The Council of Arles in the Year 1275.
THis Council was held by Bertrand of St. Martin Arch-Bishop of Arles. * 1.1
The Four first Canons are lost.
In the Fifth 'tis order'd, That the Bishop shall cause the Sentences of Excommunication and Inter∣diction pass'd by their Brethren to be publish'd and observed.
The Sixth imports, That an Inventory shall be made of the Goods of Churches and of Hospitals.
The Seventh prohibits the Selling or Mortgaging the Chalices, or other Ornaments of the Church, without the Bishop's leave.
The Eighth imports, That the Last Wills and Testaments shall be made in the Presence of the Curate.
The Ninth, That the Curates shall take care that the Legacies bequeath'd to Pious Uses, be du∣ly Discharg'd.
The Tenth, That no Persons shall be sollicited to be Interr'd out of their own Parish.
The Eleventh, That the Rules of the Law in Ecclesiastical Affairs shall be observ'd.
The Twelfth contains the Cases which are to be reserv'd to the Pope, which are Heresy, Simony, the Non-observation of Eccommunication or Interdiction, the Ordination per Saltum, or without the Bishop's leave, Fires, the touching the Eucharist or the Holy Chrisme in order to put it to an ill use; Homicide, Sacrilege, Incests with one's Aunt, Sister, Kinswoman or a Nun, the Debauching of a Maiden, the Sin against Nature, the Exposing of a Child, and Abortion.
The Thirteenth contains the Cases reserv'd to the Bishops, or their Penitentiaries; which are false Witnesses, a Marriage Contracted by a Person who is engag'd on Oath to Marry another, the being present at the Office of an Excommunicated or Interdicted Person, the Celebration of Divine Ser∣vice in an Interdicted Place, the Burying in an Interdicted Church-Yard, the Seising and retaining of Tithes, or of things bequeath'd to the Church by Last Wills and Testaments: The Priests are prohibited from granting Absolution in such Cases, unless those whom they Confess are at the Point of Death, or uncapable of waiting on the Bishop or his Penitentiary.
In the Fourteenth and Fifteenth, the Clergy are prohibited from Buying up Corn to Sell it again for profit.
In the Sixteenth 'tis order'd, That they shall have Silver-Chalices in all Churches.
In the Seventeenth 'tis order'd, That they shall Re-build the Country-Churches and the Houses belonging to them.
In the Eighteenth, That the Usurers and Adulterers shall be Excommunicated every Sunday.
In the Nineteenth, That the Curates shall keep a Register of the Names of those who present them∣selves at the Sacrament of Pennance during Lent, and that after Easter they shall give the Bishop an ac∣count of those who are not Confess'd, and if there be any Monks who take Confessions in the Parish, they shall give in the Names of those whom they have Confess'd to the Curate.
In the Twentieth, That if one of those who are not Confess'd to the Curate Die within the Year, he shall not be Interr'd in Holy Ground.
In the Twenty first, That the Curates shall hear the Confessions of the Sick, or give leave to the Secular Priests or Monks to hear them.
In the Twenty second the Curates are prohibited from leaving their Churches to go into others, before they have given their Bishop an Account of their Conduct.