The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 48
Canon 48 A layman who puts away his wife and remarries
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any layman, having put away his own wife, takes another, or one released by another, let him be excommunicated.
Εἴ τις λαϊκὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐκβαλὼν ἑτέραν λάβοι, ἢ παρ᾿ ἄλλου ἀπολελυμένην, ἀφοριζέσθω.
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