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← Canons of Local Councils Received in Trullo (Sardica, Carthage)↑ The Canons of the CCXVII Blessed Fathers who assembled at Carthage.  Commonly Called The Code of Canons of the African Church

Canon XXXV.

Canons of Local Councils Received in Trullo (Sardica, Carthage) · The Seven Holy Ecumenical Councils

Canon XXXV. (Greek xxxviii.)

LocalT 2.39.1

That bishops or clergymen should not easily set free their sons.

LocalT 2.39.2

That bishops or clerics should not easily let their children pass out of their power; unless they were secure of their morals and age, that their own sins may pertain to them.

LocalT 2.39.3

Notes.

LocalT 2.39.4

Ancient Epitome of Canon XXXV.

LocalT 2.39.5

Bishops and clergy shall not set their children free until their morals are established.

LocalT 2.39.6

This canon is Canon xiij. of the Synod of Hippo a.d. 393.

LocalT 2.39.7