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The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 45

Canon 45 Clergy who pray with heretics

Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων

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A bishop, or presbyter, or deacon who has only prayed with heretics, let him be excommunicated; but if he has permitted them to perform anything as clerics, let him be deposed.

Ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ πρεσβύτερος, ἢ διάκονος, αἱρετικοῖς συνευξάμενος μόνον, ἀφοριζέσθω· εἰ δὲ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς ὡς κληρικοῖς ἐνεργῆσαί τι, καθαιρείσθω.

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