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4th century92 canons

The Canonical Epistles of St Basil the Great

The ninety-two canons drawn from St Basil's letters (chiefly 188, 199, 217), the foundation of the Church's penitential and reception discipline.

Showing 1 of 92 canons. The remainder are being entered from the public domain sources; each canon here is labelled by the status of its text.

Topic
  1. Canon 1Heresy, schism, parasynagogue

    Editorial interpretation

    Distinguishes heresies (differences in the faith itself), schisms (curable separations over ecclesiastical questions), and parasynagogues (unlawful assemblies), and sets the terms on which each is received.

Source & text status

Summaries by this library; public domain text NPNF 2nd ser., vol. 8 / vol. 14 (to be transcribed).

Full canonical texts, Greek and public domain English, in St Nikodemos' Pēdalion and in Rhalles and Potles, Σύνταγμα; the public domain English of the councils in Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd series, vol. 14.