Canon 42
On the need for presbyters and bishops to coordinate the sale of church property.
It was decided that presbyters, without the will of their bishops, should not sell the property of the church in which they were installed. Likewise, bishops are not allowed to sell church lands without the knowledge of the Council or their presbyters. Thus, the bishop is not allowed to unnecessarily squander the property included in the church inventory book.
Greek original
Ὁμοίως ἤρεσεν,ὥστε τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους παρὰ γνώμην τῶν ἰδίων αὐτῶν ἐπισκόπων πρᾶγμα μὴ πιπράσκειν τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ἐν ᾗ καθιέρωνται, ὃν τρόπον καὶ τοῖς ἐπισκόποις οὐκ ἔξεστι πιπράσκειν χωρία τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ἀγνοούσης τῆς συνόδου, ἢ τῶν ἰδίων πρεσβυτέρων. Μὴ οὔσης τοίνυν ἀνάγκης, μηδὲ ἐπισκόπῳ ἐξεῖναι καταχρήσασθαι πράγματι ἐκ τοῦ τίτλου τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς μάτρικος.[1]
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