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Let the perjurer not take communion for ten years: two years among those who weep, three among those listening to the scriptures, four among those who fall down, standing alone with the faithful, and then he will be honored with communion. (Ap. 25; Trul. 94; Basil Vel. 10, 17, 29, 82). This rule prescribes a ten-year penance for those who break an oath, meaning here an oath in the name of God. The sin of perjury (έπιορκία, perjurium) is equivalent to the sin of blasphemy. In his 29th rule, Basil the Great says that swearing is generally forbidden, and refers to the Holy Scriptures about the moral perfection of every Christian, who must be so truthful and good that everyone can believe him when he says: yes or no. However, the Holy Scriptures also allow an oath in important cases, only so that this oath is based on truth and legal, but a rash and false oath is prohibited. Basil the Great also means this true oath in his present rule, and determines the punishment for the person who violates it, for the oath is given with the calling of God as a witness, in confirmation of the truth of what the person affirms or promises, for which he is responsible before God. Church rules condemn the perpetrator of an oath the more, the more solemnly it was given and the more important the occasion for which it was given. If a layman is severely punished for perjury, then a clergyman should be punished even more severely for such a sin; for if such severity did not exist for clergy-offenders, then this would serve as a temptation for believers who could break this oath with impunity. Therefore, Apostolic Canon 25 prescribes expulsion for all members of the clergy for violating this oath. The Slavic Kormcha contains a definition of Byzantine legislation against an oathbreaker, namely: “let his tongue be cut” 103. You might be interested in: