Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XIV/Additional Canons 1/Synod of Laodicea/Canons/Canon XXXII

Canon XXXII.

is unlawful to receive the eulogi&#230; of heretics, for they are rather &#7936;&#955;&#959;&#947;&#8055;&#945;&#953; [i.e., follies], than eulogi&#230; [i.e., blessings].

Notes.

The blessings of heretics are cursings.

To keep the Latin play upon the words the translator has used bene-dictiones and male-dictiones, but at the expense of the accuracy of translation.

This canon is found in the Corpus Juris Canonici, Gratian&#8217;s Decretum, Pars II., Causa II., Qu&#230;st. I., Can. lxvj.