Canon LVIII. (Greek
lxii.)
Of the remaining idols or temples which should be done
away by the Emperors.
Wherefore the most religious
Emperors should be asked458
| 458 I have followed the
Greek text. The Latin reads: “Instant etiam aliæ
necessitates religiosis imperitoribus postulandæ.” |
that they order
the remaining
idols to be taken entirely away throughout all Africa;
for in many maritime places and in divers possessions the
iniquity of
this error still flourishes: that they command them to be taken
away and their
temples, (such as are no ornament, being set up in
fields or out of the way places) be ordered to be altogether
destroyed.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon
LVIII.
The remains of the idols should be abolished
altogether.
This is Canon ij. of the Synod of Carthage of June 15
(16), a.d. 401.
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