Canon 50 No one may play at dice

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

No one at all, whether of the laity or of the clergy, is to play at dice from now on. And if anyone should be detected doing such a thing, if he be a cleric, let him be deposed; and if a layman, let him be excommunicated.

Μηδένα τῶν ἁπάντων εἴτε λαϊκῶν, εἴτε κληρικῶν, κυβεύειν, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν· εἰ δέ τις τοιοῦτο φωραθείη πράττων, εἰ μὲν κληρικὸς εἴη, καθαιρείσθω· εἰ δὲ λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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