Canon 47 No sleeping in monasteries of the other sex

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 no woman sleep in a men's monastery, nor a man in a women's. For the faithful must be clear of every stumbling block and scandal, and order their own life toward what is seemly and acceptable to the Lord. And if anyone does this, whether he be a cleric or a layman, let him be excommunicated.

Μήτε ἐν ἀνδρῴῳ μοναστηρίῳ γυνή, μήτε ἐν γυναικείῳ ἀνὴρ καθευδέτω· παντὸς γὰρ προσκόμματος, καὶ σκανδάλου ἔξω δεῖ εἶναι τοὺς πιστούς, καὶ πρὸς τὸ εὔσχημον, καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτον τῷ Κυρίῳ τὸν ἑαυτῶν εὐθετίζειν βίον. Εἰ δέ τις τοῦτο πράξει, εἴτε κληρικὸς εἴη, εἴτε λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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