The Fifth Council of Orléans (October, 549) assembled nine archbishop

Archbishop

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s and forty-one bishop

Bishop

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s. Sacerdos of Lyon

Sacerdos of Lyon

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 presided over this council.

After defending Mark, Bishop of Orléans, from attacks made upon him, it pronounced an anathema

Anathema

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 against the errors of Nestorius

Nestorius

Nestorius was Archbishop of Constantinople from 10 April 428 to 22 June 431.Drawing on his studies at the School of Antioch, his teachings, which included a rejection of the long-used title of Theotokos for the Virgin Mary, brought him into conflict with other prominent churchmen of the time,...

 and Eutyches

Eutyches

Eutyches was a presbyter and archimandrite at Constantinople. He first came to notice in 431 at the First Council of Ephesus, for his vehement opposition to the teachings of Nestorius; his condemnation of Nestorianism as heresy precipitated his being denounced as a heretic...

, it prohibited simony

Simony

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, prescribed that the election of bishops take place in all freedom, with the consent of the clergy, the people, and the king, and that no bishop be consecrated until he had been one year in the clergy.

It censured all who attempted to subject to any servitude

Servitude

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 whatsoever slaves who had been emancipated within the church, and those who dared take, retain, or dispose of church property. It threatened with excommunication

Excommunication

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 all who embezzled or appropriated funds given by King Childebert

Childebert I

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 for the foundation of a hospital of Lyon

Lyon

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, and it placed lepers

Leprosy

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 under the special charge of each bishop.

External links

• Council of Orléans at the Catholic Encyclopedia
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