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A Source Book for Ancient Church History - Mirrors

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§ 98. The State <strong>Church</strong> in the Germanic Kingdoms 639Palladius to humiliate him, after his 236 death they were arrestedby the bishop, severely tortured, and stripped of their property.(f) Chlotar II, Capitulary, A. D. 614. MGH, Leges, II.Capitularia Regum Francorum, ed. Boretius, I, 20, MGH,Leges, 1883.Not only did the councils admit the right of the king to approvethe candidate <strong>for</strong> consecration as bishop, but the kings laiddown the principle that their approval was necessary. Theyalso legislated on the affairs of the <strong>Church</strong>, e.g., on theelection of bishops. The text may also be found in Altmannund Bernheim, Ausgewählte Urkunden. Berlin, 1904, p. 1.Ch. 1. It is our decree that the statutes of the canons be observedin all things, and those of them which have been neglected in [584]the past because of the circumstances of the times shall hereafterbe observed perpetually; so that when a bishop dies one shallbe chosen <strong>for</strong> his place by the clergy and people, who is to beordained by the metropolitan and his provincials; if the personbe worthy let him be ordained by the order of the prince; but ifhe be chosen from the palace 237 let him be ordained on accountof the merit of his person and his learning.Ch. 2. That no bishop while living shall choose a successor,but another shall be substituted <strong>for</strong> him when he become soindisposed that he cannot rule his church and clergy. Likewise,that while a bishop is living no one shall presume to take hisplace, and if one should seek it, it is on no account to be givenhim.(g) Fredegarius Scholasticus, Chronicon, 75f. (MSL, 71:653.)236 Bishop Bertchramnus's.237 I.e., if he be one of the court chaplains.

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