Canon 73
On a petition to the emperors to prohibit noble persons from taking under their protection and insisting on the release from punishment of clerics convicted by a church court.
We must also ask that they be pleased to determine that a cleric, no matter what his degree, if he is convicted by a court of bishops for any crime, cannot be defended either by the Church to which he belonged or by any person, under the threat of a fine and deprivation of honor. Moreover, let them command that neither age nor nature be considered an excuse.
Greek original
Κἁκεῖνο δεῖ αἰτῆσαι, ἵνα ὁρίσαι καταξιώσωσιν, ὥστε κληρικὸν οἱασδήποτε τιμῆς τυγχάνοντα, ἐφ᾽ οἱῳδήποτε ἐγκλήματι τῇ τῶν ἐπισκόπων κρίσει καταδικασθέντα, μὴ ἐξεῖναι τὸν αὐτόν, εἴτε παρὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἧς ὑπῆρχεν, εἴτε παρ᾽ οἱουδήποτε ἀνθρώπου διεκδικεῖσθαι, ποινῆς ἐπὶ τούτῳ παρεντεθείσης ζημίας χρημάτων τε καὶ τιμῆς, ὅπως μηδὲ κεῖραν μηδὲ φύσιν ἀπολογητέαν εἶναι κελεύσωσι.[1]
Parallel canons
Ап.28IВс.5IIВс.6IVВс.9Антиох.121415Карф.2965129