Canon 27 Clergy wear clerical dress, not unsuitable clothes

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 none of those enrolled in the clergy put on unsuitable clothing, neither when staying in the city nor when walking on the road; but let him use the garments already assigned to those enrolled in the clergy. And if anyone should do such a thing, let him be excommunicated for one week.

Μηδεὶς τῶν ἐν κλήρῳ καταλεγομένων ἀνοίκειον ἐσθῆτα ἀμφιεννύσθω, μήτε ἐν πόλει διάγων, μήτε ἐν ὁδῷ βαδίζων, ἀλλὰ στολαῖς κεχρήσθω ταῖς ἤδη τοῖς ἐν κλήρῳ καταλεγομένοις ἀπονεμηθείσαις· εἰ δέ τις διαπράξοιτο τὸ τοιοῦτον, ἐπὶ ἑβδομάδα μίαν ἀφοριζέσθω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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