{"council-neocaesarea/1":{"o":"Πρεσβύτερος, ἐὰν γήμῃ, τῆς τάξεως αὐτὸν μετατίθεσθαι· ἐὰν δὲ πορνεύσῃ, ἢ μοιχεύσῃ, ἐξωθεῖσθαι αὐτὸν τέλεον, καὶ ἄγεσθαι εἰς μετάνοιαν.","t":"If a presbyter marries, he is to be removed from his order; and if he commits sexual immorality or adultery, he is to be driven out completely and brought to penance.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 1 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/1)."},"council-neocaesarea/10":{"o":"Ὁμοίως καὶ διάκονος, ἐὰν τῷ αὐτῷ ἁμαρτήματι περιπέσῃ, τὴν τοῦ ὑπηρέτου τάξιν ἐχέτω.","t":"Likewise also a deacon, if he falls into the same sin, let him have the rank of an attendant.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 10 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/10)."},"council-neocaesarea/11":{"o":"Πρεσβύτερος πρὸ τῶν τριάκοντα ἐτῶν μὴ χειροτονείσθω, ἐὰν καὶ πάνυ ᾖ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἄξιος, ἀλλὰ ἀποτηρείσθω. Ὁ γὰρ Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐν τῷ τριακοστῷ ἔτει ἐβαπτίσθη, καὶ ἤρξατο διδάσκειν.","t":"Let no one be ordained presbyter before thirty years of age, even if the man is altogether worthy, but let him wait. For the Lord Jesus Christ was baptized in the thirtieth year, and began to teach.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 11 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/11)."},"council-neocaesarea/12":{"o":"Ἐὰν νοσῶν τις φωτισθῇ, εἰς πρεσβυτέριον ἄγεσθαι οὐ δύναται· οὐκ ἐκ προαιρέσεως γὰρ ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐξ ἀνάγκης· εἰμὴ τάχα διὰ τὴν μετὰ ταῦτα αὐτοῦ σπουδὴν καὶ πίστιν, καὶ διὰ σπάνιν ἀνθρώπων.","t":"If anyone is illuminated while ill, he cannot be advanced to the presbyterate; for his faith is not from choice but from necessity; unless perhaps on account of his later zeal and faith, and on account of a shortage of men.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 12 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/12)."},"council-neocaesarea/13":{"o":"Ἐπιχώριοι πρεσβύτεροι ἐν τῷ Κυριακῷ τῆς πόλεως προσφέρειν οὐ δύνανται, παρόντος ἐπισκόπου, ἢ πρεσβυτέρων πόλεως· οὔτε μὴν ἄρτον διδόναι ἐν εὐχῇ, οὐδὲ ποτήριον· ἐὰν δὲ ἀπῶσι, καὶ εἰς εὐχήν κληθῇ μόνος, δίδωσιν.","t":"Country presbyters cannot offer in the church of the city when the bishop or the presbyters of the city are present; nor indeed give the bread in the prayer, nor the cup. But if they are absent, and he alone is called to the prayer, he gives it.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 13 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/13)."},"council-neocaesarea/14":{"o":"Οἱ δὲ χωρεπίσκοποι, εἰσὶ μὲν εἰς τύπον τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα· ὡς δὲ συλλειτουργοί, διὰ τὴν σπουδὴν τὴν εἰς τοὺς πτωχοὺς προσφέρουσι τιμώμενοι.","t":"The country bishops are after the pattern of the Seventy; and as fellow ministers, because of their zeal for the poor, they offer, being held in honor.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 14 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/14)."},"council-neocaesarea/15":{"o":"Διάκονοι ἑπτὰ ὀφείλουσιν εἶναι κατὰ τὸν κανόνα, κἂν πάνυ μεγάλη ᾖ ἡ πόλις. Πεισθήσῃ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς βίβλου τῶν Πράξεων.","t":"There ought to be seven deacons according to the canon, even if the city is very large. You will be persuaded of this from the book of the Acts.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 15 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/15)."},"council-neocaesarea/2":{"o":"Γυνή, ἐὰν γήμηται δύο ἀδελφοῖς, ἐξωθείσθω μέχρι θανάτου· πλὴν ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ διὰ τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν εἰποῦσα, ὡς ὑγιάνασα λύσει τὸν γάμον, ἕξει τὴν μετάνοιαν. Ἐὰν δὲ τελευτήσῃ ἡ γυνὴ ἐν τοιούτῳ γάμῳ οὖσα, ἤτοι ὁ ἀνήρ, δυσχερὴς τῷ μείναντι ἡ μετάνοια.","t":"If a woman has married two brothers, let her be driven out until death; except that at death, out of kindness, if she says that, should she recover, she will dissolve the marriage, she shall have penance. But if the woman, being in such a marriage, dies, or the man, penance is difficult for the one who remains.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 2 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/2)."},"council-neocaesarea/3":{"o":"Περὶ τῶν πλείστοις γάμοις περιπιπτόντων ὁ μὲν χρόνος σαφὴς ὁ ὡρισμένος, ἡ δὲ ἀναστροφὴ καὶ ἡ πίστις αὐτῶν συντέμνει τὸν χρόνον.","t":"Concerning those who fall into very many marriages: the time appointed is clear, but their conduct and faith shorten the time.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 3 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/3)."},"council-neocaesarea/4":{"o":"Ἐὰν πρόθηταί τις, ἐπιθυμήσας γυναικός, συγκαθευδῆσαι μετ᾽ αὐτῆς, μὴ ἔλθῃ δὴ εἰς ἔργον αὐτοῦ ἡ ἐνθύμησις, φαίνεται ὅτι ὑπὸ τῆς χάριτος ἐρρύσθη.","t":"If anyone, having desired a woman, resolves to sleep with her, but his intention does not come to the deed, it appears that he has been rescued by grace.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 4 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/4)."},"council-neocaesarea/5":{"o":"Κατηχούμενος, ἐὰν εἰσερχόμενος εἰς Κυριακόν, ἐν τῇ τῶν κατηχουμένων τάξει στήκῃ, οὗτος δὲ ἁμαρτάνῃ, ἐὰν μὲν γόνυ κλίνων, ἀκροάσθω μηκέτι ἁμαρτάνων· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀκροώμενος ἔτι ἁμαρτάνῃ, ἐξωθείσθω.","t":"A catechumen who, entering the church, stands in the order of the catechumens, but this one sins: if he is a kneeler, let him become a hearer, sinning no more; but if he still sins even while a hearer, let him be driven out.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 5 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/5)."},"council-neocaesarea/6":{"o":"Περὶ κυοφορούσης, ὅτι δεῖ φωτίζεσθαι, ὁπότε βούλεται· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ κοινωνεῖ ἡ τίκτουσα τῷ τικτομένῳ· διὰ τὸ ἑκάστου ἰδίαν τὴν προαίρεσιν τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ ὁμολογίᾳ δείκνυσθαι.","t":"Concerning a pregnant woman: that she should be illuminated whenever she wishes; for in this the one giving birth has nothing in common with the one being born, because each one's own choice is shown in the confession.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 6 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/6)."},"council-neocaesarea/7":{"o":"Πρεσβύτερον εἰς γάμους διγαμούντων μὴ ἑστιᾶσθαι· ἐπεὶ μετάνοιαν αἰτοῦντος τοῦ διγάμου, τίς ἔσται ὁ πρεσβύτερος, ὁ διὰ τῆς ἑστιάσεως συγκατατιθέμενος τοῖς γάμοις;","t":"A presbyter is not to feast at the weddings of those marrying a second time; for when the twice-married man asks for penance, who will the presbyter be who by feasting gave his consent to the marriage?","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 7 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/7)."},"council-neocaesarea/8":{"o":"Γυνή τινος μοιχευθεῖσα λαϊκοῦ ὄντος, ἐὰν ἐλεγχθῇ φανερῶς, ὁ τοιοῦτος εἰς ὑπηρεσίαν ἐλθεῖν οὐ δύναται. Ἐὰν δὲ καὶ μετὰ τὴν χειροτονίαν μοιχευθῇ, ὀφείλει ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν· ἐὰν δὲ συζῇ, οὐ δύναται ἔχεσθαι τῆς ἐγχειρισθείσης αὐτῷ ὑπηρεσίας.","t":"If the wife of anyone who is a layman has committed adultery and has been openly convicted, such a man cannot enter the ministry. And if she commits adultery after his ordination, he must put her away; but if he lives with her, he cannot keep the ministry entrusted to him.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 8 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/8)."},"council-neocaesarea/9":{"o":"Πρεσβύτερος, ἐὰν προημαρτηκῶς σώματι προαχθῇ, καὶ ὁμολογήσῃ, ὅτι ἥμαρτε πρὸ τῆς χειροτονίας, μὴ προσφερέτω, μένων ἐν τοῖς λοιποῖς, διὰ τὴν ἄλλην σπουδήν· τὰ γὰρ λοιπὰ ἁμαρτήματα ἔφασαν οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ τὴν χειροθεσίαν ἀφιέναι. Ἐὰν δὲ αὐτὸς μὴ ὁμολογῇ, ἐλεγχθῆναι δὲ φανερῶς μὴ δυνηθῇ, ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἐκείνῳ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐξουσίαν.","t":"If a presbyter who had sinned in the body before is promoted and confesses that he sinned before his ordination, let him not offer, though he remains in his other functions because of his zeal in other respects; for many have said that ordination also remits the other sins. But if he does not confess himself and cannot be openly convicted, the decision is to be left to himself.","f":"<i>Conc. Neocaes.</i> 9 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/council-neocaesarea/9)."}}