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Code of Canons of the African Church (Carthage, 419)

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39. Canon 39

Canon XXXIX. (Greek xlii.)

That a bishop should not be called the chief of the priests.¹

That the bishop of the first see shall not be called Prince of the Priests or High Priest (Summus Sacerdos) or any other name of this kind, but only Bishop of the First See.

Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XXXIX

The first bishop shall not be called Prince of the Priests nor High Priest but Bishop of the first see.

Notes

The Greek reads for “bishop,” “a Primate.”