The Second Council of Braga

There were several religious councils held at Braga, the 11th of which took place as late as 1566. The illustration is Braga at the time of the last Council.) We talked about the First yesterday. The Second Council, held in 572 only 11 years after the first, wanted not only to formalize some of the practices of the clergy, it addressed behaviors of the clergy and bishops.There were ten decrees from the Second Council, and they laid out some things that seem so appropriate that one wonders that hey were necessary.The first says simply that bishops need to make sure that priests are performing the rituals and sacraments properly. Makes sense. Number two is quite simple: a bishop must not be tyrannical towards his priests. Well, that was unexpected.Then the council addressed matters beneficial to the clergy and prevention g the bishop from taking advantage of them. There is no fee charged for entering Holy Orders, no fee for distributing holy chrism, no fee for consecrating a church. It…

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