Various Church Fathers
Canon XXIV.
The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra, Neocæsarea, Antioch and Laodicea, which Canons were Accepted and Received by the Ecumenical Synods. — translated by ANF/NPNF editors
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Canon XXIV.
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No one of the priesthood, from presbyters to deacons, and so on in the ecclesiastical order to subdeacons, readers, singers, exorcists, door-keepers, or any of the class of the Ascetics, ought to enter a tavern.
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Notes.
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Ancient Epitome of Canon XXIV.
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No clergyman should enter a tavern.
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Compare this with Apostolic Canon LIV., which contains exceptions not here specified.
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This canon is contained in the Corpus Juris Canonici, Gratian’s Decretum, Pars I., Dist. xliv. c. ij.
Translated by ANF/NPNF editors. Edition ccel.npnf214.division.viii.en.