The Holy Canons Trullo Canon 60
Canon 60 Those feigning demonic possession are to be punished
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
Since the Apostle cries out that he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit, it is evident that he also who makes himself familiar with the adversary becomes one with him by the union with him. As for those, therefore, who pretend to be possessed by demons, and by depravity of manners feignedly put on their behaviour, it has seemed good that they be punished in every manner, and that they be subjected to such hardships and toils as those who are truly possessed by demons would deservedly be subjected to for deliverance from the operation of the demon.
Τοῦ Ἀποστόλου βοῶντος, ὅτι ὁ κολλώμενος τῷ Κυρίῳ ἓν πνεῦμά ἐστι, πρόδηλον, ὡς καὶ ὁ τῷ ἐναντίῳ ἑαυτὸν οἰκειῶν, ἓν γίνεται τῇ πρὸς αὐτὸν συναφείᾳ. Τοὺς τοίνυν δαιμονᾷν ὑποκρινομένους, καὶ τρόπων φαυλότητι προσποιητῶς τὰ ἐκείνων σχηματιζομένους, ἔδοξε τρόπῳ ἐπιτιμᾶσθαι παντί, καὶ τοιαύταις αὐτοὺς σκληραγωγίαις, καὶ πόνοις ὑποβάλλειν, οἷς ἂν οἱ ἀληθῶς δαιμονῶντες πρὸς ἀπαλλαγὴν τῆς τοῦ δαίμονος ἐνεργείας, ἀξίως ὑποβάλλοιντο.
The Council in Trullo, the canons
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