Canon 12
On the procedure for bishops to visit their possessions in other dioceses.
Some of the brothers and co-bishops in the cities where they are appointed bishops apparently own very little property, but in other places they have large estates, from which they can help the poor. Therefore, we believe that if they wish to come to their estates and collect fruits, they should be allowed to stay on their estates for three Sunday days, that is, 3 weeks, and come to the nearest church where the presbyter serves, and serve there, so that it does not seem as if they are left without worship; and in a city where there is a bishop, they should not come too often. Thus, their own affairs will not suffer any harm due to their absence, and they themselves will undoubtedly avoid accusations of arrogance and arrogance.
Greek original
Ὅσιος ἐπίσκοπος εἶπεν· Ἐπειδὴ οὐδέν ἐστι παραλειπτέον, καὶ τοῦτο ὁρισθήτω. Τινὲς τῶν ἀδελφῶν καὶ συνεπισκόπων ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν, ἐν αἷς ἐπίσκοποι καθίστανται, δοκοῦσι κεκτῆσθαι σφόδρα ὀλίγα ὑπάρχοντα ἴδια, ἐν ἑτέροις δὲ τόποις κτήσεις μεγάλας, ἐξ ὧν καὶ ἐπικουρεῖν δυνατοί εἰσι τοῖς πένησιν. Οὕτως οὖν αὐτοῖς συγχωρητέον εἶναι κρίνω, ἵνα, εἰ μέλλοιεν εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν παραγίνεσθαι κτήσεις, καὶ τὴν συγκομιδὴν τῶν καρπῶν ποιεῖσθαι, τρεῖς Κυριακὰς ἡμέρας, τουτέστι τρεῖς ἑβδομάδας, ἐν τοῖς ἑαυτῶν κτήμασιν αὐτοὺς διάγειν, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀγχιστευούσῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐν ᾗ πρεσβύτερος συνάγοι, ὑπέρ τοῦ μὴ χωρὶς συνελεύσεως αὐτὸν δοκεῖν εἶναι, συνέρχεσθαι, καὶ λειτουργεῖν, καὶ μὴ συνεχέστερον εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἐν ᾗ ἐστιν ἐπίσκοπος, παραγίγνοιτο· τοῦτον γὰρ τὸν τρόπον καὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα αὐτοῦ πράγματα παρὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπουσίαν οὐδεμίαν ὑπομενεῖ ζημίαν, καὶ τὸ τῆς ἀλαζονείας καὶ τοῦ τύφου ἐκκλίνειν δόξει ἔγκλημα. Ἅπαντες οἱ ἐπίσκοποι εἶπον· Ἀρέσκει καὶ αὕτη ἡ διατύπωσις.
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