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Canons of the Council of Elvira

Canones Concilii Eliberitani · Council of Elvira (Eliberis, Baetica) · c. 306 (between c. 300 and 324; disputed) · canon law

Latin · domain: latin-patristic-pre-nicene · researched 2026-11-14

status unknown. No translation field exists in the source catalogue. This is an unresolved case, not a confirmed gap.

Why this is in the register

The translation situation could not be settled, so the status is unknown rather than none. HOLLIS returns English studies of the council - notably Samuel Laeuchli, Power and Sexuality: The Emergence of Canon Law at the Synod of Elvira (Temple University Press, 1972) - but no English edition or translation of the eighty-one canons. Spanish and Latin editions and Italian studies are recorded. Whether a complete English rendering is printed in a journal article or as an appendix to one of the studies could not be verified online.

The earliest western council for which a body of canons survives, and the earliest Latin canonical collection: eighty-one canons on idolatry, marriage, clergy discipline, moneylending and the treatment of apostates, all from a province about which almost nothing else is known. Every history of western canon law begins here, and the absence of a reliable English text is a real obstacle for anyone who does not read Latin or Spanish. No verified Latin etext could be fetched for this survey.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
Power and Sexuality: The Emergence of Canon Law at the Synod of Elvira · Samuel Laeuchli (author; translation status unverified) · 1972
language: en · English study of the council; may quote or translate canons, unverified

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Council of Elvira Canons of the Council of Elvira — 13 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

RecordCitation
Nuevos concilios hispano-romanos de los siglos III y IV : coleccion de Elvira
Suberbiola Martínez, Jesús, 1946- · 1987 · spa
Suberbiola Martínez, Jesús, 1946-. "Nuevos concilios hispano-romanos de los siglos III y IV : coleccion de Elvira." Malaga : Universidad de Malaga, 1987. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990015858050203941
Power and sexuality : the emergence of canon law at the Synod of Elvira
Laeuchli, Samuel · 1972 · eng
Laeuchli, Samuel. "Power and sexuality : the emergence of canon law at the Synod of Elvira." Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1972. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990009385710203941
Establishing boundaries : Christian-Jewish relations in early council texts and the writings of Church Fathers
Boddens Hosang, F. J. E · 2010 · eng
Boddens Hosang, F. J. E. "Establishing boundaries : Christian-Jewish relations in early council texts and the writings of Church Fathers." Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990123240190203941
Lo della tarda antichità : dal Concilium Eliberitanum al Concilium Calcedonense
Oliviero Niglio, Giuseppina Maria · 2015 · ita
Oliviero Niglio, Giuseppina Maria. "Lo della tarda antichità : dal Concilium Eliberitanum al Concilium Calcedonense." Roma : Aracne editrice int.le S.r.l., 2015. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990146373360203941
The Pastor : readings from the patristic period
· 1990 · eng
"The Pastor : readings from the patristic period." Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c1990. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990019084320203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Canons of the Council of Elvira” (latin gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/latin-concilium-eliberitanum-canones