Divers Councils held in Normandy. The Council of Rouen, conven'd, A. D. 1050.
MAUGIER, Arch-bishop of Rouen, held a Council in that City, A. D. 1050. with Hugh Bishop of Eureux and Robert of Coutances, in which he drew up a Letter directed * 1.1 to the Bishops and Faithful of his Province, containing the following Constitutions, viz.
1. That the Articles of Faith, compris'd in the Creed of the Catholick and Apostolick Church, ought to be firmly adher'd to.
2. That no Presents shall be made to Princes, nor to their Officers for the obtaining of Bishopricks.
3. That the Bishops shall not covet to be translated from one See to another, out of a Principle of Ambition.
4. That the Monks shall not cause themselves to be made Abbots for Mony.
5. That one Bishop shall not dispossess another, nor one Abbot another.
6. That the Bishops shall not exact any thing for Ordinations.
7. That their Officers, that is to say, their Arch-deacons or Secretaries shall not in like manner demand any thing upon that account.
8. That no Person shall be ordain'd who is not of a competent Age, and who has not made a sufficient progress in Learning.
9. That a Bishop shall not ordain a Clerk of another Diocess without the permission of his Diocesan.
10. That the Bishops shall not bestow the Revenues, Lands and Benefices of the Clergy on Laicks.
11, 12 and 13. That Clergy-men shall not endeavour to supplant one another.
14, 15 and 16. That nothing shall be exacted for the Holy Chrism, nor for the Consecra∣tion of Churches, nor for the Administration of Baptism.
17. That on the eight days, during which new Baptized Persons wear the † 1.2 Albe, they shall be obliged only to offer their Wax-Tapers and the Linnen with which their Heads were cover'd, by reason of the Holy Chrism.
18. That the Pennance impos'd on Offenders, shall neither be augmented nor diminish'd for Money.
19. That the new Baptized Persons shall spend eight days in wearing the Albes, and hold∣ing lighted Tapers in the Church, where they were baptized.