Canon XCVII.
Those
who have commerce with a
wife or in any other manner without regard thereto make sacred places
common, and treat them with contempt and thus remain in them, we order
all such to be expelled, even from the dwellings of the catechumens
which are in the venerable temples. And if any one shall not
observe these directions, if he be a cleric let him be deposed, but if
a layman let him be cut off.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon
XCVII.
Whoever in a temple has commerce with his wife and
remains there out of contempt, shall be expelled even from the
Catechumens. If any one shall not observe this he shall be
deposed or cut off.
Zonaras.
In the name of holy places, not the church itself but
the adjoining and dependent buildings are intended such as those which
are called the “Catechumena.” For no one would be
audacious enough to wish to cohabit with his wife in the very temple
itself.