Canon 10 Clerics may not desert their diocese to serve rulers

Since some of the clerics, circumventing the canonical ordinance, leave their own diocese and run off into another diocese, and for the most part in this God-guarded and imperial city, and attend upon rulers, performing the liturgies in their oratories: it is not permitted to receive these, without the consent of their own bishop and of the bishop of Constantinople, in any house or church whatsoever. And if anyone does this, persisting, let him be deposed. And as for those who do this with the knowledge of the aforesaid priests, it is not permitted to them to take up worldly and secular cares, as being forbidden to do this by the divine canons. And if anyone should be caught holding the charge of those called majordomos, let him either cease or be deposed. Let him rather go to the teaching of the children and the household servants, reading the divine Scriptures to them; for it was for this that he was allotted the priesthood.