Canon 5
On the prohibition for single clergy to keep strange women at home.
Let no one from the sacred rank keep a woman or a servant with him, with the exception of those who do not arouse suspicion, as indicated in the rule, thereby preserving himself from criticism. If anyone transgresses what we have determined, let him be cast out. Let the eunuchs observe the same thing, taking care of their impeccability. Those who transgress this, if they are clerics, will be cast out, and if they are laymen, they will be excommunicated.
Greek original
Μηδεὶς τῶν ἐν ἱερατικῷ καταλόγῳ, τῶν ἐν τῷ κανόνι ἐμφερομένων ἀνυπόπτων προσώπων ἐκτὸς διάγων, γυναῖκα κεκτήσθω, ἢ θεραπαινίδα, τὸ ἀνεπίληπτον ἑαυτῷ ἐντεῦθεν τηρῶν. Εἰ δὲ παραβαίνει τις τὰ παρ᾿ ἡμῶν ὁρισθέντα, καθαιρείσθω. Τὸ αὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτο καὶ οἱ εὐνοῦχοι παραφυλαττέσθωσαν, τὸ ἄμεμπτον ἑαυτοῖς προνοούμενοι· παραβαίνοντες δέ, εἰ μὲν κληρικοὶ εἶεν, καθαιρείσθωσαν, εἰ δὲ λαϊκοί, ἀφοριζέσθωσαν.
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