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Canon 48

Overview

This canon prohibits clergy and laity from observing Passover with Jews or participating in their festivals, prescribing deposition for clergy and excommunication for the laity.

1Command 48: If a bishop, priest, deacon, or subdeacon keeps the Passover with the Jews, or shares in their festivals, let him be deposed. If a layperson does so, let him be excommunicated. If a layperson sends gifts to the assembly of the Jews or to the assembly of the nations, let him be excommunicated.