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An order by order of the bishop to destroy churches built under the pretext of glorifying the martyrs, but in reality not only did not have the relics of the martyrs or particles of them under the altar, but no one remembered that any martyr had ever been there or suffered.
It was desirable that the local bishops, if possible, destroy the altars that supposedly in memory of the martyrs are installed everywhere in the fields and vineyards and in which there will be neither the body nor part of the relics of the martyrs. If popular indignation does not allow this to be done, nevertheless, the people must be admonished not to gather in such places, and so that the right-minded do not bind themselves to any superstition about these places, and so that even the memory of the martyrs should not be celebrated anywhere at all, except in those places in which the body or some part of the relics is located or about which an ancient tradition is preserved. And altars built anywhere because of the dreams and false revelations of some people should be rejected at all costs.
Greek original
Ὁμοίως ἤρεσεν, ἴνα τὰ πανταχοῦ ἀνὰ τοὺς ἀγροὺς καὶ τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας θυσιαστήρια, ὡσανεὶ εἰς μνήμην μαρτύρων καθιστάμενα, ἐν οἷς οὐδὲ ἓν σῶμα, ἢ λείψανον μαρτύρων, ἀποκείμενα δείκνυνται, ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντοπίων ἐπισκόπων, εἰ ἔστι δυνατόν, καταστρέφωνται· εἰ δὲ τοῦτο θορύβοις δημοτικοῖς οὐ συγχωρεῖται, ὅμως τὰ πλήθη νουθετηθῶσι μὴ ὀχλαγωγεῖν τοὺς τόπους ἐκείνους. Καὶ ἵνα οἱ τὰ ὀρθὰ φρονοῦντες μηδεμιᾷ δεισιδαιμονίᾳ τῶν τοιούτων τόπων καταδεσμῶνται· καὶ παντελῶς μηδὲ μνήμη μαρτύρων ἐπιτελεσθῇ, εἰ μήπου ἢ σῶμα, ἤ τινα λείψανα ὧσιν, ἢ ἀρχαιογονία τινὸς οἰκήσεως, ἢ κτήσεως, ἢ πάθους πιστῇ ἀρχαιότητι παραδιδῶνται· ὅσα γὰρ δι᾽ ἐνυπνίων, καὶ ματαίων ἀποκαλύψεων ἀνθρώπων τινῶν ὁπουδήποτε καθίστανται θυσιαστήρια, παντὶ τρόπῳ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀποδοκιμασθῶσι.[1]
Parallel canons
Ап.31IVВс.4Трул.81VIIВс.7Антиох.5