Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XIV/Additional Canons 3/The Canons of Carthage/Canons/Canon XIV

Canon XIV.

That one of the bishops of Tripoli should come as legate, and that a presbyter might be heard there by five bishops.

also seemed good that one bishop from Tripoli, on account of the poverty of the province, should come as a legation, and that there a presbyter might be heard by five bishops, and a deacon by three, as has been noted above, his own bishop presiding.

Notes.

On account of the scarcity of bishops in Tripoli, one bishop shall suffice for a legation.

This canon is made up of two parts.&#160; The first part is Canon v. of the synod of Hippo, 393, and was repeated at the Carthaginian synod of 397.&#160; The second half is from Canon viij. of the same council.

(See Canon 12).

&#8220;Legate,&#8221; i.e., to a Synod, there being few bishops in that province.