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On the ban on the presence of women in bishops' houses and monasteries.
Do not give temptation to those outside, says the divine apostle. And the presence of women in bishoprics or monasteries is a reason for every temptation. So, if anyone is caught having a slave or free woman in a bishopric or monastery to perform any service, let him be subject to penance, and if he persists, let him be deposed. If it happens that there are women on country estates and the bishop or abbot wants to travel to those places, then in the presence of the bishop or abbot the woman should not perform any service at that time, but let her stay in another place until the bishop leaves, so that there are no complaints.
Greek original
Ἀπρόσκοποι γίνεσθε καὶ τοῖς ἔξωθεν, φησὶν ὁ θεῖος Ἀπόστολος· Τὸ δὲ γυναῖκας ἐνδιαιτᾶσθαι ἐν ἐπισκοπείοις, ἢ μοναστηρίοις, παντὸς προσκόμματος αἴτιον. Εἴ τις οὖν δούλην, ἢ ἐλευθέραν ἐν ἐπισκοπείῳ κτώμενος φωραθείη, ἢ ἐν μοναστηρίῳ, πρὸς ἐγχείρησιν διακονίας τινός, ἐπιτιμάσθω· ἐπιμένων δέ, καθαιρείσθω. Εἰ δὲ καὶ τύχοι ἐν προαστείοις γυναῖκας εἶναι, καὶ θελήσοι ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ ἡγούμενος, πορείαν ἐν τῆς ἐκεῖσε ποιήσασθαι, παρόντος ἐπισκόπου, ἢ ἡγουμένου, μηδόλως ἐγχείρησιν διακονίας ποιείσθω κατ᾿ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν γυνή, ἀλλ᾿ ἰδιαζέτω ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ, ἕως ἂν τὴν ἐπαναχώρησιν ποιήσηται ὁ ἐπίσκοπος, διὰ τὸ ἀνεπίληπτον.
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