Правило 12 Василия Великого
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The rule completely forbade bigamists from being ministers of the church.
(Ap. 17; Trul. 3; Neoces. 7).
Here Basil the Great refers to 17 Apostles. rule. In the interpretation of this rule, we said that, according to divine law, only one who has been married once can be a priest, and this prescription has been in force in the Orthodox Church through all centuries to this day. A bishop who dares to ordain a second marriage is subject to eruption 47 .
Wed. definition of the Patriarch of Constantinople Alexius (1025–1043) in Af. Synth., V, 28, and also in Alf. Syntagme M. Vlastarya, G, 4 (Af. Synth., VI, 155 et seq.).
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