Правило 15
On the prohibition for clergy to neglect the church court for the sake of the secular in church matters.
It was convenient: everyone, no matter who he was, from bishops, or presbyters, or deacons, or clergy, if a case of a crime or a civil case was brought against him in the Church and, having refused the church court, he wishes to be justified through secular courts, even if the verdict is pronounced in his favor, he must nevertheless lose his own place. This is in the case of a crime, but if the case is civil, let him lose what he gained by winning the case if he wants to keep his place.
Greek original
Ὁμοίως ἤρεσεν, ἵνα ὁστισδήποτε τῶν ἐπισκόπων, ἢ πρεσβυτέρων, ἢ διακόνων, ἢ κληρικῶν, πράγματος αὐτῷ ἐκγληματικοῦ ἢ πολιτικοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ κινουμένου, ἐὰν παραιτούμενος τὸ ἐκκλησιαστικὸν δικαστήριον, δημοσίοις θέλησῃ καθαρθῆναι δικαστηρίοις, κἂν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ἡ ψῆφος ἐκφωνηθῇ, ὅμως τὸν ἴδιον τόπον ἀπολέσῃ· καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐγκληματικοῦ· ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ πολιτικοῦ, ἀπολέσῃ, τὸ εἰς ὃ ἐνίκησεν, ἐὰν τὸν ἴδιον τόπον θέλησῃ κατέχειν.[1]