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A Source Book for Ancient Church History - Mirrors

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739Since we know that it is handed down in the canonical disciplinein the Roman <strong>Church</strong> that those who are about to be deemed worthyof ordination to the diaconate or presbyterate should promiseno longer to live maritally with their wives, we, pursuing theancient rule of apostolic discipline and order, will that hence<strong>for</strong>ththe lawful marriage of men in holy orders remain firm, by nomeans dissolving their union with their wives, nor deprivingthem of intercourse with each other at a convenient season.…There<strong>for</strong>e, if any one shall have dared, contrary to the ApostolicCanons, to deprive any one in holy orders, that is, any presbyter,deacon, or subdeacon, of cohabitation and intercourse with hislawful wife, let him be deposed; likewise also if any presbyteror deacon, on pretence of piety, puts away his wife, let him beexcluded from communion; but if he persists let him be deposed.[677]Canon 36. On the Rank of the Patriarchal Sees.Rome always rejected the claim of Constantinople to rank assecond. Cf. Leo's opinion, v. supra, § 87.Renewing the enactments of the one hundred and fifty Fathersassembled in the God-preserved and imperial city, and the sixhundred and thirty assembled at Chalcedon, we decree that thesee of Constantinople shall enjoy equal privilege with the see ofOld Rome, and in ecclesiastical matters shall be as highly regardedas that is, and second after it. And after this [Constantinople]shall be ranked the see of the great city of Alexandria, and afterthat the see of Antioch, and after that the see of Jerusalem.Canon 37. On Bishops of Sees among Infidels.This canon is cited here, though not entering into the controversybetween the East and the West, because it is significant

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