The Holy Canons Nicaea I Canon 9
Canon 9 Presbyters ordained unexamined or after confessing sins rejected
Κανόνες τῆς ἐν Νικαίᾳ Ἁγίας καὶ Οἰκουμενικῆς Α´ Συνόδου
The First Ecumenical Council · Nicaea, 325 · convened by the emperor Constantine · First Ecumenical Council: Nicaea I (325) on the map
If any have been advanced as presbyters without examination, or when examined have confessed their sins, and, although they had confessed, men acting contrary to the canon have laid hands on such, these the canon does not admit; for the catholic Church upholds what is irreproachable.
Εἴ τινες ἀνεξετάστως προήχθησαν πρεσβύτεροι, ἢ ἀνακρινόμενοι ὡμολόγησαν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα αὐτοῖς, καὶ, ὁμολογησάντων αὐτῶν, παρὰ κανόνα κινούμενοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι τοῖς τοιούτοις χεῖρα ἐπιτεθείκασι, τούτους ὁ Κανὼν οὐ προσίεται· τὸ γὰρ ἀνεπίληπτον ἐκδικεῖ ἡ καθολικὴ ἐκκλησία.
The First Ecumenical Council, the canons
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