Episcopal intercession
Episcopal Intercession is the right of a church official to intercede on behalf of a
criminal.[1]
It was granted by the secular power to the bishops of the
Priscillianists
in 384-5.
Bishop
clemency and to prevent the punishing of the innocent.[7]
To enable them to exercise their right of intercession, the bishops had free access to the prisons.Western Empire.[10]
The right of episcopal intercession was closely allied with the right of asylum or sanctuary. and the right and duty of the bishops to protect orphans, widows, and other unfortunates. Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, interceded with
Third Council of Carthage, held in 399, requested the emperor to accede to the wishes of the bishops by appointing advocates to plead the causes of the poor before the courts. The Council of Mâcon, held in 585, forbade all civil authorities to begin judicial proceedings against widows and orphans without previously notifying the bishop of the diocese to which the accused belonged.[11][12][13][14][15]
References
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ 344 (Mansi, "Collectio Amplissima Conciliorum", III
- ^ Epp. cxxxiii and cxxxix, in Migne, P.L., XXXIII, 509, 535
- ^ Ep. lii, in Migne, P.L., XXII, 527-40
- ^ V, xiv; VII, xvii
- ^ Epp. clii-cliii, in Migne, P.L., XXXIII, 652
- ^ Bossuet, "Gallia Orthodoxa" pars I, lib. II, cap. v, in "Œuvres Complètes", XII (Bar-le-Duc, 1870), 98
- ^ Codex Theodosii, app., cap. xiii
- ^ Codex Justiniani", lib. I, tit. 4: "De episcopali audientia
- ^ "Edicta Theoderici", cap. xiv (Mon. Germ. Leg., V
- ^ KRAUS, Realencyklopädie der christlichen Altertümer, I (Freiburg im Br., 1882), 166-7
- ^ RATZINGER, Gesch. der kirchlichen Armenpflege (Freiburg im Br., 1884) 133-9
- ^ EALES in Dictionary of Christian Antiquities (London, 1876-80), s. v.
- ^ LALEMAND, Histoire de la Charité, I (Paris, 1907-)
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.