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The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 71

Canon 71 Oil or lamps for pagan temples or synagogues

Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων

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If any Christian carries oil to a temple of the heathen, or to a synagogue of Jews, at their feasts, or lights lamps, let him be excommunicated.

Εἴ τις χριστιανὸς ἔλαιον ἀπενέγκοι εἰς ἱερὸν ἐθνῶν, ἢ εἰς συναγωγὴν Ἰουδαίων, ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς αὐτῶν, ἢ λύχνους ἅπτοι, ἀφοριζέσθω.

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