These “Capitula” became the basis of the twenty-five issued by the Synod of Orange, and these in turn were freely used by the Council of Trent in its condemnation of Luther. propositions or decrees drawn almost in their entirety from the works of St. The pope, in response, sent him a series of “Capitula”, i.e. Caesarius had informed Felix IV (III) of the pernicious activity of the Semipelagians in Gaul and had applied to him for support. Caesarius of Arles as president, and its deliberations bore on the current errors concerning the doctrine of grace and free will, i.e.
It was attended by fourteen bishops with St. The occasion was the dedication of a church built at Orange by Liberius, the pretorian prefect of Narbonensian Gaul. Much more important was the second council (held on July 3, 529), the first in Gaul to publish a decision in matters of faith. To these genuine canons Gratian and others added unauthentic ordinances printed in the “Corpus Juris canonici” and reproduced by Mansi in his collection of councils (VI, 441-3). Their subject-matter was: the administration of the sacraments (canons i-iv, xii-xvii), the right of sanctuary (v-vi), mutual episcopal relations (viii-xi), catechumens (xviii-xx), bishops (xxi, xxx), the marriage of clerics (xxii-xxv), deaconesses (xxvi), widowhood and virginity (xxvii-xxviii), the holding of councils (xxix). The thirty canons which it issued have occasioned considerable controversy. The council, as appears from its twenty-ninth canon, was held in obedience to an ordinance of the Synod of Riez (439) prescribing semi-annual provincial synods. Eucherius who, as Metropolitan of Lyons, signed the acts in the name of all his suffragans. Among the other sixteen bishops present was St. Hilary of Arles presided, as the diocese formed part of his metropolitan district. The council is designated either by the name of the church, “synodus Justinianensis”, or by that of the episcopal city, “Arausicana Ia” (first of Orange). The first met on November 8, 441, in the church called “Ecclesia Justinianensis” or “Justianensis”. Orange, COUNCILS OF.-Two councils were held at Orange (Arausio), a town in the present department of Vaucluse in southern France.