Canon 84 Unjustly insulting the king or a ruler

Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων

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If anyone insults a king or a ruler contrary to justice, let him pay the penalty; and if he is a cleric, let him be deposed; and if a layman, let him be excommunicated.

Εἴ τις ὑβρίσοι βασιλέα ἢ ἄρχοντα παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον, τιμωρίαν τιννύτω· καὶ εἰ μὲν κληρικός, καθαιρείσθω· εἰ δὲ λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.

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