Canon 4 Intercourse with a woman dedicated to God

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

If any bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, or subdeacon, or reader, or cantor, or doorkeeper has intercourse with a woman dedicated to God, let him be deposed, as having corrupted the bride of Christ; and if a layman, let him be excommunicated.

Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ πρεσβύτερος, ἢ διάκονος, ἢ ὑποδιάκονος, ἢ ἀναγνώστης, ἢ ψάλτης, ἢ θυρωρός, γυναικὶ ἀφιερωμένῃ τῷ Θεῷ μιχθείη, καθαιρείσθω, ὡς τὴν νύμφην τοῦ Χριστοῦ διαφθείρας· εἰ δὲ λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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