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Rh  to the church, to be re-baptized, and re-ordained if they are to become clergymen.

20. Kneeling at prayers on the Lord's Day, and from Easter to Pentecost, disapproved. "On the Lord's Day, and on the days of Pentecost, all shall offer their prayers to God standing."

"To the Church of Alexandria, which, by the grace of God, is great and holy, and to the beloved brethren in Egypt, Libya, and Pentapolis, the bishops who have been convened to the great and holy Council of Nice, send greeting in the Lord.

"The great and holy Council of Nice having been convened by the grace of God, and by the appointment of the most religious emperor, Constantine, who summoned us from different provinces and cities, we judge it requisite to inform you by letter what we have debated and examined, decreed and established.