Canon 82
About the impermissibility of bringing slaves into the clergy without the consent of their masters.
We do not allow slaves to be promoted to the clergy without the consent of the masters who own them, to their chagrin, for this creates disorder in houses. If the slave turns out to be worthy of being placed in the church rank (which our Onesimus turned out to be) and his masters agree to this, free him and let him go from home, let him be installed.
Greek original
Οἰκέτας εἰς κλῆρον προχειρίζεσθαι ἄνευ τῆς τῶν δεσποτῶν γνώμης οὐκ ἐπιτρέπομεν, ἐπὶ λύπῃ τῶν δεσποτῶν τῶν κεκτημένων· οἴκων γὰρ ἀνατροπὴν τὸ τοιοῦτον ἐργάζεται. Εἰ δέ ποτε καὶ ἄξιος φανείη οἰκέτης πρὸς χειροτονίαν βαθμοῦ, οἷος καὶ ὁ ἡμέτερος Ὀνήσιμος ἐφάνη, καὶ συγχωρήσωσιν οἱ δεσπόται, καὶ ἐλευθερώσωσι, καὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἐξαποστείλωσι, γινέσθω.
Parallel canons
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