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 CXXX. (Greek cxxxi.)
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That he who has failed to prove one charge shall not be allowed to give evidence to another.
So, too, it seemed good that as often as many crimes were laid to clerics by their accusers, and one of the first examined could not be proved,484 they should not be allowed to go on giving evidence on the other counts.
Ancient Epitome of Canon CXXX.
He who makes many accusations and proves nothing [is not to give witness].
Notes
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The Latin here is evidently corrupt.
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.