Canon 16 No luxurious dress or perfume for the clergy

All foppishness and bodily adornment are foreign to the priestly order and state. Those bishops or clerics, then, who adorn themselves with bright and conspicuous garments, these must be corrected; and if they persist, be handed over to penance; likewise also those who anoint themselves with perfumes. And since a root of bitterness springing up has become a defilement to the catholic Church, the heresy of the accusers of Christians, and those who received it not only abhorred the iconic representations but also thrust away all reverence, being vexed with those who live gravely and piously, and in them has been fulfilled what is written: Godliness is an abomination to a sinner; if, therefore, any are found laughing at those who wear plain and grave clothing, let them be corrected by penance. For from the earliest times every priestly man lived in modest and grave attire. For everything that is taken up not for need but for embellishment carries the charge of ostentation, as the great Basil said. But neither did they wear an embroidered garment of silken fabrics, nor did they add any trimmings of other colours on the edges of their garments. For they had heard from the God-voiced tongue that those who wear soft things are in the houses of kings.