distinction — Decretum of Gratian
Distinction LXVII
GRATIAN. Part I. Priests and chorepiscopi, however, can be ordained by one bishop. Hence Anacletus, [epistle II to the Bishops of Italy]:
GRATIANUS. I. Pars. Presbiteri uero et corepiscopi ab uno episcopo ordinari possunt. Unde Anacletus: [epist. II. ad Episcopos Italiae]
Friedberg, col. 253/254
C. I. Priests can be ordained by one bishop.
Let the remaining priests be ordained by their own bishop, in such a way that the citizens and other priests furnish assent and celebrate the ordination while fasting. Let deacons be ordained similarly. But for the distribution of the other grades, the testimony of three truthful men, with the bishop’s approval, can suffice. Likewise it reads in the Second Council of Seville, [c. 6]:
C. I. Sacerdotes ab uno possunt ordinari episcopo.
Reliqui sacerdotes a proprio ordinentur episcopo, ita ut ciues et alii sacerdotes assensum prebeant, et ieiunantes celebrent ordinationem. Similiter et diaconi ordinentur. Ceterorum autem graduum distributioni trium ueracium testimonium episcopi scilicet approbatione sufficere potest. Item in Spalensi [Concilio II., c. 6.] legitur:
Friedberg, col. 253/254