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Handout #76 |
The canons of the Council of Constantinople 381 A.D. |
| 2. The bishops are not to go beyond their dioceses to churches lying outside their bounds, nor bring confusion into the churches; but let the Bishop of Alexandria, according to the canons, alone administer the affairs of Egypt: and let the bishops of the East manage the East alone, the privileges of the church in Antioch, which are mentioned in the canons of Nicaea, being preserved; and let the bishops of the Asian diocese administer the Asian affairs only; and the Pontic bishops only Pontic matters; and the Thracian bishops only Thracian affairs...The Bishop of Constantinople, however, shall have the prerogative of honor, after the Bishop of Rome because Constantinople is New Rome. |
