Canon 27
About the eruption of clergy who beat their offenders from the faithful or the infidels.
We command that a bishop, or a presbyter, or a deacon, if he beats the faithful for sins or the infidels for unjust deeds and thereby wants to instill fear, is deposed. For the Lord did not teach us this at all. On the contrary, when they beat Him Himself, He did not respond with blows: Being slandered, He did not slander each other; while suffering, he did not threaten (1 Pet. 2:23).
Greek original
Ἐπίσκοπον, ἢ πρεσβύτερον ἢ διάκονον, τύπτοντα πιστοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας, ἢ ἀπίστους ἀδικήσαντας, καὶ διὰ τοιούτων φοβεῖν ἐθέλοντα, καθαιρεῖσθαι προστάττομεν· οὐδαμοῦ γὰρ ὁ Κύριος τοῦτο ἡμᾶς ἐδίδαξε· τοὐναντίον δέ, αὐτὸς τυπτόμενος, οὐκ ἀντέτυπτε, λοιδορούμενος οὐκ ἀντελοιδόρει, πάσχων, οὐκ ἠπείλει.
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