Canon 4
On the need for clerics to abstain from their wives when preparing to approach the shrine.
It is desirable that the bishop, presbyter, deacon and everyone who touches holy things - the guardians of chastity - abstain from their wives.
Greek original
Φαυστῖνος ἐπίσκοπος Πικένου τῆς Ποτεντινῆς χώρας, τοποτηρητὴς τῆς ἐκκλησίας Ῥώμης, εἶπεν· Ἀρέσκει, ἵνα ἐπίσκοπος, καὶ πρεσβύτερος, καὶ διάκονος, καὶ πάντες οἱ τὰ ἱερὰ ψηλαφῶντες τῆς σωφροσύνης φύλακες, γυναικῶν ἀπέχωνται. Ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐπισκόπων ἐλέχθη· Ἀρέσκει, ὥστε πάντας σωφροσύνην τηρεῖν τοὺς τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ προσεδρεύοντας, ἤτοι δουλεύοντας.
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