Decree I

Those Assigned to Penitence in a Monastery Shall Not Be Ordained as Priests.

If someone who voluntarily seeks penitence, even if perfectly conducted, cannot be ordained as a bishop or priest, so that even if ordained through ignorance and later found to have accepted penitence, he should be deposed, then how can someone who is sent unwillingly to a monastery to perform penitence (who indeed is to be called nothing other than a penitent) be permitted to reach the priesthood with a clear conscience?

Let no one present any arguments against the authority of the Apostolic See or the decrees of the 318 bishops and other canonical statutes. For I do not doubt that to receive anything contrary to their definition, in which we believe the Holy Spirit spoke, is not only reckless but also dangerous (Dist. 50, Si ille qui).

Decree II

Secret Marriages Shall Not Be Permitted.

No faithful person, regardless of their condition, shall marry in secret, but instead, having received a blessing from a priest, they shall marry publicly in the Lord (30, quæst 5, Nullus fidelis).

Decree III

Palea. To Eusebius, the Bishop.

Your holiness has inquired of us, venerable brother, regarding an adult son whose father wishes to arrange a marriage without the son’s consent; to which we say: if the son in any way does not consent, it cannot be done.

However, regarding a son not yet of age, whose will cannot yet be discerned, the father may give him in marriage to whom he wishes. Once the son reaches full age, he must entirely observe and fulfill this arrangement. This is what we command to be held by all who profess the orthodox faith (31, quæst. 2, Tua sanctitas).

Decree IV

No Altar Shall Be Erected in a Consecrated Church Without the Bishop’s Permission.

No priest shall erect another altar in a consecrated church, except what has been sanctified or permitted by the local bishop so that there is a distinction between sacred and non-sacred.

Nor shall they feign a dedication unless it is true. If a cleric does this, they shall be deposed; if a layperson, they shall be anathematized.