors.

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The Second, That the Priest shall not keep the Body of Jesus Christ, consecrated under the same Hosts longer, than from one Sunday to another.

The Third imports, That the Bishops shall not receive any Presents upon account of Ordi∣nations, nor even their Officers, who were wont to take somewhat for Registring the Names of those Persons, who were propos'd for Ordination.

The Fourth, That none shall obtain an Arch-deaconry, who is not a Deacon.

The Fifth, That Priests, who cohabit with their Wives, shall only be Readers or Chanters for the future; and that Deacons and Sub-deacons shall not be suffer'd to keep either Wives or Concubines.

The Sixth, That the Bishops shall oblige them to take an Oath to that purpose, at their Ordination.

The Seventh enjoyns, That all those who are employ'd in the Ministerial Functions, shall have Ecclesiastical Tonsure; that is to say, their Beards shav'd, and the Crown made on their Heads.

The Eighth, That the Sons of Deacons and Sub-deacons, shall not be admitted into the Clergy.

The Ninth, That Slaves shall not be ordain'd Clerks, till they have obtain'd Freedom of their Masters.

The Tenth, That such Persons shall not be look'd upon as the Sons of Clergy-men, as were born after their Fathers quitted the Ecclesiastical State, and return'd to that of Laicks.

The Eleventh, That the Bishops shall declare at the time of Ordination, that they excom∣municate those who shall presume to present to them any Sons of Clergy-men or Slaves to be ordain'd, and that Persons under such Circumstances, who have got their Ordination by sur∣prise, shall be depos'd.

The Twelfth, That nothing shall be exacted for the Administration of Baptism and Pen∣nance, nor for burying the Dead; nevertheless that it shall be permitted to receive whatever the Faithful shall think fit to bestow Voluntarily upon those Occasions.

The Thirteenth orders, That the Priests shall have the Offerings, and the Funeral Torches, which are presented to them, but that the Paschal-Taper shall remain to give Light to the Altar.

The Fourteenth, That Linnen Cloths which have serv'd to cover dead Bodies, shall not be laid on the Altar.

The Fifteenth, That no publick Meetings shall be held on Sundays for the Management of Secular Affairs, unless they be call'd to perform Works of Charity, to oppose the In∣sults of Enemies, in case of danger, or to transact Business upon some other emergent Oc∣casion.

The Sixteenth ordains, That those Persons who leave their Wives, except upon account of Adultery, shall not marry others as long as the former are living, nor the Women other Husbands in the like Cases.

The Seventeenth, That no Man shall take to Wife a Relation to the sixth or seventh De∣gree of Consanguinity.

The Eighteenth, That none in like manner shall be permitted to Marry his Kinsman's Wife.

The Nineteenth, That no Man shall give his Daughter in Marriage to any Priest, Deacon or Sub-deacon, nor to their Sons.

The Twentieth, That none shall Marry their Daughters.

The Twenty first imports, That Lay-men shall not enjoy Ecclesiastical Benefices.

The Twenty second, That Laicks shall not put Priests in their Churches without the ap∣probation of the Bishop.

The Twenty third, That those Ecclesiastical Persons, who renounce their Clerkship or Ministerial Functions, shall be separated from the rest of the Clergy.

The Twenty fourth, That Monks, who quit their Habit, shall be depriv'd of the Com∣munion of the Church, till they have resum'd it; and if the Abbots or Monks refuse to re-admit them, they shall reside with the Clerks in Churches or in other Monasteries, wearing the Habit of Monks and observing the Monastick Rule.

The Twenty fifth, That neither the Canons nor Monks shall pass from one Church or from one Monastery to another, without a License from the Bishop or Abbot.

After the Session of this Synod, Aimo made a Declaration, That St. Martial should be stil'd an Apostle in all the Church-Offices.

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