The Council of Vienna in Austria in the Year 1267.
Guy Cardinal Legate in Germany held a Council at Vienna in Austria, consisting of Six Bishops, * 1.1 on the 10th of May 1267, wherein he publish'd Twenty one Heads for the Reforming the Dis∣cipline of the Churches of Prague and Saltzburg.
In the First, He orders the Clerks to live and be choath'd Clerically.
In the Second, He enjoyns the Bishops not to be any Charge to their Inferior Clergy in their Visitations.
By the Third, He recommends Continency to the Clergy, and orders the Punishing of those who kept Concubines.
The Fourth and Fifth are against those who offer any Violence to the Persons or Estates of Church-men.
The Sixth is against those who hold Pluralities without a Dispensation.
The Seventh is against Laicks who are in Possession of Tithes.
The Eighth is against Usurers.
The Ninth is against the Clerks who oppose by force the Correction of their Superiors, and against Patrons who bestow Benefices on Persons under the Age of Eighteen.
The Tenth is against those who Seize on the Goods of the Church during the Vacancy.
The Eleventh imports, That the Lay-Patrons shall not institute into Benefices, but only the Or∣dinaries.
The Twelfth, That the Curates are oblig'd to Actual and Personal Residence on their Benefices.
The Thirteenth orders the Bishop of Prague and the Bishops of the Province of Saltzburg, to Visit the Monasteries of the Black-Friars, being attended with the Monks of the Order of Cisteaux.
The Fourteenth prohibits the Abbots from Consecrating Chalices, Patins, and from Blessing the Holy Vestments, and from performing any of the Episcopal Functions.
The Five last are about the Jews.