Synod of Neocaesarea
council · 315 · Neocaesarea
The bishops of Pontus and neighboring provinces, meeting at Neocaesarea shortly after Ancyra, left canons on marriage, on the age and conduct of presbyters, and on catechumens — unglamorous rules that show a church expecting to live in ordinary time, not the end of days.
The Synod of Neo-Caesarea was a church synod held in Neocaesarea, Pontus, shortly after the Synod of Ancyra, probably about 314 or 315.
The ordinary questions Ancyra had left alone: when a presbyter may be ordained, what to do about a second marriage, and how far a catechumen who falls can be carried.
Household discipline for a church settling in for the long haul.