The Canons of the CCXVII Blessed Fathers who…
The Canons of the CCXVII Blessed Fathers who assembled at Carthage.
The Canons of the 217 Blessed Fathers who…
The Canons of the 217 Blessed Fathers who assembled at Carthage.
If any cleric is ordained he ought to be admonished to observe the constitutions.
That if any bishop is accused the cause should be brought before the primate of his own province.
Canon LXXXIII. (Greek lxxxvi.)
Canon LXXXIV. (Greek lxxxvii.)
Canon LXXXV. (Greek lxxxviii.)
Of making peace between the Churches of Rome and Alexandria.
Canon CVII. (Greek cx. continued.)
Canon CIX. (Greek cxij. continued.)
That infants are baptized for the remission of sins.
Canon CXII. (Greek cxiij. continued.)
Canon CXXVII. (Greek cxxviii.)
Canon CXXXII. (Greek cxxxiii.)
Canon CXXXIII. (Greek cxxxiv.)
Canon CXXXIV. (Continuation of cxxxv. in the Greek.)
Canon CXXXV. (Not numbered in the Greek.)
Canon CXXXVI. (Not numbered in the Greek but with a new heading.)
Canon XXIX. (Greek xxxii.)
If anyone who is excommunicated shall receive communion before his cause is heard he brings damnation on himself.16 Not found in the Greek of Beveridge.
Likewise it pleased the whole Council that he who shall have been excommunicated for any neglect, whether he be bishop, or any other cleric, and shall have presumed while still under sentence, and his cause not yet heard, to receive communion, he shall be considered by so doing to have given sentence against himself.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon XXIX.
One excommunicate who shall communicate before absolution sentences himself.
This canon seems to be founded upon Canon iv. of Antioch.
Johnson.
See Can. Ap., 21 (29), Antioch, 4.
By this canon the criminous bishop is supposed to be excommunicated before he comes to have his cause heard by a Synod, or by 12 neighbouring bishops: and it is therefore most rational to believe that he was thus censured by his Primate. See Can. Afr., 12.