The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 59
Canon 59 Neglecting a cleric in need
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any bishop or presbyter, when one of the clerics is in want, does not supply what he needs, let him be excommunicated; and if he persists, let him be deposed, as having murdered his brother.
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ πρεσβύτερος, τινὸς τῶν κληρικῶν ἐνδεοῦς ὄντος, μὴ ἐπιχορηγοῖ τὰ δέοντα, ἀφοριζέσθω· ἐπιμένων δέ, καθαιρείσθω, ὡς φονεύσας τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ.
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