Lectionary Calendar
Friday, March 29th, 2024
Good Friday
There are 2 days til Easter!
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Council of Agde

The Catholic Encyclopedia

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Council in Trullo
Next Entry
Council of Albi
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

Held in 506 at Agatha or in Languedoc, under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arles. It was attended by thirty-five bishops, and its forty-seven genuine canons deal with ecclesiastical discipline. One of its canons (the seventh), forbidding ecclesiastics to sell or alienate the property of the church whence they drew their living, seems to be the earliest indication of the later system of benefices. In general, its canons shed light on the moral conditions of the clergy and laity in southern France at the beginning of the transition from the Graeco-Roman social order to that of the new barbarian conquerors. They are also of some importance for the study of certain early ecclesiastical institutions.

Sources

Mansl, VIII, 323 sq; Hefele, Conciliengeschichte, 2d. ed. II, 649-660.

Bibliography Information
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Council of Agde'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/council-of-agde.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile