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The Holy Canons Trullo Canon 76

Canon 76 No taverns or trade within church precincts

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, within the sacred precincts, set up a tavern, or set out wares of food, or make other sales, so as to keep the reverence due to the church. For our Saviour and God, training us by his way of life in the flesh, commanded us not to make the house of his Father a house of merchandise; and he also poured out the coins of the money-changers, and drove out those who were making the temple common. If then anyone is caught in the offence set forth, let him be excommunicated.

Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ ἔνδον τῶν ἱερῶν περιβόλων καπηλεῖον, ἢ τὰ διὰ βρωμάτων εἴδη προτιθέναι, ἢ ἑτέρας πράσεις ποιεῖσθαι, τὸ σεβάσμιον τῆς ἐκκλησίας φυλάσσοντας. Ὁ γὰρ Σωτὴρ ἡμῶν καὶ Θεός, διὰ τῆς ἐν σαρκὶ πολιτείας παιδαγωγῶν ἡμᾶς, μὴ ποιεῖν τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐμπορίου οἶκον παρεκελεύσατο· ὃς καὶ τῶν κολλυβιστῶν τὸ κέρμα ἐξέχεε, καὶ τοὺς τὸ ἱερὸν κοινοποιοῦντας ἀπήλασεν. Εἴ τις οὖν ἐπὶ τῷ προκειμένῳ ἁλῷ πλημμελήματι, ἀφοριζέσθω.

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