Council of Tours

Concilium Turonense · AD 1060 · Tours

Canon 6 — De episcopis, presbyteris, diaconis, subdiaconis qui mulieris carnali copula detenti ab officio non cessaverint

Praeterea si quis episcoporum, presbyterorum, diaconorum, aut subdiaconorum, post cognitum interdictum domini nostri papae Nicolai, mulieris cujuslibet carnali detentus copula, a ministerio et beneficio altaris non cessavit; sive deinceps cognoscens praelibatum apostolicae sedis interdictum, aut mulierem, aut ministerium ecclesiae cum beneficio non statim deseruerit, nullam restitutionis in pristino gradu veniam sibi reservari cognoscat.

Canon 7 — Ut clericus militans beneficium amittat

Quicumque autem clericorum deinceps in armis militaverint: et beneficium, et consortium clericorum amittant.

Note Military Service: Printed "can. 6" (on concubinage); probably c. 7 (Mansi), on clerics bearing arms.

Mansi XIX, J. D. Mansi, Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, t. XIX (Venice 1774), Internet Archive OCR of the Google scan

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