Synod of Antioch, The Canons of the Blessed and Holy Fathers Assembled at Antioch in Syria. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 14 (Percival, 1900), public domain.
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- Synod of Antioch, Canon 1 — Whosoever shall presume to set aside the decree of the holy and great Synod which was assembled at Nice in the presence of the pious Emperor Constantine, beloved of God, concerning the holy and salutary feast of…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 2 — All who enter the church of God and hear the Holy Scriptures, but do not communicate with the people in prayers, or who turn away, by reason of some disorder, from the holy partaking of the Eucharist, are to be cast…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 3 — If any presbyter or deacon, or any one whatever belonging to the priesthood, shall forsake his own parish, and shall depart, and, having wholly changed his residence, shall set himself to remain for a long time in…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 4 — If any bishop who has been deposed by a synod, or any presbyter or deacon who has been deposed by his bishop shall presume to execute any part of the ministry, whether it be a bishop according to his former custom,…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 5 — If any presbyter or deacon, despising this own bishop, has separated himself from the Church, and gathered a private assembly, and set up an altar; and if, when summoned by his bishop, he shall refuse to be persuaded…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 6 — If any one has been excommunicated by his own bishop, let him not be received by others until he has either been restored by his own bishop, or until, when a synod is held, he shall have appeared and made his…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 7 — No stranger shall be received without letters pacifical.vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 8 — Let not country presbyters give letters canonical, or let them send such letters only to the neighbouring bishops. But the chorepiscopi of good report may give letters pacifical.vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 9 — It behoves the bishops in every province to acknowledge the bishop who presides in the metropolis, and who has to take thought for the whole province; because all men of business come together from every quarter to…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 10 — The Holy Synod decrees that persons in villages and districts, or those who are called chorepiscopi, even though they may have received ordination to the Episcopate, shall regard their own limits and manage the…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 11 — If any bishop, or presbyter, or any one whatever of the canon shall presume to betake himself to the Emperor without the consent and letters of the bishop of the province, and particularly of the bishop of the…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 12 — If any presbyter or deacon deposed by his own bishop, or any bishop deposed by a synod, shall dare to trouble the ears of the Emperor, when it is his duty to submit his case to a greater synod of bishops, and to…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 13 — No bishop shall presume to pass from one province to another, and ordain persons to the dignity of the ministry in the Church, not even should he have others with him, unless he should go at the written invitation of…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 14 — If a bishop shall be tried on any accusations, and it should then happen that the bishops of the province disagree concerning him, some pronouncing the accused innocent, and others guilty; for the settlement of all…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 15 — If any bishop, lying under any accusation, shall be judged by all the bishops in the province, and all shall unanimously deliver the same verdict concerning him, he shall not be again judged by others, but the…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 16 — If any bishop without a see shall throw himself upon a vacant church and seize its throne, without a full synod, he shall be cast out, even if all the people over whom he has usurped jurisdiction should choose him.…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 17 — If any one having received the ordination of a bishop, and having been appointed to preside over a people, shall not accept his ministry, and will not be persuaded to proceed to the Church entrusted to him, he shall…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 18 — If any bishop ordained to a parish shall not proceed to the parish to which he has been ordained, not through any fault of his own, but either because of the rejection of the people, or for any other reason not…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 19 — A bishop shall not be ordained without a synod and the presence of the metropolitan of the province. And when he is present, it is by all means better that all his brethren in the ministry of the Province should…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 20 — With a view to the good of the Church and the settlement of disputes, it is decreed to be well that synods of the bishops, (of which the metropolitan shall give notice to the provincials), should be held in every…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 21 — A bishop may not be translated from one parish to another, either intruding himself of his own suggestion, or under compulsion by the people, or by constraint of the bishops; but he shall remain in the Church to…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 22 — Let not a bishop go to a strange city, which is not subject to himself, nor into a district which does not belong to him, either to ordain any one, or to appoint presbyters or deacons to places within the…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 23 — It shall not be lawful for a bishop, even at the close of life, to appoint another as successor to himself; and if any such thing should be done, the appointment shall be void. But the ecclesiastical law must be…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 24 — It is right that what belongs to the Church be preserved with all care to the Church, with a good conscience and faith in God, the inspector and judge of all. And these things ought to be administered under the…vatican.va
- Synod of Antioch, Canon 25 — Let the bishop have power over the funds of the Church, so as to dispense them with all piety and in the fear of God to all who need. And if there be occasion, let him take what he requires for his own necessary uses…vatican.va