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Synod of Laodicea

Local councils, NPNF II.14

Chapter 6

It is not permitted to heretics to enter the house of God while they continue in heresy.

Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon VI

The holy place is forbidden to heretics.

Aristenus

Heretics are not to be permitted to enter the house of God, and yet Basil the Great, before this canon was set forth, admitted Valens to the perfecting of the faithful [i.e., to the witnessing the celebration of the Divine Mysteries].