The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 30
Canon 30 A bishop who gains a church through secular rulers
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any bishop, making use of worldly rulers, obtains a church through them, let him be deposed and excommunicated, and all who are in communion with him.
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος κοσμικοῖς ἄρχουσι χρησάμενος, δι᾿ αὐτῶν ἐγκρατὴς ἐκκλησίας γένοιτο, καθαιρείσθω, καὶ ἀφοριζέσθω· καὶ οἱ κοινωνοῦντες αὐτῷ πάντες.
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