Abtilis

Canon 62

Overview

This canon addresses the case of a priest who quarrels with another man and kills him, prescribing deposition, and for a layperson, expulsion from the church.

1Abṭelis, 62. If a man, whether a priest, quarrels with another man and strikes him and he dies in that place, let him be deposed from his rank. But if he is the one who struck him, let him be condemned as a murderer. But if he is a layperson, let him be expelled from the church of the Lord.