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Magisterium, Texts Approved by Synod of Trullo
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The Canons of the Holy and Altogether August Apostles.
The Epistle of the Same Athanasius Taken from the XXXIX. Festal Epistle.
The Epistle of St. Athanasius to Ruffinian.
The Second Canonical Epistle of the Same.
The Third Epistle of the Same to the Same.
From an Epistle of the Same to the Blessed Amphilochius on the Difference of Meats.
Of the Same to Diodorus Bishop of Tarsus, concerning a Man who had taken Two Sisters to Wife.
Of the Same to Gregory a Presbyter, that He Should Separate from a Woman who Dwelt with Him.
Of the Same to the Chorepiscopi, that No Ordinations Should Be Made Contrary to the Canons.
Of the Same to His Suffragans that They Should Not Ordain for Money.
The Commonitory of the Same which Ammon Received on Account of Lycus.
Of the Same to Agatho the Bishop.
Of the Same to Menas the Bishop.
The Narrative of the Same concerning Those Called Cathari.
Of the Same to the Chorepiscopi, that No Ordinations Should Be Made Contrary to the Canons.
( Found translated in Vol. VIII . Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, p . 157. Epistle liv.)
Canon XC.
A letter to his Village-bishop: 1 Johnson by mistake has the singular instead of the plural. he complains of the want of discipline of the multiplying of the clergy, and that without due examination and enquiry into their morals; that they had dropped the old custom, which was for the priests and deacons to recommend to the Village Bishop, who taking the testimonial, and giving notice of it to the [City] Bishop, did afterwards admit the minister into the sacerdotal list; that the number of the inferior clergy was unreasonably increased, especially in time of war, when men got into orders to avoid the press: he orders a list of the clergy in every village to be sent to him, and who admitted him, if any have been admitted into the inferior orders by priests, that they be looked on as laymen. Let not who will, put his name into the list. Re-examine those who are there, expel the unworthy, admit none without my consent for the future; if you do he shall be counted a layman.