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E02111: The Canons of the Council of Laodicea, of the late 4th c., forbid heretics to enter churches and martyr-shrines, and orthodox Christians to visit and pray at shrines of heretical martyrs. Written in Greek at Laodikeia/Laodicea of Phrygia (west central Asia Minor).
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posted on 2016-12-12, 00:00 authored by erizosCanons of the Council of Laodicea, 6, 9
ς’. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ἢ εἰς μαρτύριον εἰσιέναι αἱρετικὸν
Περὶ τοῦ μὴ συγχωρεῖν τοῖς αἱρετικοῖς εἰσιέναι εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιμένοντας ἐν τῇ αἱρέσει.
'Canon 6. A heretic must not enter a church or shrine of martyrs (martyrion).
Heretics are not allowed to enter the house of God, as long as they persist in their heresy.'
Θ΄. Περὶ τοῦ τοῖς αἱρετικῶν σπηλαίοις μὴ παραβάλλειν ἐπὶ εὐχῇ.
Περὶ τοῦ μὴ συγχωρεῖν εἰς τὰ κοιμητήρια ἢ εἰς τὰ λεγόμενα μαρτύρια πάντων τῶν αἱρετικῶν ἀπιέναι τοὺς τῆς ἐκκλησίας, εὐχῆς ἢ θεραπείας ἕνεκα, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τοιούτους, ἐὰν ὦσι πιστοί, ἀκοινωνήτους γίνεσθαι μέχρι τινός, μετανοοῦντας δὲ καὶ ἐξομολογουμένους ἐσφάλθαι, παραδέχεσθαι.
'Canon 9. Those visiting the caves of the heretics should not be admitted to services.
The members of the Church are not allowed to visit the cemeteries or the so-called martyria of all the heretics, be it for prayer or veneration. Those who do so, if they are baptised, should be excommunicated for a period of time, and, if they repent and confess that they have erred, they should be admitted.'
ΛΔ. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ ἀπέρχεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς τῶν αἱρετικῶν ψευδομάρτυρας
Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ πάντα Χριστιανὸν ἐγκαταλιπεῖν μάρτυρας Χριστοῦ καὶ ἀπιέναι πρὸς τοὺς ψευδομάρτυρας τοῦτ’ἔστιν αἱρετικῶν, ἢ αὐτοὺς τοὺς προειρημένους αἱρετικοὺς γενομένους ἐπισκόπους· οὗτοι γὰρ ἀλλότριοι τυγχάνουσι τοῦ θεοῦ. Ἔστωσαν οὖν ἀνάθεμα οἱ ἀπερχόμενοι πρὸς αὐτούς.
'Canon 34. It is not allowed to visit the false martyrs of the heretics.
No Christian may forsake the martyrs of Christ, and go to the false martyrs (pseudomartyres), that is, those of the heretics, or to the same aforementioned heretics who have been bishops. For these people are aliens from God. Let those, therefore, who visit them, be anathema.'
Text: Joannou 1962. Translation: E. Rizos.
ς’. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ἢ εἰς μαρτύριον εἰσιέναι αἱρετικὸν
Περὶ τοῦ μὴ συγχωρεῖν τοῖς αἱρετικοῖς εἰσιέναι εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιμένοντας ἐν τῇ αἱρέσει.
'Canon 6. A heretic must not enter a church or shrine of martyrs (martyrion).
Heretics are not allowed to enter the house of God, as long as they persist in their heresy.'
Θ΄. Περὶ τοῦ τοῖς αἱρετικῶν σπηλαίοις μὴ παραβάλλειν ἐπὶ εὐχῇ.
Περὶ τοῦ μὴ συγχωρεῖν εἰς τὰ κοιμητήρια ἢ εἰς τὰ λεγόμενα μαρτύρια πάντων τῶν αἱρετικῶν ἀπιέναι τοὺς τῆς ἐκκλησίας, εὐχῆς ἢ θεραπείας ἕνεκα, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τοιούτους, ἐὰν ὦσι πιστοί, ἀκοινωνήτους γίνεσθαι μέχρι τινός, μετανοοῦντας δὲ καὶ ἐξομολογουμένους ἐσφάλθαι, παραδέχεσθαι.
'Canon 9. Those visiting the caves of the heretics should not be admitted to services.
The members of the Church are not allowed to visit the cemeteries or the so-called martyria of all the heretics, be it for prayer or veneration. Those who do so, if they are baptised, should be excommunicated for a period of time, and, if they repent and confess that they have erred, they should be admitted.'
ΛΔ. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ ἀπέρχεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς τῶν αἱρετικῶν ψευδομάρτυρας
Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ πάντα Χριστιανὸν ἐγκαταλιπεῖν μάρτυρας Χριστοῦ καὶ ἀπιέναι πρὸς τοὺς ψευδομάρτυρας τοῦτ’ἔστιν αἱρετικῶν, ἢ αὐτοὺς τοὺς προειρημένους αἱρετικοὺς γενομένους ἐπισκόπους· οὗτοι γὰρ ἀλλότριοι τυγχάνουσι τοῦ θεοῦ. Ἔστωσαν οὖν ἀνάθεμα οἱ ἀπερχόμενοι πρὸς αὐτούς.
'Canon 34. It is not allowed to visit the false martyrs of the heretics.
No Christian may forsake the martyrs of Christ, and go to the false martyrs (pseudomartyres), that is, those of the heretics, or to the same aforementioned heretics who have been bishops. For these people are aliens from God. Let those, therefore, who visit them, be anathema.'
Text: Joannou 1962. Translation: E. Rizos.
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Anonymous martyrs : S00060Related Saint Records
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