The Council of Angers in the Year 1279.
IN the Year 1279, John de Montsoreau Arch-Bishop of Tours Held a Provincial Council at Angers the * 1.1 Sunday after the Festival of St. Luke, wherein he Publish'd Five Canons.
The First Excommunicates those who Cite Ecclesiasticks before Secular Judges for Personal Affairs.
The Second prohibits the Officers of Bishops from exacting any thing for Sealing the Instruments of Ordination.
The Third is against those who Interr in Holy Ground the Corpes of those to whom such Inter∣ment is forbidden.
The Fourth deprives the Benefic'd Clergy who are Excommunicated of the Revenue of their Bene∣fices during the time they are Excommunicated, and orders, That they shall be turn'd out of the Be∣nefices themselves, if they continue in a State of Excommunication above a Year.
The Fifth declares, That the Bishops have Power to take off the Censures pass'd in this Council.