Canon X. Likewise , if a deacon have fallen into the same sin, let him have the rank of a minister. Notes. Ancient Epitome of Canon X. A deacon found in the same crime shall remain a minister ( ὑπηρέτης ). Hefele. By ministers ( ὑπήρεται ) are meant inferior officers of the Church—the so-called minor orders, often including the subdeacons. This canon is in the Corpus Juris Canonici , Gratian’s Decretum , Pars II., Causa xv., Quæst. viii., united with canon ix., and in the following curious form:  “Similiter et diaconus, si in eodem culpæ genere fuerit involutus, sese a ministerio cohibebit.”