Canon 9
That if a bishop or presbyter accepts those who have been righteously cast out into church communion, let him himself be cast out.
If a bishop or presbyter accepts into communion those who have been deservedly expelled from the Church for their crimes, from that moment he himself will show himself guilty of the same crime as those who evade the legal decision of their bishop.
Greek original
Αὐγουστῖνος ἐπίσκοπος, τοποτηρητὴς τῆς Νουμιδικῆς χώρας, εἶπε· Τοῦτο ὁρίσαι καταξιώσατε, ὥστε τοὺς ἀξίως τῶν οἰκείων ἐγκλημάτων ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας διωχθέντας, ἐάν τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος δέξηται εἰς κοινωνίαν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἔτι μὴν τῷ ἴσῳ ἐγκλήματι ὑπεύθυνος φανῇ, ἅμα τοῖς τοῦ οἰκείου ἐπισκόπου τὴν κανονικὴν ψῆφον ἀποφεύγουσιν. Ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐπισκόπων ἐλέχθη· Πᾶσιν ἀρέσκει.
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