Council of Gangra

Canon 1 — De his qui nuptias exsecrantur.

Si quis vituperat nuptias, et dormientem cum viro suo fidelem ac religiosam detestatur, aut culpabiles aestimat, velut qui in regnum Dei introire non possint: anathema sit.

If any one shall condemn marriage, or abominate and condemn a woman who is a believer and devout, and sleeps with her own husband, as though she could not enter the Kingdom [of heaven] let him be anathema.

Canon 2 — De his qui abominantur eos qui carnibus vescuntur.

Si quis carnes edentem, praeter sanguinem, et idolis immolatum, et suffocatum, cum religione, et fide, condemnat, velut spem, propter hujusmodi perceptionem, non habentem: anathema sit.

If any one shall condemn him who eats flesh, which is without blood and has not been offered to idols nor strangled, and is faithful and devout, as though the man were without hope [of salvation] because of his eating, let him be anathema.

Canon 3 — De servis qui jugum famulatus abjiciunt Christianitatis obtentu.

Si quis servum, praetextu divini cultus, doceat dominum contemnere proprium: ut discedat ab ejus obsequio, nec ei cum benevolentia et omni honore deserviat: anathema sit.

If any one shall teach a slave, under pretext of piety, to despise his master and to run away from his service, and not to serve his own master with good-will and all honour, let him be anathema.

Canon 4 — De presbyteris qui habuere conjugia.

Quicunque discernit a presbytero, qui uxorem habuit, quod non oporteat, eo ministrante, de oblatione percipere: anathema sit.

If any one shall maintain, concerning a married presbyter, that is not lawful to partake of the oblation when he offers it, let him be anathema.

Canon 5 — De his qui Ecclesiae conventus spernendos existimant.

Si quis docet domum Dei contemptibilem esse, et conventus qui in ea celebrantur, anathema sit.

If any one shall teach that the house of God and the assemblies held therein are to be despised, let him be anathema.

Canon 6 — De his qui ecclesiastica ministeria praeter Ecclesiam faciunt.

Si quis extra Ecclesiam seorsum conventus celebrat, et despiciens Ecclesiam, ea quae sunt Ecclesiae voluerit usurpare, non conveniente presbytero, juxta decretum episcopi, anathema sit.

If any one shall hold private assemblies outside of the Church, and, despising the canons, shall presume to perform ecclesiastical acts, the presbyter with the consent of the bishop refusing his permission, let him be anathema.

Canon 7 — De fructuum oblationibus, quae ministris Ecclesiae conferuntur.

Si quis oblationes Ecclesiae extra Ecclesiam accipere vel dare voluerit, praeter conscientiam episcopi, vel ejus cui hujuscemodi officia commissa sunt, nec cum ejus voluerit agere consilio: anathema sit.

If any one shall presume to take the fruits offered to the Church, or to give them out of the Church, without the consent of the bishop, or of the person charged with such things, and shall refuse to act according to his judgment, let him be anathema.

Canon 8 — De his quae in usus pauperum conferuntur.

Si quis dederit, vel acceperit oblata praeter episcopum, vel eum qui constitutus est ab eo, ad dispensandam misericordiam pauperibus: et qui dat, et qui accipit, anathema sit.

If anyone, except the bishop or the person appointed for the stewardship of benefactions, shall either give or receive the revenue, let both the giver and the receiver be anathema.

Canon 9 — De his qui in virginitate continentiaque persistunt.

Quicunque virginitatem custodiens, aut continentiae studens, velut horrescens nuptias temerat, nec propter hoc, quod bonum et sanctum est, nomen virginitatis assumit: anathema sit.

If any one shall remain virgin, or observe continence, abstaining from marriage because he abhors it, and not on account of the beauty and holiness of virginity itself, let him be anathema.

Canon 10 — De his qui pro virginitate superbiunt.

Si quis ex his qui virginitatem propter Dominum servant, extollitur adversum conjugatos, anathema sit.

If any one of those who are living a virgin life for the Lord's sake shall treat arrogantly the married, let him be anathema.

Canon 11 — De his qui agapas, id est pastiones pauperum, risui deputant.

Si quis despicit eos qui fideliter agapas, id est convivia, pauperibus exhibent, et propter honorem Domini convocant fratres, et noluerit communicare hujuscemodi vocationibus, parvipendens quod geritur, anathema sit.

If anyone shall despise those who out of faith make love-feasts and invite the brethren in honour of the Lord, and is not willing to accept these invitations because he despises what is done, let him be anathema.

Canon 12 — De his qui palliis utuntur, et idcirco superbiunt.

Si quis virorum propter continentiam, quae putatur, amictu pallii utitur, quasi per hoc habere se justitiam credens, et despicit eos qui cum reverentia birris et aliis communibus et solitis utuntur, anathema sit.

If any one, under pretence of asceticism, should wear a peribolæum and, as if this gave him righteousness, shall despise those who with piety wear the berus and use other common and customary dress, let him be anathema.

Canon 13 — De mulieribus quae utuntur virilibus indumentis.

Si qua mulier propter continentiam, quae putatur, habitum mutat, et, pro solito muliebri, amictum virilem sumit, anathema sit.

If any woman, under pretence of asceticism, shall change her apparel and, instead of a woman's accustomed clothing, shall put on that of a man, let her be anathema.

Canon 14 — De his qui, velut peccatum, copulam deserunt nuptiarum.

Si qua mulier virum proprium relinquens, discedere voluerit, nuptias exsecrans, anathema sit.

If any woman shall forsake her husband, and resolve to depart from him because she abhors marriage, let her be anathema.

Canon 15 — De his qui, Christianitatis obtentu, despiciunt filios.

Si quis filios suos relinquens, non eos enutrit, et quod ad se pertinet, ad pietatem divini cultus informat, sed per occasionem continentiae negligit, anathema sit.

If anyone shall forsake his own children and shall not nurture them, nor so far as in him lies, rear them in becoming piety, but shall neglect them, under pretence of asceticism, let him be anathema.

Canon 16 — De his qui parentes, Christianitatis occasione, contemnunt.

Quicunque filii a parentibus, sub praetextu divini cultus, abscedunt, nec debitam reverentiam dependunt illis, qui divinum cultum sibi proculdubio praeferunt, anathema sit.

If, under any pretence of piety, any children shall forsake their parents, particularly [if the parents are] believers, and shall withhold becoming reverence from their parents, on the plea that they honour piety more than them, let them be anathema.

Canon 17 — De mulieribus quae se attondent, Christianitatis obtentu.

Si qua mulier, propter divinum cultum, ut aestimat, crines attondet, quos ei Deus ad subjectionis memoriam tribuit, tanquam praeceptum dissolvens obedientiae, anathema sit.

If any woman from pretended asceticism shall cut off her hair, which God gave her as the reminder of her subjection, thus annulling as it were the ordinance of subjection, let her be anathema.

Canon 18 — De his qui dominico die jejunant, tunquam nihil prae caeteris differente.

Si quis propter continentiam, quae putatur, aut contumaciam, in die dominico jejunat, anathema sit.

If any one, under pretence of asceticism, shall fast on Sunday, let him be anathema.

Canon 19 — De his qui ecclesiastica jejunia absque necessitate dissolvunt.

Si quis eorum qui continentiae student, absque necessitate corporea, tradita in commune jejunia, et ab Ecclesia custodita, superbiendo dissolvit, stimulo suae cogitationis impulsus, anathema sit.

If any of the ascetics, without bodily necessity, shall behave with insolence and disregard the fasts commonly prescribed and observed by the Church, because of his perfect understanding in the matter, let him be anathema.

Canon 20 — De his qui collectas quae fiunt in martyrum commemorationibus, exsecrantur.

Si quis superbiae usus affectu conventus abominatur, qui ad confessiones martyrum celebrantur, et ministeria quae in eis fiunt, simul cum eorum memoriis, exsecratur, anathema sit.

If any one shall, from a presumptuous disposition, condemn and abhor the assemblies [in honour] of the martyrs, or the services performed there, and the commemoration of them, let him be anathema.