The Council of Saltzburg in the Years 1274 and 1281.
FRederick Arch-Bishop of Saltzburg and Legate of the Holy▪ See, in the Year 1274, held a Provin∣cial * 1.1 Council in his Metropolis, wherein he Publish'd the Canons of the Second General Council of Lions, and order'd the Reading the Constitutions publish'd by Guy Cardinal and Legate of the Ho∣ly See, in the Council held at Vienna in Austria in the Year 1267, to which he added Twenty Four Articles.
By the First, He Orders the Abbots of the Order of Saint Benedict to hold Provincial Chapters▪ every Year for the Reforming the Monastical Discipline.
By the Second, He orders, That the Run-away Monks shall be fetch'd back again, That those who Commit Enormous Crimes shall be put into Prison. He prohibits Abbots from dispensing from their Obedience the Monks who pass into a more Austere Order.
In the Third, He reproves the Abuse of several Abbots who sent Monks into other Monasteries for slight Faults: He orders, That they shall punish them for their Faults in the Monasteries where they have Committed them, and that they shall not make the Monks change their Monastery unless the Bi∣shop consents to it.
In the Fourth, He prohibits the Abbots the Use of Pontifical Habits, the Blessing of Holy Vest∣ments and Vessels, the Power of granting Indulgences and the other Sacerdotal Functions, if they do not justifie their Privileges in the first Provincial Council.
In the Fifth, He prohibits the Regular Canons the same thing, and leaves the other Abuses to be reform'd at a Provincial Chapter.
In the Sixth, He repeals the Powers given to Monks of Confessing, of granting Indulgences, or of doing any other Sacerdotal Functions.
The Seventh imports, That those who have Pluralities of Benefices, shall be contented with the Last that has been given them, and shall be turn'd out of the rest, unless before the holding of the first Provincial Council, they make it appear, that they have obtain'd a Dispensation to hold them from the Superior who has the Right to grant it.
The Eighth obliges all the Clergy who have Benefices with the Cure of Souls to Residence, on pain of forfeiting the Incomes and the Benefit of the Temporalities of their Benefices.
The Ninth subjects to the same Penalty those who take not Orders within the time prescrib'd by the Canons.
The Tenth orders, That in Benefices where there ought to be Vicars, a competent Stipend shall be allow'd them for their Maintenance.
The Eleventh revives the Laws about the Clerical Tonsure and Habit.
The Twelfth and Thirteenth Suspend the Clerks who frequent Taverns or play at Dice.
The Fourteenth Excommunicates those who shall break a Prison, in favour of a Clerk Imprison'd by the Order of his Bishop.
The Fifteenth prohibits Men and Women from taking upon them the Religious Habit, if they do not make Profession of a Rule in an Order already approv'd, and design to enter a Monastery.
The Sixteenth prohibits the giving any thing to Vagrant Scholars.
The Seventeenth prohibits certain Sports which were kept in Churches.
The Eighteenth orders the Bishops to see that the Censures pass'd by other Bishops be observ'd.
The Nineteenth imports, That they shall cut their Stubble in all the Province on the Festivals of St. Rupert, St. Vigilius, and St. Augustine Patrons of Saltzburg.
The Twentieth prohibits the Monks from choosing Confessors out of their Order, unless it be by the Bishop's Leave.
The Twenty first orders, That the Clerks or Monks shall be cast into Prison, who make use of the Secular Powers to exempt themselves from the Correction of their Bishop, and declares them unwor∣thy to Possess Benesices or Ecclesiastical Offices.
The Twenty second imports, That they ought to make use of a general Interdiction to punish the Imprisonment or Persecution of a Bishop.
The Twenty third prohibits the Receiving of Curacies from the Hands of Laicks, and from entring into Possession of them before they are Instituted and Inducted by the Bishop.
The Twenty fourth prohibits the Advocates of Churches from Molesting them, and exacting more than their Dues of them.
The same Arch-Bishop held another Provincial Council at Saltzburg in the Year 1281, consisting of Fourteen Bishops, in which he Publish'd the following Canons.
The First, Which prohibits the Alienation of Abbey-Lands unless it be with the Consent of the Bishop and the Monks.
The Second, which Orders, That the Superiors shall every Year give an Account to the Bishop of the Use that has been made of the Revenue of the Monasteries.