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The Council of Noyon in the Year 1344. * 1.1
JOHN de VIENNE, Archbishop of Rheims, held a Council of his Province at Noyon, July 26. 1344. in which he published 17 Canons.
The 3 first, and the 5th. 6th. 8th. 13th, and 15th. are for the securing of the Ecclesiastical Ju∣risdiction to the Clergy.
The 4th. orders, That the same Service shall be celebrated in the Parochial Churches, which is in the Cathedrals.
The 7th. forbids the Abuse of certain Stage-Players, who carried about Candles light, as in Procession.
The 9th. enjoins the Begging-Friars to exhort the People to Pay their Tythes to the Curates.
The 10th. exhorts Chapters, and Bishops to communicate their Titles.
The 11th. That Deans of Chapters, and other Superiors of the Church, should oblige the Clergy subject to their Government, to wear the Tonsure, and the Habits of Clergymen.
The 12th. forbids publishing new Miracles without the Bishops allowance.
The 14th. Excommunicates Laymen that assume the Habit of the Clergy by their own Au∣thority.
The 16th. forbids Ecclesiastical Proctors to proceed against any Person, of whom they have no just cause of Complaint.
The Last is against the excessive Exactions of the Proctors of the Ecclesiastical Courts.