{"slug":"tmp1372.tmp1372.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1372.tmp1372.opp-lat1","title":"Statuta","title_source":"Statuta","author":"Sonniatus Rhemensis Archiepiscopus","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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Issued during Sonniatus's episcopate (c. 600–625), the text survives only in later canonical collections, not in contemporary manuscripts. Its chapters address simony, sacramental practice, and clerical discipline, citing Scripture to ground authority. The statutes were transmitted through Flodoard of Rheims's Historia Remensis Ecclesiae and later cited in medieval canon law, including Gratian's Decretum. The edition in ogl-pl relies on a single 17th-century printed source, without collation of variant readings, limiting assessment of its representativeness.","historical_context":"Sonniatus served as archbishop of Rheims in the late 6th to early 7th century, a period when the Frankish church was consolidating episcopal authority under Merovingian kings. The Statuta belong to the genre of episcopal capitularies, which bishops issued to enforce clerical discipline and liturgical uniformity. The text's survival only in later canonical collections—such as Flodoard's 10th-century Historia Remensis Ecclesiae and Gratian's 12th-century Decretum—indicates it was valued as a normative source for Frankish church governance. The emphasis on prohibiting payment for sacraments (simony) and on Confirmation's 'more abundant grace' reflects early medieval sacramental theology and Carolingian-era reforms. The lack of a contemporary manuscript and reliance on a single 17th-century edition caution against assuming the text's wording is original.","significance":"The Statuta provide rare insight into early medieval Frankish episcopal legislation, illustrating how bishops regulated clergy and sacraments. Their citation in Gratian's Decretum shows their enduring authority in medieval canon law. The text also preserves early references to simony and Confirmation theology, contributing to the study of sacramental development and church discipline in the Merovingian and Carolingian periods.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 600–625","event":"Sonniatus serves as archbishop of Rheims and issues the Statuta."},{"date":"c. 894–966","event":"Flodoard of Rheims copies the Statuta into his Historia Remensis Ecclesiae."},{"date":"c. 1140","event":"Gratian's Decretum cites the Statuta as authoritative norms."},{"date":"17th century","event":"The Statuta are printed in a single edition, the basis for ogl-pl."},{"date":"20th–21st centuries","event":"Modern scholarship studies the Statuta as evidence of early medieval episcopal legislation."}],"relations":[{"work":"Historia Remensis Ecclesiae","relation":"preserves the text of the Statuta","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Decretum Gratiani","relation":"cites the Statuta as authoritative","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Capitula episcoporum","relation":"shares genre as episcopal capitularies","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Vulgate Bible","relation":"cited in the Statuta (e.g., Hebrews 11:6, Psalm 146)","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["No precise date is attested; the statutes are dated only to Sonniatus's episcopate (c. 600–625).","The text survives only in later canonical collections, not in a contemporary manuscript; wording may have been altered by compilers.","The ogl-pl edition relies on a single 17th-century printed source without collation of variant readings, limiting assessment of representativeness."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000464,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:03:27Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1372/tmp1372/tmp1372.tmp1372.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp1372.tmp1372.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":4,"translated":4,"commentary_passages":4,"commentary_units":24,"english_words":773,"source_letters":2935,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is a set of statutes issued by Archbishop Sonniatus of Rheims, regulating clerical conduct, liturgy, and diocesan administration. 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That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 4 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":4},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"SANCTI SONNATII RHEMENSIS EPISCOPI a STATUTA.\n\n(EX Flodoardo Hist. Rhem. Eccles.)\n\nCAPUT PRIMUM.\n\nSine fide, teste Apostolo (Hebr. XI), impossibile est Deo placere, ideoque mandamus omnibus ut exacte doctrinam fidei, juxta verbum Dei et sanctae Ecclesiae Romanae traditionem, teneant sequanturque. Et quicunque pastores sunt quae ad instruendum populum et gregem pertinent discant et sciant, et suos ad officia virtutum excitent.\n\nII.\n\nFidelibus pie sacramenta ministrent, semperque afferant quod ad explicandam utilitatem sacramenti et institutionem pertinet.\n\nIII\n\nMercedem non accipiant, sed in Deo confidant, qui dat escam pullis corvorum invocantibus cum (Psal. CXLVI).\n\nIV.\n\nBaptizaturus sit sobrius, idque honeste expleat, verba attente proferat, et debite de parentibus informet.\n\nConfirmationis sacramentum habet donum roborantis Spiritus sancti, et uberiorem gratiam profert, ideoque non negligatur.","english":"The Statutes of Saint Sonnatus, Bishop of Rheims.\n\n(From Flodoard’s History of the Rhemish Church.)\n\nChapter One.\n\nWithout faith, as the Apostle testifies (Hebrews 11), it is impossible to please God; therefore we command all to hold and follow the doctrine of the faith exactly, according to the word of God and the tradition of the holy Roman Church. And whatever pastors there are, let them learn and know what pertains to instructing the people and the flock, and let them rouse their own to the duties of the virtues.\n\nII.\n\nLet them piously administer the sacraments to the faithful, and always bring forth what pertains to explaining the utility of the sacrament and its institution.\n\nIII.\n\nLet them not accept payment, but trust in God, who gives food to the young of ravens when they call upon him (Psalm 146).\n\nIV.\n\nHe who is about to baptize shall be sober, and shall complete this honestly, pronounce the words attentively, and duly inform himself concerning the parents.\n\nThe sacrament of Confirmation possesses the gift of the strengthening Holy Spirit, and brings forth more abundant grace; therefore let it not be neglected.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"CAPUT PRIMUM","severity":"info","text":"The work is divided into numbered chapters (I–IV), each containing a short legislative or exhortatory canon. The title 'Statuta' indicates a collection of episcopal decrees.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Hebr. XI","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Hebr. XI' refers to Hebrews 11:6 (Vulgate), which states that without faith it is impossible to please God. The verse is used to ground the first statute in apostolic authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Psal. CXLVI","severity":"info","text":"Psalm 146 (Vulgate numbering; = Psalm 147 in modern Bibles) is cited: 'who gives food to the young of ravens when they call upon him.' The verse supports the prohibition against accepting payment for sacraments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Flodoardo Hist. Rhem. Eccles.","severity":"info","text":"The text is transmitted through Flodoard of Rheims (c. 894–966), whose 'Historia Remensis Ecclesiae' preserves earlier episcopal statutes. This suggests the statutes were copied into a historical compilation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"mercedem non accipiant","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'mercedem non accipiant' (let them not accept payment) reflects the early medieval concern with simony, the buying or selling of ecclesiastical offices or sacraments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Confirmationis sacramentum","severity":"info","text":"The emphasis on Confirmation as a source of 'uberiorem gratiam' (more abundant grace) reflects Carolingian-era sacramental theology, which stressed the distinct spiritual benefit of Confirmation beyond Baptism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The attribution to 'Sancti Sonnatii Rhemensis Episcopi' is uncertain; Sonnatus (or Sonnatius) is a little-known 5th- or 6th-century bishop of Rheims, and the statutes may be a later compilation ascribed to him.","The source note '(EX Flodoardo Hist. Rhem. Eccles.)' indicates the text is excerpted, but the original context and completeness of the statutes are unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"VI.\n\nRemissio peccatorum et expiatio sanguine Domini nostri Jesu Christi nititur pracipue, et ab eo pendet.\n\nVII.\n\nCuret pastor ovem suam, et non negligat: ei injungat interesse missae sacrificio diebus solemnibus et Dominicis; agnoscat ejus faciem; et si bis absit in anno, prohibeatur eidem ecclesiae ingressus, et careat pastorali sepultura et consolatione.\n\nVIII.\n\nNemo tempore quadragesimae poenitentium confessiones audiat praeter pastorem. Hujus enim iuterest ovem recognoscere, pro qua suam animam fenerat Domino.\n\nIX.\n\nSacrosanctam Eucharistiam sacerdos celebraturus se praeparet, et probet; et ut minimum bis in mense id faciat.\n\nFeratur aegrotis vase honesto, et lumine antecedente et praeeunte. Et quicunqne peregrinari volunt illam ad viaticum suscipiant.\n\nXI.\n\nEt cur ad mortem condemnatis renuitur, cum iis maxime conducat ad spem et securamen certi decessus, et praesentis agonis?","english":"VI.\n\nThe remission of sins and the expiation by the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ rests chiefly upon, and depends from, him.\n\nVII.\n\nLet the pastor care for his sheep, and not neglect her: let him enjoin her to attend the sacrifice of the mass on solemn days and Sundays; let him know her face; and if she is absent twice in the year, let her be forbidden entry to the same church, and let her be deprived of pastoral burial and consolation.\n\nVIII.\n\nLet no one hear the confessions of penitents during the time of Lent except the pastor. For it is his concern to recognize the sheep for which he pledges his own soul to the Lord.\n\nIX.\n\nLet the priest who is about to celebrate the most holy Eucharist prepare and examine himself; and let him do this at least twice a month.\n\nLet it be borne to the sick in a worthy vessel, with a light preceding and going before. And let those who wish to travel receive it as viaticum.\n\nXI.\n\nAnd why is it refused to those condemned to death, when it is most conducive to them for hope and assurance of a certain departure, and of the present struggle?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"VI. … XI.","severity":"info","text":"The passage comprises six numbered canons (VI–XI), each a brief legislative unit. The numbering is continuous from the previous chapter, and the content shifts from doctrinal foundation (VI) to pastoral discipline (VII–IX) and sacramental practice (X–XI).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Remissio peccatorum et expiatio sanguine Domini nostri Jesu Christi nititur pracipue, et ab eo pendet","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'nititur … et ab eo pendet' (rests upon and depends from him) is a theological formulation emphasizing that remission and expiation derive from Christ, not from the priest or the sacrament independently. The Latin 'pracipue' (chiefly) may be a scribal error for 'praecipue'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Curet pastor ovem suam, et non negligat","severity":"info","text":"The pastoral metaphor of the shepherd and sheep is standard in early medieval canon law, derived from John 10 and patristic tradition. The requirement that the pastor know the face of each parishioner reflects the small scale of rural parishes in the Carolingian period.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"pro qua suam animam fenerat Domino","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'fenerat animam Domino' (pledges his soul to the Lord) echoes the pastoral theology of Hebrews 13:17 and 1 Peter 4:15, where the pastor is accountable for the souls of his flock. The verb 'fenerat' (lends at interest) is unusual and may imply a spiritual economy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Feratur aegrotis vase honesto, et lumine antecedente et praeeunte","severity":"info","text":"The requirement to carry the Eucharist to the sick in a worthy vessel with a preceding light is a liturgical norm found in early medieval ordines, e.g., the Roman-German Pontifical. This canon influenced later synodal legislation on viaticum.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Et cur ad mortem condemnatis renuitur","severity":"caution","text":"The text reads 'renuitur' (is refused), but the expected form is 'renuitur' (from renuo). The sense is clear: the canon questions why the Eucharist is denied to the condemned. This may reflect a contemporary debate about communion for criminals, but the Latin is grammatically awkward.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The numbering of canons (VI–XI) suggests a lacuna between the previous chapter and this passage, but no missing text is indicated in the source.","The phrase 'pracipue' in canon VI may be a scribal error for 'praecipue' (chiefly) or 'principaliter' (principally).","The verb 'renuitur' in canon XI is unattested in classical Latin; it may be a corruption of 'renuitur' (is refused) or 'renuatur' (let it be refused)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"XII.\n\nQui ad ordines promoveri volunt, habeant beneficium ad alimoniam sufficiens, idque ad examinationem virorum proborum et juratorum.\n\nXIII.\n\nNulli tonsura detur, nisi idoneo, et ad sacros ordines postea probabiliter ascensuro. Quid opus enim mittere panem filiorum canibus, et spiritalia mundi amatoribus?\n\nXIV.\n\nIn matrimonio imago exstat sacrosancti conjugii inter Christum et Ecclesiam enati; ideoque vinculum est divinitus firmatum, quod multum confert ad felicitatem rei familiaris, ad pacem inter partes, et ad protes suscipiendas (Ephes. V).\n\nXV.\n\nExtrema unctio deferamur laboranti et petenti, cumque pastor in propria saepius invisat, et pie visitet, eum ad futuram gloriam animando, et debite praeparando.\n\nXVI\n\nDe clericis, luceant sicut stellae et perpetuae claritates in firmamento Ecclesiae. Non sint ebrii, nugaces, et saecularibus immisti.","english":"XII.\n\nThose who wish to be promoted to orders shall have a benefice sufficient for their sustenance, and this shall be determined by the examination of upright and sworn men.\n\nXIII.\n\nThe tonsure shall be given to no one unless he is suitable and likely to ascend to sacred orders thereafter. For what need is there to cast the bread of sons to dogs, and spiritual things to lovers of the world?\n\nXIV.\n\nIn marriage there exists an image of the sacrosanct union between Christ and the Church; therefore the bond is divinely strengthened, which greatly contributes to the happiness of the household, to peace between the parties, and to the undertaking of offspring (Ephesians 5).\n\nXV.\n\nLet us administer extreme unction to the one who is suffering and requesting it, and let the pastor visit him often in his own home and piously attend to him, encouraging him toward future glory and duly preparing him.\n\nXVI.\n\nConcerning clerics: let them shine like stars and perpetual lights in the firmament of the Church. Let them not be drunkards, triflers, or mingled with seculars.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"XII–XVI","severity":"info","text":"These five canons form a discrete block of disciplinary decrees on ordination, tonsure, marriage, extreme unction, and clerical conduct, each introduced by a Roman numeral.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"alimoniam","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'alimoniam' (sustenance) here denotes the material support required for a cleric, a standard requirement in medieval canon law for ordination.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"panem filiorum canibus","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'cast the bread of sons to dogs' echoes a proverbial expression, possibly alluding to Matthew 15:26–27 or patristic warnings against unworthy recipients of sacraments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ephes. V","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Ephes. V' refers to Ephesians 5:22–33, where Paul likens marriage to the union of Christ and the Church, a key proof-text for the sacramentality of marriage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"extrema unctio","severity":"info","text":"Extreme unction (last rites) was a well-established sacrament by the 13th century, regulated by synodal statutes to ensure pastoral care for the dying.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"luceant sicut stellae","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of clerics as stars in the Church firmament is a common trope in medieval reform literature, e.g., in the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'protes suscipiendas' in canon XIV is likely a scribal error for 'prolem suscipiendam' (undertaking offspring), the reading adopted in the English draft."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"XVII.\n\nNec mulieres alloquantur, aut domi retineant; vivant in communi, et aedes pauperi patentes inhabitent.\n\nXVIII.\n\nSuffragia defunctorum omnium servari praecipimus, et ne missarum solemnia, praeter fundatorum mentem, alio modo convertantur.\n\nXIX.\n\nSint episcopi fideles et assidui verbi Dei dispensatores. In hoc enim eorum charitas dignoscitur, si gregem pascant exemplo et verbo.\n\nXX.\n\nFesta absque omni opere forensi excolenda, et cum debita veneratione celebranda haec sunt: Nativitas Domini, Circumcisio, Epiphania, Annuntiatio beatae Mariae; Resurrectio Domini cum die sequenti. Ascensio Domini, dies Pentecostes, Nativitas beati Joannis Baptistae, apostolorum Petri et Pauli, Assumptio beatae Mariae, ejusdem Nativitas, Andreae apostoli, et dies omnes Dominicales.\n\nXXI.\n\nEcclesiae debite dotentur ad alimoniam pastori; et cleri, ut securius invigilent super gregem, et de ejus salute sint anxii et solliciti.","english":"XVII.\n\nThey shall not speak with women, nor keep them at home; they shall live in common, and inhabit houses open to the poor.\n\nXVIII.\n\nWe command that suffrages for all the dead be observed, and that the solemnities of masses be not otherwise diverted contrary to the intention of the founders.\n\nXIX.\n\nBishops shall be faithful and assiduous dispensers of the word of God. For their charity is discerned in this, if they feed the flock by example and word.\n\nXX.\n\nFeasts to be observed without any secular work and celebrated with due veneration are these: the Nativity of the Lord, the Circumcision, the Epiphany, the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary; the Resurrection of the Lord with the following day, the Ascension of the Lord, the day of Pentecost, the Nativity of the Blessed John the Baptist, of the apostles Peter and Paul, the Assumption of the Blessed Mary, her Nativity, of the apostle Andrew, and all Sundays.\n\nXXI.\n\nChurches shall be duly endowed for the sustenance of the pastor; and of the clergy, that they may more securely watch over the flock, and be anxious and solicitous for its welfare.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Nec mulieres alloquantur, aut domi retineant","severity":"info","text":"The prohibition against speaking with or retaining women at home reflects a common clerical discipline aimed at avoiding scandal and maintaining celibacy, typical of reforming synods.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Suffragia defunctorum","severity":"info","text":"Suffragia here means prayers or masses offered for the dead, a practice central to medieval piety and often regulated to prevent abuse of endowed foundations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Festa absque omni opere forensi excolenda","severity":"info","text":"The list of feasts requiring cessation of secular work follows a pattern common in Carolingian and later reform legislation, emphasizing liturgical observance over agricultural or legal labor.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"XVII–XXI","severity":"info","text":"These five canons form a coherent block on clerical conduct (XVII–XIX), liturgical observance (XX), and church endowment (XXI), typical of synodal decrees.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"Sint episcopi fideles et assidui verbi Dei dispensatores","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes 1 Timothy 4:13 and common patristic exhortations for bishops to preach by word and example, a standard trope in reform councils.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ecclesiae debite dotentur","severity":"info","text":"The requirement for adequate endowment of churches reflects a persistent concern in medieval canon law to secure clerical independence and pastoral care, found in later collections like Gratian.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is clear; no significant ambiguities in this passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}