Canon 34
Against church conspiracies and “forming crowds.”
The sacred rule clearly proclaims that conspiracy or the formation of secret societies, as a crime, is completely prohibited by external laws, but much more should it be prohibited in the Church of God. Therefore, we diligently strive to observe the following: if it turns out that any clergy or monks are conspiring, or forming secret societies, or plotting intrigues against bishops or fellow clerics, let them be completely deprived of their rank.
Greek original
Καὶ τοῦτο δὲ τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ κανόνος σαφῶς διαγορεύοντος, ὡς τὸ τῆς συνωμοσίας, ἢ φρατρίας ἔγκλημα καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἔξω νόμων πάντη κεκώλυται, πολλῷ δὲ μᾶλλον ἐν τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦτο γίνεσθαι ἀπαγορεύειν προσήκει· καὶ ἡμεῖς παραφυλάττειν σπουδάζομεν, ὡς εἴ τινες κληρικοί, ἢ μοναχοὶ εὑρεθεῖεν ἢ συνομνύμενοι, ἢ φατριάζοντες, ἢ κατασκευὰς τυρεύοντες ἐπισκόπων, ἢ συγκληρικῶν, ἐκπιπτέτωσαν πάντῃ τοῦ οἰκείου βαθμοῦ.
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