Правило 11 (12) Григория Неокесарийского

Crying occurs outside the gates of the prayer church, where the sinner, standing, must ask the incoming believers to pray for him. The hearing takes place inside the gate in the vestibule, where the sinner must stand until he prays for the catechumens, and then leave. For the rule says: having listened to the scriptures and teaching, let him become a wife, and let him not be worthy of prayer. The rite of those who prostrate is when the penitent, standing inside the gates of the church, leaves together with the catechumens. The order of those standing in congregation is when the repentant stands in congregation with the faithful, and does not go out with the catechumens. The final thing is, the communion of the holy mysteries. (I Om. 11; Ankyr. 4, 8, 9; Basil the Great. 22, 56, 75, 81, 83). We have already said (I, 35) that the present rule is a later addition to the message of Gregory of Neocaesarea, which contains 10 rules; however, this rule in all ancient canonical collections was considered an integral part of the message 128. We also said that the present (11) rule is compiled from instructions on the same subject of Basil the Great, in particular from the 75th rule of Basil the Great. The degrees of repentance are discussed in detail in Σύνοψις των κανόνων, printed in Af. Syntagme (IV, 405), and it stands here with the name of Basil the Great. We find the same in the Helmsman (chapter 23), where, as in the present rule, four degrees of repentance are mentioned: “crying”, “obedience”, “falling down” and “standing with the faithful” 129. The prescription of this rule is said, as much as necessary, in the interpretation of the 11th rule of I Omni. Cathedral, for greater understanding, see the depiction of the plan of the ancient Christian church (I, 218). In the Migne edition there is a notitia historico-litteraria (IV) about the works of Gregory of Neocaesarea, which says [Migne, s. g., t. 10, col. 967–8] that the Dominican Al. Noel († 1714) argued that, in any case, the present rule should be considered an inseparable part of the said canonical message of Gregory, referring to the fact that Gregory himself mentions the degrees of repentance in the 7th, 8th and 9th rules. Oratorian Joh. Morinus († 1659) established the correct view on the question of the origin of this rule, and this view is accepted in science. See this edition, vol. I, page 35, note. I. You might be interested in: