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Canons of the Apostles and the Fathers, NPNF II.14
Chapter 52
If any bishop or presbyter,1 does not receive him who turns away from his sin, but rejects him, let him be deposed; for he grieveth Christ who said, “There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth.”
Notes
- Hammond adds “or deacon.”