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Canons of the Apostles and the Fathers, NPNF II.14
Chapter 25
(XXV. and XXVI.)
If a bishop, presbyter, or deacon be found guilty of fornication, perjury, or theft, let him be deposed, but let him not be excommunicated; for the Scripture says, “thou shalt not punish a man twice for the same offence.” In like manner the other clergy shall be subject to the same proceeding.1
Notes
- I have changed Hammond’s rendering of this last phrase, “in like manner with respect to the other clergy.”