Canon 33
On the need to test the faith of clergy transferring from other dioceses.
Do not accept any foreign bishops, presbyters or deacons without representative letters. When they are presented, let the bearers be questioned, and if they turn out to be preachers of piety, then accept them; if not, then, having provided them with what they need, do not accept them into fellowship. For many things are done by deception.
Greek original
Μηδένα τῶν ξένων ἐπισκόπων, ἤ πρεσβυτέρων, ἢ διακόνων ἄνευ συστατικῶν προσδέχεσθαι· καὶ ἐπιφερομένων δὲ αὐτῶν, ἀνακρινέσθωσαν· καὶ εἰ μὲν ὦσι κήρυκες τῆς εὐσεβείας, προσδεχέσθωσαν· εἰ δὲ μή γε, τὰ πρὸς χρείαν αὐτοῖς ἐπιχορηγήσαντες, εἰς κοινωνίαν αὐτοὺς μὴ προσδέξησθε· πολλὰ γὰρ κατὰ συναρπαγὴν γίνεται.
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