Canon 13
About the ejection of a bishop who gave verbal consent to the election of a well-known candidate, but then refuses the vote he gave without proof of the protege’s guilt.
Many bishops, having gathered, appoint a bishop. And according to the need of 3 bishops, in whatever place they may be, by order of the superior, let them install a bishop. And if anyone acts in anything contrary to his consent or signing, he will deprive himself of honor.
Greek original
Αὐρήλιος ἐπίσκοπος εἶπε· Τὶ πρὸς ταῦτα λέγει ἡ ὑμετέρα ἁγιωσύνη; Ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐπισκόπων ἐλέχθη. Ὀφείλει παρ᾽ ἡμῶν τὰ ὁρισθέντα ἐκ τῶν πρὸ ἡμῶν φυλαχθῆναι, ὧν τινων ὡς ἔτυχεν ἀβούλως οἱ πρωτεύοντες τῆς οἱασδήποτε ἐπαρχίας ἀμελεῖν κατατολμῶσι. Πολλοὶ οὖν ἐπίσκοποι συναχθέντες, ἐπίσκοπον χειροτονήσουσιν. Εἰ δὲ ἀνάγκη γένηται, τρεῖς ἐπίσκοποι, ἐν οἱῳδήποτε ἂν τόπῳ ὦσι, τῷ τοῦ πρωτεύοντος παραγγέλματι χειροτονήσουσι τὸν ἐπίσκοπον. Καὶ ἐάν τις ἔν τινι ἐναντιωθῇ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ὁμολογίᾳ ἢ τῇ ὑπογραφῇ, αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀποστερήσει τῆς τιμῆς.
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