No one shall become a monk without the bishop's license, and why a license is required.
Canon XV.
That clerics or religious who lend on usury should be cast from their grade.
Canon XVI.
Of the honour to be paid to the bishop and to a presbyter by the deacons.
Canon XVII.
Of the system and of the manner of receiving those who are converted from the heresy of Paul of Samosata.
Canon XVIII.
Of the system and manner of receiving those who are converted from the heresy the Novatians.
Canon XIX.
Of the system and manner of receiving those who return after a lapse from the faith, and of receiving the relapsed, and of those brought into peril of death by sickness before their penance is finished, and concerning such as are convalescent.
Canon XX.
Of avoiding the conversation of evil workers and wizards, also of the penance of them that have not avoided such.
Canon XXI.
Of incestuous marriages contrary to the law of spiritual relationship, and of the penance of such as are in such marriages.
[The time of penance fixed is twenty years, only godfather and godmother are mentioned, and nothing is said of separation.]
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