Canon 59 No baptism in a house chapel

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

In no way let baptism be performed in a house of prayer that is inside a house; but those who are about to be deemed worthy of the spotless illumination, let them come to the catholic churches, and there let them enjoy this gift. And if anyone be caught not keeping what has been decreed by us, if he be a cleric, let him be deposed; and if a layman, let him be excommunicated.

Μηδαμῶς ἐν εὐκτηρίῳ οἴκῳ, ἔνδον οἰκίας τυγχάνοντι, βάπτισμα ἐπιτελείσθω· ἀλλ᾿ οἱ μέλλοντες ἀξιοῦσθαι τοῦ ἀχράντου φωτίσματος, ταῖς καθολικαῖς προσερχέσθωσαν ἐκκλησίαις, κἀκεῖσε τῆς δωρεᾶς ταύτης ἀπολαυέτωσαν. Εἰ δέ τις ἁλῷ τὰ παρ᾿ ἡμῶν ὁρισθέντα μὴ φυλάττων, εἰ μὲν κληρικὸς εἴη, καθαιρείσθω· εἰ δὲ λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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