Правило 5 (6) Григория Неокесарийского

Others deceive themselves by holding on to someone else's property they have found instead of their own lost property. Thus, since the Vorads and Gotei (apparently the barbarians and Goths, who in those days constantly devastated the territories of the Roman Empire; editor's note) treated them as enemies, they became Vorads and Gotei for others. For this reason, we sent your brother and fellow elder Euphrosynus to you, so that, following the example of the local way of action, he would introduce a similar one there, and from whom accusations should be accepted, and who should be excommunicated from prayers. (Ap. 74; II Ev. 6; Carth. 30, 128, 129; Gregory Neoces. 2, 3). Those who justify their appropriation of someone else's found thing by pointing out that the appropriation was made in compensation for the thing they lost are also subject to punishment. Such a justification, however, is nothing more than a justification for theft, and therefore the punishment for such a crime is completely legal. In his present canon, the holy father adds that he sent Brother Euphrosynus to the Bishop of Pontus, to whom this canonical letter is addressed, who will acquaint them with how he acts in his diocese in such cases, further - from whom complaints against certain persons should be accepted, and finally - who should, for proven guilt, be excommunicated from prayers, i.e. how Zonara interprets the expression of the rule - έκκυρύξαι, who should be expelled from the church and separated from the faithful, so that they do not pray with them. How, however, this holy father acted in questions about accusers in his ecclesiastical region (and this was in the second half of the 3rd century) is not clear from this rule. We talked about subsequent church legislation on the issues raised in the interpretations of the 6th rule of II Ecumenical. Council and 30, 128 and 129 rules of the Council of Carthage. You might be interested in: