The Holy Canons Trullo Canon 49
Canon 49 Consecrated monasteries remain monasteries for ever
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
Renewing this sacred canon also, we decree that monasteries once consecrated by the judgement of a bishop remain monasteries for ever, and that the things belonging to them be kept for the monastery, and that they can no longer become secular dwellings, nor be given out to secular men by anyone at all; and even if this has been done until now, we decree that it in no way be upheld. And those who from the present undertake to do this are to be subject to the penances from the canons.
Ἀνανεούμενοι καὶ τοῦτον τὸν ἱερὸν κανόνα, ὁρίζομεν, ὥστε τὰ ἅπαξ καθιερωθέντα μοναστήρια κατὰ γνώμην ἐπισκόπου, μένειν εἰς τὸ διηνεκὲς μοναστήρια, καὶ τὰ ἀνήκοντα αὐτοῖς πράγματα φυλάττεσθαι τῷ μοναστηρίῳ, καὶ μηκέτι δύνασθαι γίνεσθαι αὐτὰ κοσμικὰ καταγώγια, μήτε δὲ ὑπό τινος τῶν ἁπάντων κοσμικοῖς ἀνδράσι ταῦτα ἐκδίδοσθαι, ἀλλ᾿ εἰ καὶ μέχρι νῦν γέγονε τοῦτο, μηδαμῶς κρατεῖσθαι ὁρίζομεν. Τοὺς δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ παρόντος τοῦτο πράττειν ἐπιχειροῦντας, ὑποκεῖσθαι τοῖς ἐκ τῶν κανόνων ἐπιτιμίοις.
The Council in Trullo, the canons
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