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both having performed ordinations beyond their borders. And now the same is seen being done in the present heresy. So that those who have been indicated, if they have not been openly condemned, are by no means to be rejected for having been ordained in this way, but are to be accepted according to four propositions. Question. Concerning the presbyters ordained beyond their jurisdiction in Sicily, whether one ought to accept them. Answer. This question, being similar to the one proposed before, even if it is dissimilar in the lower standing of the place, will clearly have a similar answer. Question. Concerning the churches that have been made common by the priests who have communed with the heresy and are occupied by them, whether one ought to enter into them for the sake of prayer and psalmody. Answer. One ought not to enter such churches at all in the aforesaid manners, since it is written, your house is left to you desolate. For as soon as the heresy was introduced, the guardian angel of that place flew away, according to the voice of Basil the Great, and such a temple is deemed a common house. And, he says, I will not enter into the church of the wicked; and the apostle: what agreement has the temple of God with idols? Question. Concerning the churches made common by the same priests and not occupied by them, whether one ought to sing psalms and pray in them. Answer. One should indeed enter into such churches to sing psalms and pray, but only if they are safely no longer defiled by heretics, but are occupied by the orthodox forever. But it has been established here by a saved bishop that the opening of the church should take place, with a prayer being softly spoken; so that, if this should happen, it would not be out of place to celebrate the liturgy there. For example, that Saint Athanasius, when requested by the emperor Constantius to grant this one favor, to hand over one church in Alexandria to the Arians to gather, consented, on the condition that he himself might receive the same favor in Constantinople, for the orthodox to gather in one church previously occupied by Arians. Question. Concerning the saints in the body, whether one ought to enter their cemeteries and pray and venerate them, when they are occupied by the defiled priests. Answer. The canon does not permit entering into such cemeteries, according to what has been previously shown (for it is written, why is my liberty judged by another's conscience?), unless by necessity the entry should be only for the purpose of venerating the relic of the saint. Question. Concerning those who have received the monastic habit from the priests who have communed [with heresy], how ought one to receive them? Answer. They are to be accepted after confessing to have sinned and having been penanced for a certain time, and then thus receiving the seal from a saved presbyter. Question. Concerning the monks and clerics who have subscribed and communed in the same heresy, how ought one to receive them, without penance or with penance, if they confess no longer to officiate in the priesthood; and if it is permitted for us to give penances to such persons. Answer. Clearly with the appropriate penances; for how, if they do not show the fruits of repentance, could they be worthy to be joined to the orthodox body? And you should not refuse to give penances to such persons; for it is written, Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Question. Concerning monks who indiscriminately associate with random people and pray and eat with them, whether one ought to receive such persons to common meals and psalmody. Answer. When the apostle says, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us, why do you not also judge for yourselves what is right? If, therefore, they should abstain from the sinful custom, and also accept the appropriate penance, they are to be received. But it must be observed who they are whom you call "4random people"5, whether they are heretics or openly condemned for their way of life? For concerning such people he says

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