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About penance for bestialists depending on their age.
About those who have fallen or are falling into bestiality. Those who have sinned before the age of 20, after falling for 15 years, let them enter into prayerful communication, then, after spending 5 years in such communication, begin to receive the Holy Mysteries. Let their way of life be tested when they are among those who fall, and depending on this, let them be rewarded with love for mankind. But if some did not know the extent of their sins, they should remain among those who fell for a long time. Those who, having left this age and having wives, fell into such sin, after 25 years of falling, let them enter into prayerful communion, then, after 5 years of being in prayerful communion, let them partake of the Holy Mysteries. If some, having wives, and having passed the age of 50, have sinned, let them be granted fellowship when they depart from life.
Greek original
Περὶ τῶν ἀλογευσαμένων, ἢ καὶ ἀλογευομένων, ὅσοι πρὶν εἰκοσαετεῖς γενέσθαι, ἥμαρτον, πέντε καὶ δέκα ἔτεσιν ὑποπεσόντες, κοινωνίας τυγχανέτωσαν τῆς εἰς τὰς προσευχάς· εἶτα ἐν τῇ κοινωνίᾳ διατελέσαντες ἔτη πέντε, τότε καὶ τῆς προσφορᾶς ἐφαπτέσθωσαν. Ἐξεταζέσθω δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ ἐν τῇ ὑποπτώσει βίος, καὶ οὕτω τυγχανέτωσαν τῆς φιλανθρωπίας. Εἰ δέ τινες κατακόρως ἐν τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασι γεγόνασι, τὴν μακρὰν ἐχέτωσαν ὑπόπτωσιν. Ὅσοι δὲ ὑπερβάντες τὴν ἡλικίαν ταύτην, καὶ γυναίκας ἔχοντες περιπεπτώκασι τῷ ἁμαρτήματι, πέντε καὶ εἴκοσιν ἔτεσιν ὑποπεσόντες, κοινωνίας τυγχανέτωσαν τῆς εἰς τὰς προοευχάς· εἶτα ἐκτελέσαντες πέντε ἔτη ἐν τῇ κοινωνίᾳ τῶν εὐχῶν, τυγχανέτωσαν τῆς προσφορᾶς. Εἰ δέ τινες καὶ γυναῖκας ἔχοντες, καὶ ὑπερβάντες τὸν πεντηκονταετῆ χρόνον ἥμαρτον, ἐπὶ τῇ ἐξόδῳ τοῦ βίου τυγχανέτωσαν τῆς κοινωνίας.
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