A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

The COUNCIL of ANJOU.

THIS Council was assembled Anno 433. on Sept. 25. to Ordain Thalassius Bishop of Anjou. There was but seven Bishops with Thalassius. After he was Ordain'd they made twelve * 1.1 Canons.

The first forbids Clergymen to bring their Differences before the Secular Judges, or to go out of their Church without the permission of their Bishop.

The second commands Deacons to give due respect to the Priests.

The third forbids all Encroachments and Oppressions.

The fourth, that the Clergy should not dwell with Women.

The fifth decrees, that they shall be treated very severely, who forsake their state of Penance, or Virginity.

The sixth is against Adulteries.

The seventh and eighth are against those clerks or Monks, who forsake their sacred Functions in the Church, or their Monastick.

The ninth forbids Bishops Ordaining a Clergyman that belongs to another Bishop.

The tenth is very obscure, the sense of it can hardly be found out.

The 11th Ordains, that no Person shall be Ordained a Deacon or Priest, who hath had more than one Wife.

The 12th Decrees, that all Persons who will be converted shall be received to Penance, and shall be granted Absolution according to the Discretion of the Bishop.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Concilium Andega∣vense.