Canon 31 Liturgy or baptism in house chapels needs bishop's consent

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

Clerics who celebrate the liturgy or baptise in the houses of prayer that are within a dwelling, we decree are to do this with the consent of the bishop of the place; so that, if any cleric does not so observe this, let him be deposed.

Τοὺς ἐν τοῖς εὐκτηρίοις οἴκοις, ἔνδον οἰκίας τυγχάνουσι, λειτουργοῦντας, ἢ βαπτίζοντας κληρικούς, ὑπὸ γνώμην τοῦτο πράττειν τοῦ κατὰ τόπον ἐπισκόπου, ὁρίζομεν· ὥστε, εἴ τις κληρικὸς μὴ τοῦτο οὕτω παραφυλάξῃ, καθαιρείσθω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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