Synod of Ancyra

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The Synod of Ancyra was an ecclesiastical council, or

Asia Minor. Either Vitalis, Bishop of Antioch, or Marcellus of Ancyra presided, and possibly both were present, although the Libellus Synodicus, also known as the Synodicon Vetus, assigns to the latter.[2]

The tenth canon tolerates the marriages of deacons who previous to ordination had reserved the right to take a wife.[1]

The thirteenth forbids

chorepiscopi to ordain presbyters or deacons.[1]

The sixteenth canon brackets the Christians who have committed

bestiality
, or may still have been doing so, into several different groups based on the offender's age, and assigns different penances to each group; married men over 20 were sanctioned more harshly than unmarried youths, and married men over 50 received the harshest sanctions.

The seventeenth canon condemns the Christians who have either committed

leprous woman, while themselves being leprous, to having to pray with the wintering people
- i.e. outside church buildings. The equation of leprous women with beasts is generally considered difficult to interpret.

The eighteenth safeguards the right of the people in objecting to the appointment of a bishop whom they do not wish. [1]

Canon XXII: Concerning

wilful murderers
let them remain prostrators; but at the end of life let them be indulged with full communion.

Canon XXIV imposes five years of penance upon those who consult magicians.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rockwell 1911.
  2. ^ "CHURCH FATHERS: Council of Ancyra (A.D. 314)".
  3. ISBN 978-1578840373
    .
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rockwell, William Walker (1911). "Ancyra". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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