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PL 5 · cols. 89–90

Decreta Sixti secundi (ex Gratiano, 2 q. 6 et 3 q. 6)

Editors' preface

PL 5:89
DECRETA SIXTI SECUNDI
Decrees of Sixtus the Second
Ex Gratiano (2 q. 6 et 3 q. 6).
From Gratian (2 q. 6 and 3 q. 6).
Si quis putaverit se a proprio metropolitano gravari apud primatem dioeceseos, aut penes universalis apostolicae Ecclesiae papam judicetur.
If anyone thinks that he is aggrieved by his own metropolitan, let him be judged before the primate of the diocese, or before the pope of the universal apostolic Church.
Ex eodem ut supra.
From the same, as above.
Super appellatione, alterius provinciae judices audire non oportet.
On appeal, the judges of another province ought not to hear [the case].
Si quis clericus super quibuslibet criminibus accusatus fuerit, in provincia, in qua consistit ille qui pulsatur, suas exerceat actiones: nec existimet eum accusator suus alibi, aut longius ad judicium protrahendum.
If any cleric has been accused on any charges whatsoever, let [the accuser] pursue his actions in the province in which the one who is sued resides; and let his accuser not suppose that he is to be dragged elsewhere, or farther off, to judgement.
Editors' notes and page, col. 89

Footnotes

<!-- Printed under the heading VARIORUM NOTAE, two columns spanning the page foot. The notes carry no call letters; each is keyed by an italic lemma, given here as the label. The text annotated is Dionysius of Alexandria to Xystus (Eusebius, HE VII). --> (lemma 1) ‹anchor: Antea quidem litteras› · call in col 89 Antea quidem litteras. His praemittit Eusebius. « Ad hunc Xystum (Dionysius) secundam de Baptismo scripsit epistolam, in qua Stephani simul ac reliquorum episcoporum sententiam ac judicium exponit, ita de Stephano scribens. » Ubi haec epistola non secunda ad Xystum, sed secunda de baptismo dicitur: quia nimirum Eusebius ab eodem Dionysio de eadem re unam ad Stephanum scriptam ante memorarat. COUSTANT.

Earlier indeed, letters. Eusebius puts these words before it: "To this Xystus (Dionysius) wrote a second letter on Baptism, in which he sets out the opinion and judgement of Stephen and of the other bishops alike, writing thus of Stephen." Here the letter is called not the second to Xystus but the second on baptism, because, of course, Eusebius had already mentioned one letter on the same matter written by the same Dionysius to Stephen. COUSTANT.

(lemma 2) ‹anchor: De Heleno et de Firmiliano› · call in col 89 De Heleno et de Firmiliano. Rufinus lib. VII, c. 4, vertit, ad Firmilianum et Helenum, etc., ac subnexa epistolae hujus verba praetermittit. Firmilianus, epist. 75, ad Cyprianum, praedictarum provinciarum episcopos uno Orientalium nomine complectens, ait Stephanum modo cum Afris qui in meridie sunt, modo cum Orientalibus pacem rupisse. COUSTANT.

About Helenus and about Firmilian. Rufinus, book VII, ch. 4, translates "to Firmilian and Helenus", etc., and leaves out the words of this letter that follow. Firmilian, in letter 75, to Cyprian, taking in the bishops of the provinces named above under the one name of "Orientals", says that Stephen had broken the peace now with the Africans, who are in the south, now with the Orientals. COUSTANT.

(lemma 3) ‹anchor: Decretum est› · call in col 89 Decretum est. Iconii videlicet ac Synadae, ut inferius explicatur, habitis, praeter ea quae in Africa celebrata sunt. COUSTANT.

It was decreed. That is, in the councils held at Iconium and Synnada, as is explained below, besides those that were held in Africa. COUSTANT.

(lemma 4) ‹anchor: Primum doctrina instituti› · call in col 89 Primum doctrina instituti. Interpretatio Valesii, primum catechumeni fierent, ideo non placet, quia hinc inducitur lector, ut rebaptizantium judicio, ab haeresi venientes catechumenorum munia prius obire debuerint, quam baptismum perciperent. Certe in concilio Carthaginensi III, cui Cyprianus praefuit, episcoporum 86, sententias habemus: sed cum eos, qui ab haeresi veniunt, baptizandos esse omnes decernant; ut prius catechumeni fiant, nullus petit. Tantum Lucius a Thabeste dixit: « Haereticos exsecrandos censeo, et ideo exorcizandos et baptizandos esse: » et cap. 37, Vincentius a Thibari: « Primo per manus impositionem in exorcismo, secundo per baptismi regenerationem tunc possunt ad Christi pollicitationem venire, » manus impositionem, quae ipso Stephani consensu illis adhibenda erat, exorcismum interpretatus. Isti quidem Afri de doctrina tradenda pariter silent: sed nihil opus erat ut hac de re quidquam praeciperetur, cum haereticum, nisi catholicam profiteatur fidem, recipiendum non esse leges aliae doceant. COUSTANT.

First instructed in doctrine. Valesius's rendering, "that they first become catechumens", is unsatisfactory, because it leads the reader to think that, in the judgement of the rebaptizers, those coming from heresy had to go through the duties of catechumens before they received baptism. Certainly in the third council of Carthage, over which Cyprian presided, we have the opinions of 86 bishops; but although they all decree that those who come from heresy are to be baptized, not one asks that they first become catechumens. Only Lucius of Thabeste said: "I judge that heretics are to be cursed, and therefore exorcized and baptized"; and, in ch. 37, Vincentius of Thibari: "First by the laying on of hands in exorcism, secondly by the regeneration of baptism, they can then come to the promise of Christ", taking as exorcism the laying on of hands, which by Stephen's own agreement was to be given them. These Africans are likewise silent about the teaching of doctrine; but there was no need for anything to be prescribed on this point, since other laws teach that a heretic is not to be received unless he professes the catholic faith. COUSTANT.

(lemma 5) ‹anchor: De his omnibus› · call in col 89 De his omnibus.... Firmiliano scilicet Heleno ac sociis, ut eos Stephanus a communione sua minime segregaret. COUSTANT.

About all these.... That is, about Firmilian, Helenus and their colleagues, that Stephen should by no means cut them off from his communion. COUSTANT.

(lemma 6) ‹anchor: Deque iisdem ad me scripserant› · call in col 89 Deque iisdem ad me scripserant. Valesius hic addidit rebus, quod verbum cum a graeco absit, neque latine videtur exprimendum. Commode autem illud (continues)

And had written to me about the same. Here Valesius added "matters"; since that word is absent from the Greek, it does not seem that it should be expressed in the Latin either. But that … conveniently (continues)

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  • running head: 89 EPISTOLÆ QUÆ AD SIXTUM P[...] (cut off at the image edge)
  • marginal letters: A DECRETA SIXTI SECUNDI; B 1. Antea quidem litteras scripserat (Stephanus); C paucis, nunc vero pluribus rescripsi.
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PL 5:90
Editors' notes and page, col. 90

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  • running head: AD SIXTUM PAPAM ATTINENT. 90 (left part cut off at the image edge)
  • marginal letters: A Ex eodem ut supra.; B Ἐπεστάλκει μὲν οὖν πρότερον; C μὲν ὀλίγα, καὶ νῦν δὲ; D (none)
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