The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 12
Canon 12 Received elsewhere without letters of commendation
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any cleric or layman who is excommunicated, or not to be received, goes away and is received in another city without letters of commendation, let both the one who received him and the one received be excommunicated.
Εἴ τις κληρικός, ἢ λαϊκός, ἀφωρισμένος, ἤτοι ἄδεκτος, ἀπελθὼν ἐν ἑτέρᾳ πόλει προσδεχθῇ ἄνευ γραμμάτων συστατικῶν, ἀφοριζέσθω καὶ ὁ δεξάμενος, καὶ ὁ δεχθείς.
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