The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 46
Canon 46 Clergy who accept heretics' baptism or sacrifice
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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A bishop or presbyter who has accepted the baptism or sacrifice of heretics we command to be deposed. For what concord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
Ἐπίσκοπον, ἢ πρεσβύτερον, αἱρετικῶν δεξαμένους βάπτισμα ἢ θυσίαν, καθαιρεῖσθαι προστάττομεν. Τίς γὰρ συμφώνησις Χριστῷ πρὸς Βελίαρ; ἢ τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου;
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