The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 8
Canon 8 Clergy at the offering who do not communicate
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, or anyone of the priestly list, does not partake when the offering has been made, let him give the reason; and if it is reasonable, let him obtain pardon; but if he does not give it, let him be excommunicated, as having become a cause of harm to the people, and having raised suspicion against him who made the offering, as though he had not offered it up soundly.
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ πρεσβύτερος, ἢ διάκονος, ἢ ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ, προσφορᾶς γενομένης μὴ μεταλάβοι, τὴν αἰτίαν εἰπάτω· καὶ ἐὰν ᾖ εὔλογος, συγγνώμης τυγχανέτω· εἰ δὲ μὴ λέγοι, ἀφοριζέσθω, ὡς αἴτιος βλάβης γενόμενος τῷ λαῷ, καὶ ὑπόνοιαν ἐμποιήσας κατὰ τοῦ προσενέγκαντος, ὡς μὴ ὑγιῶς ἀνενέγκαντος.
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