Canon 74 No agapes held in churches

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

That one must not hold the so-called agapes in the Lord's houses, or in the churches, or eat inside the house, or spread couches. Those who dare to do this, let them either cease or be excommunicated.

Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ἐν τοῖς Κυριακοῖς, ἢ ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις, τὰς λεγομένας ἀγάπας ποιεῖν, καὶ ἔνδον ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ἐσθίειν, καὶ ἀκούβιτα στρωννύειν. Οἱ δὲ τοῦτο ποιεῖν τολμῶντες, ἢ παυσάσθωσαν, ἢ ἀφοριζέσθωσαν.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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