Ethiopian Broader Canon

Canon 28

Abtilis · Section 29 of 83 · 1 passages

1Abṭelis, 28. If a bishop, priest, or deacon refuses ordination and then accepts it, let him be cast out. If he gives a gift, or if he accepts it, just as one gives a gift, let him fast with it and with teaching, and let him not be received. If he dies because of it, let him not be among them, except as one who serves idols. He is cursed, accursed, and anathema, and he shall be cast out and expelled from the church, and his name shall be blotted out, just as I, Peter, blotted out Simon the sorcerer, and I cast him out of the church by the command of the Holy Spirit.