Canon XXXVII. It Is Not Lawful to Receive Portions Sent from the Feasts of Jews or Heretics, nor to Feast Together with Them · Canon XLI. None of the Priesthood nor of the Clergy May Go on a Journey, Without the Bidding of the Bishop
Canon XL. (Greek XLIII.)
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Concerning the non-frequenting of taverns by the clergy, except when travelling.
That the clergy are not to enter taverns for eating or drinking, nor unless compelled to do so by the necessity of their journey.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon XL.
A cleric on a journey may enter a tavern, otherwise not.
This canon is Canon xxvj. of the Synod of Hippo, a.d. 393.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 14, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (1890–1900). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.