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Canons of Elvira, The – 305 or 306 A.D. (Internet article)
http://www.awrsipe.com/patrick_wall/selected_documents/309~council~of~elvira.pdf Accessed 3/22/2017

Number of quotes: 2


Book ID: 382 Page: 1

Section: 2E3

Ca. 33.  Bishops, presbyters, and deacons and all other clerics having a position in the ministry are ordered to abstain completely from their wives and not to have children.  Whoever, in fact, does this shall be expelled from the dignity of the clerical state.

Can. 34. Candles shall not be burned in a cemetery during day, for the spirits of the saints are not to be disturbed. Those who do not observe this are excluded from the communion of the church.

Quote ID: 8285

Time Periods: 4


Book ID: 382 Page: 1

Section: 3A2A

Can. 49. Landholders are warned not to allow the crops, which they have received from God with an act of thanksgiving, to be blessed by Jews lest they make our blessing ineffectual and weak. If anyone dares to do this after the prohibition, he shall be thrown out of the church completely.

Quote ID: 8286

Time Periods: 4



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