Canon 97 No living with a wife in holy places

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 either live with a wife, or otherwise without discrimination make the holy places common, and behave contemptuously towards them, and so remain in them, we command to be driven out even from the catechumens' galleries in the venerable churches. And if anyone does not observe this, if he is a cleric, let him be deposed; if a layman, let him be excommunicated.

Τοὺς ἢ γαμετῇ συνοικοῦντας, ἢ ἄλλως ἀδιακρίτως τοὺς ἱεροὺς τόπους κοινοποιοῦντας, καὶ καταφρονητικῶς περὶ αὐτοὺς ἔχοντας, καὶ οὕτως ἐν αὐτοῖς καταμένοντας, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐν τοῖς σεβασμίοις ναοῖς κατηχουμένων ἐξωθεῖσθαι προστάσσομεν. Εἰ δέ τις μὴ τοῦτο παραφυλάξοι, εἰ μὲν κληρικὸς εἴη, καθαιρείσθω· εἰ δὲ λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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