Canon Law
Likewise the Apostle Paul also says: But though we, or an angel from heaven,
preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let
him be accursed [literally, let him be anathema] (Galatians 1:8). Inasmuch as
this is true, and attested unto us, rejoicing over this, as one that has found
great spoil, we receive the divine canons with delight, and we maintain wholly
and unshakably the enactment of these canons set forth by the allpraised
Apostles, the holy trumpets of the Spirit, and by the six holy Ecumenical
Synods, and those assembled locally to issue such commandments, and by our holy
Fathers. For they all, being enlightened by one and the same Spirit, ordained what is
beneficial. And whomever they give over to anathema, those we also
anathematize; and whomever to expulsion, those we also expel, and whomever to
excommunication, those we also excommunicate; and whomever they subject to
penances, those we likewise subject. Canon I of the Seventh Ecumenical Synod
Links From Orthodox Sources
The
Canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church - The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
of America
The Rudder
- Canons of The Orthodox Church - Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Lampada - Gold Plated
