Question — Decretum of Gratian
Question I
GRATIAN. That a bishop ought to give clerics permission to go to a monastery is commanded in the [Fourth] Council of Toledo, in which it is read to have been established thus, [c. 49]:
GRATIANUS. Quod episcopus licentiam clericis adeundi monasterium dare debeat, in Tolletano [IV.] Concilio precipitur, in quo [c. 49.] ita statutum legitur:
Friedberg, col. 839/840
C. I. Entrance ought not to be denied to clerics who seek the purpose of monks.
Clerics who seek the purpose of monks—because they desire to follow a better life—ought to have free entrance into monasteries granted to them by the bishop.
C. I. Non debet negari clericis ingressus, qui monachorum propositum appetunt.
Clerici, qui monachorum propositum appetunt, (quia meliorem uitam sequi cupiunt,) liberos eis ab episcopo in monasteriis largiri oportet ingressus.
Friedberg, col. 839/840