Правило 106
That a general council of bishops should be convened only in cases where it is required by some special matter concerning the entire African Church, otherwise ordinary diocesan councils should be convened annually.
It was convenient: in the future it is not necessary to bother the brethren every year, but the Council should be held as often as the general need, that is, affecting all of Africa, requires (when letters are sent from somewhere), in the area where the need requires and where it will be convenient. Cases that are not general should be dealt with in their own areas.
Greek original
Ἠρεσεν, ὥστε μὴ εἶναι περαιτέρω ἐνιαυσίαν ἀνάγκην τοῦ συντρίβεσθαι τοὺς ἀδελφούς, ἀλλ᾽ ὁσάκις ἂν κοινὴ χρεία καλέσοι, τουτέστι πάσης τῆς Ἀφρικῆς, γραμμάτων διδομένων ὁθενδήποτε πρὸς ταύτην τὴν καθέδραν, σύνοδον ὀφείλειν συνάγεσθαι ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἐπαρχίᾳ ἔνθα ἡ χρεία καὶ ἐπιτηδειότης συνωθήσει· αἱ δὲ αἰτίαι αἱ μὴ οὖσαι κοιναί, ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις ἐπαρχίαις κριθῶσι.[1]
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