Правило 64
On the prohibition of laymen from delivering public sermons of dogmatic content.
About the fact that a layman should not publicly give a speech or teach, thereby appropriating the dignity of a teacher, but he must obey the institution left by the Lord and open the ears of those who have received the grace of the teacher’s word and learn from them the divine. For in the one Church God created different members, according to the saying of the Apostle (1 Cor. 12:27), interpreting which Gregory the Theologian clearly shows their order: “Let us honor and preserve this order, brothers! Let one be the ear, and the other the tongue, one the hand, and the other something else, let one teach, and let the other learn.” And a little further: “And let him who learns be obedient, and let he who distributes give with joy, and he who serves serves with diligence. Not everyone can be a language, which is what we most strive for, not everyone can be apostles, not everyone can be prophets, not everyone can be interpreters.” And a little further: “Why do you make yourself a shepherd, being a sheep? Why do you become a head when you are a leg? Why do you undertake to lead an army when you are placed among the warriors?” And in another place: “Wisdom commands: “Do not be hasty in words, do not be equal to the rich, being poor (Prov. 23:4), do not strive to be wiser than the wise.”
If anyone is caught violating this rule, let him be excommunicated for 40 days.
If anyone is caught violating this rule, let him be excommunicated for 40 days.
Greek original
Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ δημοσίᾳ λαϊκόν, λόγον κινεῖν ἢ διδάσκειν, ἀξίωμα ἑαυτῷ διδασκαλικὸν ἐντεῦθεν περιποιούμενον, ἀλλ᾿ εἴκειν τῇ παραδοθείσῃ παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου διατάξει, καὶ τὸ οὖς τοῖς τὴν χάριν τοῦ διδασκαλικοῦ λαβοῦσι λόγου διανοίγειν, καὶ τὰ θεῖα παρ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι. Ἐν γὰρ τῇ μιᾷ ἐκκλησίᾳ διάφορα μέλη πεποίηκεν ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἀποστόλου φωνήν· ἣν ὁ Θεολόγος ἑρμηνεύων Γρηγόριος, σαφῶς τὴν ἐν τούτοις τάξιν παρίστησι φάσκων· Ταύτην αἰδοίμεθα τὴν τάξιν, ἀδελφοί, ταύτην φυλάττοιμεν. Ὁ μὲν ἔστω τις ἀκοή· ὁ δέ, γλῶσσα· ὁ δέ, χείρ· ὁ δέ, ἄλλο τι· ὁ μέν, διδασκέτω· ὁ δέ, μανθανέτω· καὶ μετὰ βραχέα· Καὶ ὁ μανθάνων ἐν εὐπειθείᾳ· καὶ ὁ χορηγῶν ἐν ἱλαρότητι· καὶ ὁ ὑπουργῶν ἐν προθυμίᾳ, μὴ πάντες ὧμεν γλῶσσα, τὸ ἑτοιμότατον· μὴ πάντες Ἀπόστολοι· μὴ πάντες προφῆται· μὴ πάντες διερμηνεύωμεν· καὶ μετά τινα· Τί σεαυτὸν ποιεῖς ποιμένα, πρόβατον ὤν; τί γίνῃ κεφαλή, ποῦς τυγχάνων; τί στρατηγεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖς, τεταγμένος ἐν στρατιώταις; καὶ ἑτέρωθι· Ἡ σοφία διακελεύεται. Μὴ ἴσθι ταχύς ἐν λόγοις· μὴ συμπαρεκτείνου πένης ὢν πλουσίῳ, μηδὲ ζήτει τῶν σοφῶν εἶναι σοφώτερος. Εἰ δέ τις ἁλῷ τὸν παρόντα παρασαλεύων κανόνα, ἐπὶ ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα ἀφοριζέσθω.
Parallel canons
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