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 Valentia in Spain.

THis Council was held at Valentia in Spain, in the same year with the preceding, on the third of November. It consisted of nine Prelates, and made six Canons.

The first ordains, That before the Oblations are brought, and the Catechumens dismiss'd, the Gospel shall be read after the Lessons of the Apostle, that the Catechumens and Penitents may under∣stand the wholsome Precepts of Jesus Christ.

The second and third renew the Canons formerly made for preserving the Possessions left by the Bishop.

The fourth exhorts the Bishops to come quickly to the assistance of their sick Brethren, that they may prepare them for death, and be present at their Funerals. It adds, That if a Bishop happen to die suddenly, when another Bishop is not present at his death, his Body shall be buried, and kept till such time as another Bishop can come to celebrate his Funerals according to Custom.

The fifth ordains the Punishment of Vagabond Clergy-men, who disobey their Bishop, and forsake the Ministry of the Church to which they were fix'd.

The sixth forbids to ordain the Clergy-man of another Bishop, or to Ordain any Person who does not promise to continue in the Diocese.