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The
Councils of Orange (or the
Synods of Orange) comprised two
synods held at
Orange, France. The first (441) dealt with various church issues. The second (529) affirmed Augustine's teaching against Pelagian challenge.
First Council of Orange
The first took place on
November 8,
AD 441, under the presidency of
Hilary of Arles, with
Eucherius of Lyons also being present. Seventeen
bishops attended the meeting. Thirty canons (or judgements) were passed, dealing with
unction, the Permission of
penance, the right of
asylum; recommending caution to bishops in the
ordination of foreign
clergy, the consecration of churches outside of their own jurisdictions, and other matters; imposing limitations on the administration of ecclesiastical rites to those who were in any way defective, either in body or mind; and emphasizing the duty of
celibacy for those belonging to the clerical state, especially
deacons and widows, with express reference to canon viii. of the
Synod of Turin (AD
401). The exact interpretation of some of them (ii., iii., xvii.) is doubtful. Canon iv. is alleged to be in conflict with a decretal of
Pope Siricius; and ii. and xviii. betray an inclination to resist the introduction of
Roman customs. These canons were confirmed at the
Synods of Arles about
443.
Second Council of Orange
On
July 3,
529, another synod took place at Orange, which in the mean time had passed under
Burgundian and then
Ostrogothic rule. This meeting, for which occasion was given by the consecration of a church built by the governor of Gallia Narbonensis, was attended by fourteen bishops under the presidency of
Caesarius of Arles. It was the chief of many councils that affirmed the theology of
Augustine of Hippo against
Pelagianism. It received the
papal sanction.
Influence
The canons of the first council are often cited in the contemporary debates over the ordination of women to the ministry. Canons of the second council played a central role in interpreting
Augustine to establish the
Calvinist doctrines of
original sin and
total depravity.
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