The Holy Canons Trullo Canon 38
Canon 38 Church order follows the civil order of new cities
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
We too observe the canon laid down by our Fathers, which declares thus: If any city has been made new by imperial authority, or should be made new hereafter, let the order of ecclesiastical affairs also follow the civil and public arrangements.
Τὸν ἐκ τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν τεθέντα κανόνα καὶ ἡμεῖς παραφυλάττομεν, τὸν οὕτω διαγορεύοντα· Εἴ τις ἐκ βασιλικῆς ἐξουσίας ἐκαινίσθη πόλις, ἢ αὖθις καινισθείη, τοῖς πολιτικοῖς καὶ δημοσίοις τύποις καὶ ἡ τῶν ἐκκλησιαστικῶν πραγμάτων τάξις ἀκολουθείτω.
The Council in Trullo, the canons
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