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both he and the one who ordained him, and let him be cut off completely even from communion, as Simon Magus was by me, Peter. 30. If any bishop, making use of secular rulers, should through them become master of a Church, let him be deposed and excommunicated, and all who communicate with him. 31. If any presbyter, despising his own bishop, should assemble separately and set up another altar, having found no fault with the bishop in piety and righteousness, let him be deposed as a lover of power, for he is a tyrant; and the other clergy, as many as join him. But let the laity be excommunicated. Let these things be done after a first and second or even a third admonition from the bishop. 32. If any presbyter or deacon should be under excommunication by a bishop, it is not lawful for him to be received by another, but only by the one who excommunicated him, unless by chance the bishop who excommunicated him should die. 33. Do not receive any foreign bishops, or presbyters, or deacons without commendatory letters; and when they are presented, let them be examined, and if they are preachers of piety, let them be received. But if not, having supplied them with what they need, do not receive them into communion; for many things are done by stealth. 34. The bishops of each nation ought to know the one who is first among them, and to esteem him as head, and to do nothing extraordinary without his consent; but each one only those things which pertain to his own parish and the territories under it. But let not even he do anything without the consent of all. For so there will be concord, and God will be glorified through Christ in the Holy Spirit. 35. A bishop must not dare to perform ordinations outside his own boundaries in cities and territories not subject to him. But if he should be convicted of having done this without the consent of those who control those cities or territories, let both he and those whom he ordained be deposed. 36. If any bishop who has been ordained should not accept the ministry and the care of the people entrusted to him, let him be excommunicated until he accepts. Likewise also a presbyter and a deacon. But if having gone he should not be received, not because of his own will, but because of the wickedness of the people, let him be bishop, but let the clergy of the city be excommunicated, because they were not instructors of such an insubordinate people. 37. Twice a year let there be a synod of the bishops,

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