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Third Canonical Letter to Amphilochius

St Basil the Great, NPNF II.14; summary

Chapter 80

The Fathers say nothing of polygamy as being beastly, and a thing unagreeable to human nature. To us it appears a greater sin than fornication: Let therefore such [as are guilty of it] be liable to the canons, viz.: after they have been mourners one year—let them be prostrators three years—and then be received,