The Council of Bourdeaux in the Year 1262.
THE same Arch-Bishop made several other Constitutions of the like Nature, in a Synod Held the * 1.1 same Year at Bourdeaux.
The First imports, That the Excommunicated shall be esteem'd such, till they have receiv'd Let∣ters of Absolution from their Bishop.
The Second, That those who shall continue in a State of Excommunication during a Year, shall be deem'd Heretical.
The Third, That a Curate shall not Bury one of another Parish.
The Fourth, That the Curates shall Exhort those who are of Age, to present themselves to receive Confirmation, at the time of the Bishop's Visitation.
The Fifth, That those who shall Contract Clandestine Marriages, both the Ministers and Wit∣nesses shall be Excommunicated and Suspended ab Officio & Beneficio, and that those Marriages shall be reckoned Clandestine, which are not Contracted by the proper Curate or Pastor of the Husband or the Wife, with the consent of the other Curate.
The Sixth, That each Curate shall have in his Parish a List of the Excommunicated.
The Seventh, That Absolution from Excommunication cannot be granted, but by the Judge who Issu'd out the Excommunication, and that in Case the Excommunicated Person happen to Die, after his Death Absolution shall be requir'd of that Judge.