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The Apostolic Canons

Section 38

Canon XXXVIII. Concerning the bishop or elder who does not teach the people to serve the Lord. A bishop or an elder who neglects the clergy and the laity and does not teach them the service of the Lord, let him be removed ; and if he céntinues in his neglect, let him be deposed.

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Text. George H. Schodde, Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1885. Public domain by age. Schodde's English of the Ge'ez Apostolic Canons, recovered from the scan by the word coordinates. His roman numbering is the one printed; two of his headings did not survive the scan and their canons read on inside the canon before them. Not audited.