The Holy Canons Chalcedon Canon 8
Canon 8 Clergy of poorhouses, monasteries and shrines obey the bishop
Κανόνες τῆς ἐν Χαλκηδόνι Ἁγίας καὶ Οἰκουμενικῆς Δ´ Συνόδου
The Fourth Ecumenical Council · Chalcedon, 451 · convened by the emperor Marcian · Fourth Ecumenical Council: Chalcedon (451) on the map
Let the clerics of the poorhouses, and of the monasteries, and of the martyrs' shrines remain under the authority of the bishops in each city, according to the tradition of the holy Fathers; and let them not in self-will throw off the rein of their own bishop. And those who dare to overturn such a regulation in any manner whatever, and are not subject to their own bishop, if they are clerics, let them be subject to the penalties of the canons; and if monks or laymen, let them be out of communion.
Οἱ κληρικοὶ τῶν πτωχείων, καὶ μοναστηρίων, καὶ μαρτυρίων, ὑπὸ τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῶν ἐν ἑκάστῃ πόλει ἐπισκόπων, κατὰ τὴν τῶν ἁγίων Πατέρων παράδοσιν, διαμενέτωσαν· καὶ μὴ κατὰ αὐθάδειαν ἀφηνιάτωσαν τοῦ ἰδίου ἐπισκόπου. Οἱ δὲ τολμῶντες ἀνατρέπειν τὴν τοιαύτην διατύπωσιν, καθ᾿ οἱονδήποτε τρόπον, καὶ μὴ ὑποταττόμενοι τῷ ἰδίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ, εἰ μὲν εἶεν κληρικοί, τοῖς τῶν κανόνων ὑποκείσθωσαν ἐπιτιμίοις· εἰ δὲ μονάζοντες, ἢ λαϊκοί, ἔστωσαν ἀκοινώνητοι.
The Fourth Ecumenical Council, the canons
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