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CANONS 1 - 6 OF THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS (431) |
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The Greek text below follows that in W. Bright, Canons of the first four General Councils, 2nd edn, pp. XXVII - XXVIII. The Latin text is that found in Dionysius Exiguus (Migne, Patrologia Latina vol. 67, Col. 82). An English translation of this text, placed alongside the Greek and Latin text, can be found on the subscription version of the site.
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Canon 3 |
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Εἰ δὲ τινὲς καὶ τῶν ἐν ἑκάστῃ πόλει ἢ χώρᾳ κληρικῶν ὑπὸ Νεστορίου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ ὄντων τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἐκωλύθησαν διὰ τὸ ὀρθῶς φρονεῖν, ἐδικαιώσαμεν καὶ τούτους τὸν ἴδιον ἀπολαβεῖν βαθμόν· κοινῶς δὲ τοὺς τῇ ὀρθοδόξῳ καὶ οἰκουμενικῇ συνόδῳ συμφρονοῦντας κληρικοὺς κελεύομεν τοῖς ἀποστατήσασιν ἢ ἀφισταμένοις ἐπισκόποις μηδόλως ὑποκεῖσθαι κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον. |
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Si qui autem clerici in quacunque civitate vel regione sub Nestorio et iis qui sunt cum eo, sacerdotio depulsi sunt eo quod recte sentiant, aequum censuimus, ut ii quoque suum gradum recipiant. Communiter autem omnibus, qui cum orthodoxa et universali synodo consentiunt clericis, jubemus, iis qui defecerunt vel deficiunt episcopis nullo modo subjici. |
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Canon 6 |
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Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ εἴτινες βουληθεῖεν τὰ περὶ ἑκάστων πεπραγμένα ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ συνόδῳ τῇ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ οἱῳδήποτε τρόπῳ παρασαλεύειν, ἡ ἁγία σύνοδος ὥρισεν, εἰ μὲν ἐπίσκοποι εἶεν ἢ κληρικοὶ, τοῦ οἰκείου παντελῶς ἀποπίπτειν βαθμοῦ· εἰ δὲ λαϊκοί, ἀκοινωνήτους ὑπάρχειν. |
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Similiter autem, si qui voluerint quae de quacunque re in sancta synodo Ephesina acta sunt, quovis modo labefactare, sancta synodus decrevit, si quidem sint episcopi aut clerici, a suo gradu omnino excidere; si autem laici, excommunicari. |
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