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Magisterium, The Council of Chalcedon
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The Letter of Cyril to John of Antioch.
The Condemnation Sent by the Holy and Ecumenical Synod to Dioscorus.
The Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon.
Decree on the Jurisdiction of Jerusalem and Antioch.
The Decree with Regard to the Bishop of Ephesus.
Decree with Regard to Nicomedia.
The XXX Canons of the Holy and Fourth Synods, of…
The XXX Canons of the Holy and Fourth Synods, of Chalcedon.
Canon XXI.
Clergymen and laymen bringing charges against bishops or clergymen are not to be received loosely and without examination, as accusers, but their own character shall first be investigated.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon XXI.
A cleric or layman making charges rashly against his bishop shall not be received.
Compare with this canon the VI th Canon of those credited to the First Synod at Constantinople, the second ecumenical.
This canon is found in the Corpus Juris Canonici , Gratian’s Decretum , Pars II., Causa II., Quæst. VII., canon xlix., in Isidore’s first version.