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On the prohibition for clergy and monks to take charge of worldly affairs “out of love of money.”
It came to the attention of the Holy Council that some of those belonging to the clergy, for the sake of vile profit, take over other people's estates and arrange worldly affairs, at the same time neglecting God's service; they wander through the homes of worldly people and, out of love of money, take upon themselves the management of property. So, the holy and great Council determined that henceforth no one - neither a bishop, nor a clergyman, nor a monastic - should take possession of estates and take upon himself the management of worldly affairs, unless according to the laws he is called to the inevitable guardianship of minors or the bishop of the city entrusts him, for the fear of God, to have care for church affairs, or for orphans, or for widows deprived of guardianship and persons who are especially in need of church services. help. If anyone in the future dares to violate this definition, such a person will be subject to church penances.
Greek original
Ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν σύνοδον, ὅτι τῶν ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ κατειλεγμένων τινές, δι᾿ αἰσχροκέρδειαν, ἀλλοτρίων κτημάτων γίνονται μισθωτοί, καὶ πράγματα κοσμικά ἐργολαβοῦσι, τῆς μὲν τοῦ Θεοῦ λειτουργίας καταα θυμοῦντες, τοὺς δὲ τῶν κοσμικῶν ὑποτρέχοντες οἴκους, καὶ οὐσιῶν χειρισμοὺς ἀναδεχόμενοι διὰ φιλαργυρίαν. Ὥρισε τοίνυν ἡ ἁγία καὶ μεγάλη σύνοδος, μηδένα τοῦ λοιποῦ, μὴ ἐπίσκοπον, μὴ κληρικόν, μὴ μονάζοντα, ἢ μισθοῦσθαι κτήματα, ἢ πραγμάτων ἐπεισάγειν ἑαυτὸν κοσμικαῖς διοικήσεσι· πλὴν εἰ μήπου ἐκ νόμων καλοῖτο εἰς ἀφηλίκων ἀπαραίτητον ἐπιτροπήν· ἢ ὁ τῆς πόλεως ἐπίσκοπος ἐκκλησιαστικῶν ἐπιτρέψοι φροντίζειν πραγμάτων, ἢ ὀρφανῶν, ἢ χηρῶν ἀπρονοήτων, καὶ τῶν προσώπων τῶν μάλιστα τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς δεομένων βοηθείας, διὰ τὸν φόβον τοῦ Θεοῦ. Εἰ δέ τις παραβαίνων τὰ ὡρισμένα τοῦ λοιποῦ ἐπιχειρήσοι, ὁ τοιοῦτος ἐκκλησιαστικοῖς ὑποκείσθω ἐπιτιμίοις.
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