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Code of Canons of the African Church (Carthage, 419)

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35. Canon 35

Canon XXXV. (Greek xxxviii.)

That bishops or clergymen should not easily set free their sons.

That bishops or clerics should not easily let their children pass out of their power; unless they were secure of their morals and age, that their own sins may pertain to them.

Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XXXV

Bishops and clergy shall not set their children free until their morals are established.