The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 34
Canon 34 Bishops of each nation and their first bishop
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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The bishops of every nation must recognise the first among them, and regard him as head, and do nothing at all without his consent; and each is to do only those things which concern his own diocese and the country districts under it. But neither let that one do anything without the consent of all. For so there will be concord, and God will be glorified, through the Lord, in the Holy Spirit: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Τοὺς ἐπισκόπους ἑκάστου ἔθνους εἰδέναι χρὴ τὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς πρῶτον, καὶ ἡγεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὡς κεφαλήν, καὶ μηδέν τι πράττειν ἄνευ τῆς ἐκείνου γνώμης· ἐκεῖνα δὲ μόνα πράττειν ἕκαστον, ὅσα τῇ αὐτοῦ παροικίᾳ ἐπιβάλλει, καὶ ταῖς ὑπ᾿ αὐτὴν χώραις. Ἀλλὰ μηδὲ ἐκεῖνος ἄνευ τῆς πάντων γνώμης ποιείτω τι. Οὕτω γὰρ ὁμόνοια ἔσται, καὶ δοξασθήσεται ὁ θεός, διὰ Κυρίου, ἐν ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι· ὁ Πατήρ, καὶ ὁ Υἱός, καὶ τὸ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα.
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