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Council of Gangra

Local councils, NPNF II.14

Chapter 17

If any woman from pretended asceticism shall cut off her hair, which God gave her as the reminder of her subjection, thus annulling as it were the ordinance of subjection, let her be anathema.

Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XVII

Whatever women shave their hair off, pretending to do so out of reverence for God, let them be anathema.