Of the COUNCIL of Turin.
THE Bishops of Africk were not the only Bishops who took care to maintain the Discipline of the * 1.1 Church about the end of the Fourth Century: Those of Gaul and Spain have also left us authen∣tical Monuments of their Pastoral Vigilance. The former in the Canons of the Council of Turin, and the latter in those of the Council of Toledo, for these Two Councils were assembled in the Year 400, or thereabouts.
The Council of Turin determin'd several Differences between the Churches and Bishops of Gaul.
The 1st. is, That which Proculus Bishop of Marseilles had with the Bishops of Gallia▪ Narbonensis, of which he would be acknowledg'd Metropolitan. The Council, for Peace-sake, granted to the Person, and not to the See of Proculus, the Jurisdiction of a Primate over all the Churches in the Se∣cond Narbonensis.
The 2d. Difference was between the Bishops of the Churches of Arles and Vienna, who contested the Right of Primacy. The Synod declares, That this Right belongs to him who shall prove that his City is the Metropolis; but in the mean time it ordains, as a Provision for preserving Peace, That the Bishops of these two Churches shall have under their Jurisdiction the Churches which are nearest to their own Cities, and that they shall live hereafter in Peace, without disturbing one another, by usurping the Churches that are remote.
The 3d. Question which was to be determined in this Synod, concern'd Four Bishops, who had made Ordinations contrary to Order: The Council remits their Fault, on condition that they will not relapse into it any more, and ordains, That for the time to come, those who shall relapse into it, shall be disabled from coming to Synods, and that those who shall be so ordain'd, shall be depriv'd of the Priesthood.
The 4th. is concerning a Lay-man call'd Palladius, who complain'd of a Sentence given against him by his own Bishop, Triferius, before whom he was not able to prove a Crime of which he had accus'd a Priest. The Council confirms the Sentence of Triferius, leaving him nevertheless the Liberty to show favour to Palladius.
It confirms also in the 5th. Canon another Sentence of the same Bishop, given against the Priest Exu∣perantius, who had vomited forth many Calumnies and Reproaches against him.
The 6th. Canon is against those who communicated with Felix Bishop of Triers, who was of the Faction of the Ithacians.
The 7th. forbids Bishops to take Clergy-men from any one of their Brethren, to ordain them in their own Churches, and to receive those into Communion who have been excommunicated in some other place.
The 8th. declares, That those who have been ordain'd contrary to the Canons, and who being or∣dain'd have had Children, ought not to be advanc'd to higher Orders.