Правило 17
On the need for clergy to move to another diocese to have a letter of release from their bishop.
Since the clergy of various churches, having left their churches in which they were ordained, resorted to other bishops and, without the permission of their bishop, were enrolled in other churches, from which it became clear that they turned out to be rebellious, we determine that from January of the past 4th Indict (ἐπινέμησις) absolutely none of the clergy, no matter what degree he was, had the right without letter of dismissal from his bishop to be assigned to another church. Anyone who will not henceforth observe this, but by his act will dishonor the one who performed the ordination over him, let him be cast out - both he himself and the one who foolishly accepted it.
Greek original
Ἐπειδή περ διαφόρων ἐκκλησιῶν κληρικοί, τὰς ἰδίας, ἐν αἷς ἐχειροτονήθησαν, ἐκκλησίας καταλιπόντες, πρὸς ἑτέρους συνέδραμον ἐπισκόπους, καὶ γνώμης δίχα τοῦ οἰκείου ἐπισκόπου, ἐν ταῖς ἀλλοτρίαις κατετάγησαν ἐκκλησίαις, ἐκ τούτου τε συνέβη ἀνυποτάκτους αὐτοὺς καταστῆναι· ὁρίζομεν, ὥστε, ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰανουαρίου μηνὸς τῆς παρελθούσης τετάρτης ἐπινεμήσεως, μηδένα τῶν ἁπάντων κληρικῶν, κἂν ἐν οἱῳδήποτε τυγχάνῃ βαθμῷ, ἄδειαν ἔχειν, ἐκτὸς τῆς τοῦ οἰκείου ἐπισκόπου ἐγγράφου ἀπολυτικῆς, ἐν ἑτέρᾳ κατατάττεσθαι ἐκκλησίᾳ· ἐπεὶ ὁ μὴ τοῦτο ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν παραφυλαττόμενος, ἀλλὰ καταισχύνων τό γε ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν τὸν τὴν χειροτονίαν αὐτῷ ἐπιτεθεικότα, καθαιρείσθω καὶ αὐτός, καὶ ὁ παραλόγως αὐτὸν προσδεξάμενος.
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