The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 47
Canon 47 Rebaptising the truly baptised, or not baptising the defiled
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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A bishop or presbyter, if he baptises anew one who has baptism in truth, or if he does not baptise one who has been polluted by the impious, let him be deposed, as mocking the Cross and the death of the Lord, and not distinguishing priests from false priests.
Ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ πρεσβύτερος, τὸν κατὰ ἀλήθειαν ἔχοντα βάπτισμα ἐὰν ἄνωθεν βαπτίσῃ ἢ τὸν μεμολυσμένον παρὰ τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἐὰν μὴ βαπτίσῃ, καθαιρείσθω, ὡς γελῶν τὸν σταυρὸν καὶ τὸν τοῦ Κυρίου θάνατον, καὶ μὴ διακρίνων ἱερέας ψευδοϊερέων.
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