Правило 6 (7) Григория Неокесарийского

We were also told about something incredible that happened in your country, no doubt from unfaithful and wicked people who did not even know the name of the Lord: as if some people had reached such cruelty and inhumanity as to hold in captivity some who had escaped from captivity from the barbarians. Send someone into the country to find out this, so that lightning does not fall on those who do this. (Trul. 85; Gangr. 3; Carth. 64). The present rule is clear in itself. Some Orthodox Christians kept as slaves prisoners of war who had been freed from the hands of the barbarians. Calling this cruelty and inhumanity, St. the father orders that the case be investigated and, if the culprits are found, punished for their wicked deeds. You might be interested in: