Canon 20 No bishop teaches publicly in another's city

Κανόνες τῆς ἐν Τρούλλῳ Ἁγίας καὶ Οἰκουμενικῆς Πενθέκτης Συνόδου

The Council in Trullo · Constantinople, 691 to 692 · convened by the emperor Justinian II · The Quinisext Council (Trullo, 692) on the map

Let it not be permitted to a bishop to teach publicly in another city which does not belong to him. And if anyone is caught doing this, let him cease from the episcopate, and let him perform the functions of a presbyter.

Μὴ ἐξέστω ἐπισκόπῳ εἰς ἑτέραν τὴν μὴ αὐτῷ προσήκουσαν πόλιν δημοσίᾳ διδάσκειν· εἰ δέ τις φωραθείη τοῦτο ποιῶν, τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς παυέσθω· τὰ δὲ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ἐνεργείτω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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