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 fifth Council of Arles. * 1.1

SApaudus Bishop of Arles held this Council at the end of June in the year 554, wherein were made seven Canons.

The first, That in the Province there should be a Conformity, as to the Ceremony of Offerings, to the usage of the Church of Arles.

The second, That the Monasteries and Jurisdiction over the Monks shall belong to the Bishop in whose Territory the Monasteries are situate.

The third, That the Abbots shall not remove from their Monastery without leave from their Bi∣shop.

The fourth, That a Priest cannot Depose a Deacon or a Sub-deacon without the Bishops know∣ledge.

The fifth, That Bishops shall take care of the Nunneries that are in their City, and the Abbess can do nothing against the Rule.

The sixth, That the Clergy cannot leave the Revenues of the Church in a worse condition then they found them.

The seventh, That a Bishop shall not Ordain the Clergy-men of another Bishop.

Notes

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  The fifth Council of Arles.