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Canons of the Apostles and the Fathers, NPNF II.14

Chapter 16

If, however, the bishop, with whom any such persons are staying, shall disregard the command that they are to cease from performing divine offices, and shall receive them as clergymen, let him be excommunicated, as a teacher of disorder.