Folia Theologica et Canonica 7. 29/21 (2018)
Ius canonicum
310 SZABOLCS ANZELM SZUROMI, O.Praem. nation of the qualities and the profession of creed took place in the presence of clerics, laymen, bishops of the province, which assembly especially included the metropolitan.47 Canons of the Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua give minute directions about the degrees of Holy Order. These contain rules about psalmist (c. 98); janitor [o.vtiarius] (c. 97); lector (c. 96); exorcist (c. 95); acolyte (c. 94); subdeacon (c. 93); deacon (c. 92); presbyter (c. 91); and about bishops (c. 90). Moreover, these canons give some rules on virgins who are devoted to God (c. 99); widows (c. 100); and other persons who have made public profession (cc. 101-102). Ordination is an essential element receiving of any degree except the degree of psalmist.48 Reception happens mostly from the hands of the bishop. The text of the Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua contains expressively the active cooperation of the bishop in the deacon ordination. The deacon can be ordained only by a bishop {solus episcopus), who blesses him and stretches out his arms over the applicant’s head.49 We know also a short rule about ordination in the Canones apostolid (c. 2),50 which canon law collection springs from the end of the 4'h Century. This canon informs us that the presbyter, deacon and other elected persons for the clerical degree can receive their degree from the bishop.51 The subdeacon’s ordination happens in the discipline of Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua tres personas unum Deum (...) Quaerendum etiam ab eo si credat huius quam gestamus et non alterius carnis resurrectionem, si credat iudicium futurum et recepturos singulos pro his quae in hac carne gesserunt uel poenas uel glorias, si nuptias non improbet, si secunda matrimonia non damnet, si carnium perceptionem non culpet, si paenitentibus reconciliatis communicet, si in baptismo omnia peccata, idest tam illud originale contractum quam illa quae uoluntare ad missa sunt dimittantur, si ectra ecclesiam catholicam nullus saluetur. Munier, C. (ed.), Concilia Galliae, 164—165. 47 Cum in his omnibus examinatus inuentus fuerit plene instructus, tunc consensu clericorum et laicorum et conuentu totius prouinciae episcoporum, maximeque metropolitani uel auctoritate uel praesentia ordinetur episcopus, suscepto in nomine Christi episcopatu, non suae delectationi nec suis motibus, sed his patrum definitionibus adquiescat. Munier, C. (ed.), Concilia Galliae. 165-166. 48 Can. 98: Psalmista, idest cantor, potest absque scientia episcopi, sola iussione presbyteri, officium suscipere cantandi, dicente sibi presbytero: Vide ut quod ore cantas, corde credas, et quod corde credis operibus probes. Munier, C. (ed.), Concilia Galliae, 184. 49 Can. 92: Diaconus cum ordinatur, solus episcopus, qui eum benedicit, manum super caput illius ponat, quia non ad sacerdotium sed ad ministerium consecratur. Munier, C. (ed.). Concilia Galliae, 181. 50 Cf. Erdő, P., Die Quellen des Kirchenrechts. Eine geschichtliche Einführung (Adnotationes in Ius Canonicum 23), Frankfurt am Main 2002. 19-20. Gaudemet, J., Le sources du droit de VÉglise en Occident du IIe au Vlle siede, Paris 1985. 24-25. Edition: Metzger, M., Les constitutions apostoliques, III (Sources chrétiennes 336), Paris 1987. 274-309. 51 Can. 2: Presbyter ab uno episcopo ordinetur, et diaconus, et reliqui clerici. Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina (ed. Migne, I-P„ I-CCXXI, Lutetiae Parisiorum 1844-1864: hereafter: PL) LXVII. 141. For the Greek text, cf. Metzger, M,, Les constitutions, TIL 274.
