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The Holy Canons Trullo Canon 71

Canon 71 Law students must not keep pagan customs

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

Those who are being taught the civil laws must not use the customs of the pagans, nor indeed be drawn to the theatres, or perform the so-called kylistrai, or clothe themselves in garments contrary to common use: neither at the time when they begin their studies, nor when they come to the end of them, nor, to speak generally, in the course of such education. And if anyone from now on shall dare to do this, let him be excommunicated.

Τοὺς διδασκομένους τοὺς πολιτικοὺς νόμους, μὴ δεῖν τοῖς Ἑλληνικοῖς ἔθεσι κεχρῆσθαι, μήτε μὴν ἐπὶ θεάτρων ἐνάγεσθαι, ἢ τὰς λεγομένας κυλίστρας ἐπιτελεῖν, ἢ παρὰ τὴν κοινὴν χρῆσιν στολὰς ἑαυτοῖς περιτιθέναι. Μήτε καθ᾿ ὃν καιρὸν τῶν μαθημάτων ἐνάρχονται, ἢ πρὸς τὸ τέλος αὐτῶν καταντῶσιν, ἤ, καθόλου φάναι, διὰ μέσου τῆς τοιαύτης παιδεύσεως, εἰ δέ τις ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν τοῦτο πρᾶξαι τολμήσοι, ἀφοριζέσθω.

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