Council of Arles (314)

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4th-century church council Christian synod church council

The Council of Arles (314) was an early 4th-century Christian synod convened in Roman Gaul to address the Donatist controversy and issues of church discipline.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Arles (314) canonical	2
Council of Arles	1
Council of Arles (353)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	4th-century church council ⓘ Christian synod ⓘ church council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Council of Arles NERFINISHED ⓘ Synod of Arles (314) NERFINISHED ⓘ
attendedBy	Western bishops ⓘ bishops from Africa ⓘ bishops from Britain ⓘ bishops from Gaul ⓘ bishops from Italy ⓘ
authority	recognized by the Catholic Church ⓘ
century	4th century ⓘ
convenedBy	Constantine the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
convokedBy	Emperor Constantine I NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
date	314 ⓘ
decision	condemned Donatism ⓘ forbade clergy from engaging in usury ⓘ regulated celebration of Easter on the same day throughout the Church ⓘ rejected rebaptism of those baptized by heretics ⓘ required regular provincial synods ⓘ restricted translation of bishops from one see to another ⓘ set rules for appeals to the bishop of Rome ⓘ upheld validity of sacraments administered by traditores ⓘ
denominationContext	Western Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	collections of canon law of the Western Church ⓘ
follows	Council of Rome (313) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTopic	appeals in ecclesiastical cases ⓘ chorepiscopi ⓘ clerical conduct ⓘ date of Easter ⓘ episcopal jurisdiction ⓘ marriage regulations for clergy ⓘ military service of clergy ⓘ ordination procedures ⓘ provincial synods ⓘ rebaptism of heretics ⓘ reconciliation of lapsi ⓘ translation of bishops ⓘ usury by clergy ⓘ validity of sacraments administered by traditores ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Constantinian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Arles NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Gaul ⓘ
mainSubject	Donatist controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ church discipline ⓘ
numberOfCanons	22 ⓘ
partOf	early Christian church councils ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
result	confirmed earlier Roman judgment against Donatists ⓘ strengthened imperial support for Catholic bishops in North Africa ⓘ
significance	first council to which British bishops are historically attested as participants ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arelate → hostedCouncil → Council of Arles (314) ⓘ

Donatism → opposedBy → Council of Arles (314) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Arles

Donatism → condemnedAt → Council of Arles (314) ⓘ

court of Constantius II → hostedCouncil → Council of Arles (314) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Arles (353)