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to perform ministry, especially if, when the bishop invited him to return, he did not obey, persisting in his insubordination; however, let him receive communion there as a layman. 16. But if the bishop, with whom they happen to be, considering as nothing the suspension decreed against them, should receive them as clerics, let him be excommunicated as a teacher of insubordination. 17. He who has been involved in two marriages after his baptism, or has taken a concubine, cannot be a bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, or in any way on the sacerdotal list. 18. He who has taken a widow, and one who is divorced, or a harlot, or a slave-girl, or one from the stage, cannot be a bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, or in any way on the sacerdotal list. 19. He who has married two sisters, or a niece, cannot be a cleric. 20. Let a cleric who gives securities be deposed. 21. If a eunuch has become so by the violence of men, or in persecution had his virile members removed, or was born so, and is worthy of the episcopate, let him be made one. 22. Let him who has mutilated himself not become a cleric; for he is a self-murderer and an enemy of the creation of God. 23. If anyone, being a cleric, mutilates himself, let him be deposed; for he is a murderer of himself. 24. Let a layman who has mutilated himself be excommunicated for three years; for he is a plotter against his own life. 25. A bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, who has been caught in fornication, or perjury, or theft, let him be deposed, and not be excommunicated; for the Scripture says: "The Lord will not punish twice for the same thing." Likewise also the other clerics. 26. Of those who have entered the clergy unmarried, we command that only readers and singers, if they wish, may marry. 27. We command that a bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, who strikes believers who have sinned, or unbelievers who have done wrong, and through such means wishes to inspire fear, be deposed. For nowhere has the Lord taught us this; but on the contrary, He Himself, when struck, did not strike back; when reviled, did not revile in return; when suffering, did not threaten. 28. If any bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, having been justly deposed for manifest crimes, should dare to touch the ministry once entrusted to him, let this man be entirely cut off from the Church. 29. If any bishop should obtain this dignity through money, or a presbyter, or a deacon, let him be deposed

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λειτουργεῖν, εἰ μάλιστα προσκαλουμένου αὐτὸν ἐπανελθεῖν τοῦ ἐπισκόπου οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν, ἐπιμένων τῇ ἀταξίᾳ· ὡς λαϊκὸς μέντοι ἐκεῖσε κοινωνείτω. ις. Eἰ δὲ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος, παρ' ᾧ τυγχάνουσιν, παρ' οὐδὲν ἡγησάμενος τὴν κατ' αὐτῶν ὁρισθεῖσαν ἀργίαν, δέξηται αὐτοὺς ὡς κληρικούς, ἀφοριζέσθω ὡς διδάσκαλος ἀταξίας. ιζ. Ὁ δυσὶ γάμοις συμπλακεὶς μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα ἢ παλλακὴν κτησάμενος οὐ δύναται εἶναι ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύ τερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ὅλως τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ. ιη. Ὁ χήραν λαβὼν καὶ ἐκβεβλημένην ἢ ἑταίραν ἢ οἰκέτιν ἢ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς οὐ δύναται εἶναι ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ὅλως τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ. ιθ. Ὁ δύο ἀδελφὰς ἀγαγόμενος ἢ ἀδελφιδῆν οὐ δύναται εἶναι κληρικός. κ. Κληρικὸς ἐγγύας διδοὺς καθαιρείσθω. κα. Eὐνοῦχος εἰ μὲν ἐξ ἐπηρείας ἀνθρώπων ἐγένετό τις ἢ ἐν διωγμῷ ἀφῃρέθη τὰ ἀνδρῶν ἢ οὕτως ἔφυ, καὶ ἔστιν ἄξιος ἐπισκοπῆς, γινέσθω. κβ. Ὁ ἀκρωτηριάσας ἑαυτὸν μὴ γινέσθω κληρικός· αὐτοφονευτὴς γάρ ἐστιν καὶ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ δημιουργίας ἐχθρός. κγ. Eἴ τις κληρικὸς ὢν ἑαυτὸν ἀκρωτηριάσῃ, καθαιρείσθω· φονεὺς γάρ ἐστιν ἑαυτοῦ. κδ. Λαϊκὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀκρωτηριάσας ἀφοριζέσθω ἔτη τρία· ἐπίβουλος γάρ ἐστιν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆς. κε. Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ὁ πορνείᾳ ἢ ἐπιορκίᾳ ἢ κλοπῇ ἁλοὺς καθαιρείσθω, καὶ μὴ ἀφοριζέσθω· λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· «Oὐκ ἐκδικήσει Κύριος δὶς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό». Ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ κληρικοί. κς. Τῶν εἰς κλῆρον παρελθόντων ἀγάμων κελεύομεν βουλομένους γαμεῖν ἀναγνώστας καὶ ψάλτας μόνους. κζ. Ἐπίσκοπον ἢ πρεσβύτερον ἢ διάκονον τύπτοντα πιστοὺς ἁμαρτήσαντας ἢ ἀπίστους ἀδικήσαντας καὶ διὰ τῶν τοιούτων φοβεῖν ἐθέλοντα καθαιρεῖσθαι προστάσσομεν· οὐδαμοῦ γὰρ ἡμᾶς ὁ Κύριος τοῦτο ἐδίδαξεν, τοὐναντίον δὲ αὐτὸς τυπτόμενος οὐκ ἀντέτυπτεν, λοιδορούμενος οὐκ ἀντε λοιδόρει, πάσχων οὐκ ἠπείλει. κη. Eἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος, καθαι ρεθεὶς δικαίως ἐπὶ ἐγκλήμασι φανεροῖς, τολμήσειεν ἐφά ψασθαι τῆς ποτε ἐγχειρισθείσης αὐτῷ λειτουργίας, οὗτος παντάπασιν ἐκκοπτέσθω τῆς Ἐκκλησίας. κθ. Eἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος διὰ χρημάτων τῆς ἀξίας ταύτης ἐγκρατὴς γένηται ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος, καθαιρείσθω