Canon XVIII.
If
any who have been constituted
bishops, but have not been received by the parish to which they were
designated, shall invade other parishes and wrong the constituted
[bishops] there, stirring up seditions against them, let such persons
be suspended from office and communion. But if they are willing
to accept a seat among the presbyterate, where they formerly were
presbyters, let them not be deprived of that honour. But if they
shall act seditiously against the bishops established there, the honour
of the presbyterate also shall be taken from them and themselves
expelled.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon
XVIII.
If a bishop who has been duly constituted, is not
received by the Church to which he was elected, but gives trouble to
other bishops, let him be excommunicated.
If he wishes to be numbered among the presbyters, let
him be so numbered. But if he shall be at outs with the bishops
duly constituted there, let him be deprived of the honour of being even
a presbyter.
The word I have translated “suspended from office
and communion” is
ἀφορίζεσθαι
. Suicer in his
Thesaurus
shews that this word does not
mean only, as some have supposed, a deprivation of office and dignity
(e.g., Van Espen), but also an exclusion from the communion of the
Church.