Правило 5
About penance for those who sacrificed to idols under duress, but grieving over it.
Those who entered in mourning clothes, reclined and ate, crying the entire time they reclined, if they have fulfilled the 3-year period of falling, let them be accepted into communion without communion of the Holy Mysteries. And if they have not eaten, then, after spending 2 years among those who fall, in the 3rd year let them be accepted into communion, but without communion, so that they receive perfect communion in the 4th year. But let the bishops have the power to show philanthropy or prolong the time of repentance, having experienced the image of their conversion. First of all, let their lives be examined before and after torture, and let humanity be commensurate with this.
Greek original
Ὅσοι δὲ ἀνῆλθον μετὰ ἐσθῆτος πενθικῆς, καὶ ἀναπεσόντες ἔφαγον, μεταξύ δι᾽ ὅλης τῆς ἀνακλίσεως δακρύοντες, εἰ ἐπλήρωσαν τὸν τῆς ὑποπτώσεως τριετῆ χρόνον, χωρὶς προσφορᾶς δεχθήτωσαν· εἰ δὲ μὴ ἔφαγον, δύο ὑποπεσόντες ἔτη, τῷ τρίτῳ κοινωνησάτωσαν ἔτει χωρὶς προσφορᾶς, ἵνα τὸ τέλειον τῇ τετραετίᾳ λάβωσι. Τοὺς δὲ ἐπισκόπους ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν τὸν τρόπον τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς δοκιμάσαντας, φιλανθρωπεύεσθαι, ἢ πλείονα προστιθέναι χρόνον. Πρὸ πάντων δέ, καὶ ὁ προάγων βίος, καὶ ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα, ἐξεταζέσθω, καὶ οὕτως ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπιμετρείσθω.
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