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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Du Pin, Louis Ellies, 1657-1719.
Publication: London :: Printed for Abel Swalle and Tim. Thilbe ...,; MDCXCIII [1693]
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The Council of Barcelona held in the Year 540.

THis Council consisted only of seven Bishops of the Province, and made but a few Canons, and those so short, that they cannot be abridg'd. Here they follow whole and entire.

1. That the fiftieth Psalm shall be sung before the Canticle.

2. That the Blessing shall be given to the Faithful at Mattins as well as Vespers.

3. That no Clergy-man shall suffer his Hair to grow or shave his Beard.

4. That the Deacons shall not sit down in the Assemblies of Priests.

5. That in the Absence of the Bishop the Priests shall read the Collects.

6. That Men under Penance shall have their Hair cut, wear a Religious Habit, and spend their Life in Fasting and Praying.

7. That Penitents shall not be present at Festivals, that they shall meddle with no business, that they shall only live frugally in their own Houses.

8. Those who desire Penance being sick, shall receive it of the Bishop, upon condition that if they recover their health, they shall lead the Life of Peni••ents, yet without laying hands upon them again; and that they shall continue separate from Communion, until the Bishop approve of their Behaviour.

9. The Benediction of the Viaticum is to be given to those that are in danger.

10. As to Monks, that shall be observ'd which was ordain'd by the Council of Chalce∣don.