Правило 132
On the territories of the ministry of bishops, converts and the Donatist heresy.
Of course, in this way: if the Donatist bishops have turned to Catholic unity, let them equally divide among themselves the areas that are in this situation and in which the flock of both sides resides, that is, so that some places belong to one bishop, and others to another, and so that the senior in the episcopate divides, and the younger chooses. If there is one place in this situation, let it go to the one to whom it is located closer. If it turns out to be equally close to both sees, it must be ceded to the one whom the people choose. If initially the Orthodox want their own bishop, and those who converted from Donatus want theirs, let the opinion of the majority be preferred to the opinion of the minority. And if both sides turn out to be equal, let the place be assigned to the senior bishop. If there are so many places in which the flock of both sides are located that it is impossible to divide them equally, since the number of these places is odd, first let them divide the even number, and in relation to the rest they observe the same as was said above when discussing one place.
Greek original
Οὕτω δηλαδή, ἵνα εἴπερ ἐπίσκοποι ἀπὸ τῶν Δονατιστῶν πρὸς τὴν καθολικὴν ἑνότητα ἐπέστρεψαν, ἐξίσου πρὸς ἀλλήλους διέλωσι τὰς οὕτως εὑρισκομένας διοικήσεις, ἔνθα ἦσαν ἀμφότερα τὰ μέρη· τουτέστιν, ἵνα ἄλλοι τόποι πρὸς ἐκεῖνον, καὶ ἄλλοι πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ἀνήκωσιν οὕτως, ἵνα ὁ παλαιότερος ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ μερίζῃ, καὶ ὁ ἥτων ἐπιλέγηται· εἰ δὲ τυχὸν εἷς ἔσται τόπος, ἐκείνῳ προσχωρήσῃ ᾧ τινι μᾶλλον γειτνιάζων εὑρίσκεται· ἐὰν δὲ ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς θρόνοις ἴσως γειτνιάζῃ, ἐκείνῳ παραχωρηθῇ, ὃν τὸ πλῆθος ἐπιλέξηται. Εἰ δὲ τυχὸν οἱ ἀρχαῖοι καθολικοὶ τὸν ἴδιον θελήσουσι, καὶ οἱ ἐκ τοῦ μέρους τοῦ Δονάτου μεταστρέψαντες τὸν ἴδιον, τῶν πλειόνων ἡ γνώμη προτιμηθῇ τῶν ὀλιγωτέρων· εἰ δὲ τὰ μέρη εἰσὶν ἴσα, τῷ παλαιοτέρῳ ἐπισκόπῳ καταλογισθείη. Ἐὰν δὲ οὕτω πλεῖστοι οἱ τόποι εὑρεθώσιν, ἐν οἷς ἀμφότερα τὰ μέρη εἰσίν, ὡς μὴ δύνασθαι ἐξ ἴσου μερισθῆναι, τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τῶν αὐτῶν τόπων ἀνίσου ὑπάρχοντος, πρῶτον μερισθῶσιν οἱ ἴσοι ἀριθμοί, καὶ τῷ ἀπομένοντι τόπῳ τοῦτο φυλαχθῇ, ὅπερ ἀνωτέρῳ λέλεκται, ὅτε περὶ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἐζητεῖτο τόπου.[1]
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