Canon CXXXVI. (Not
numbered in the Greek but with a new heading.)
Here beginneth the letter of Atticus, bishop of
Constantinople to the same.
To
our holy lords, and rightly
most blessed brethren and fellow bishops, Aurelius, Valentine,
and
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to the other beloved ones met together in
the Synod held at Carthage, Atticus the bishop.
By our son Marcellus the subdeacon, I have received with
all thanksgiving the writings of your holiness, praising the Lord that
I enjoyed the blessing of so many of my brethren. O my lords and
most blessed brethren, ye have written asking me to send you most
accurate copies of the canons enacted at the city of Nice, the
metropolis of Bithynia, by the Fathers for the exposition of the
faith. And who is there that would deny to his brethren the
common faith, or the statutes decreed by the Fathers. Wherefore
by the same son of mine, Marcellus, your subdeacon, who was in great
haste, I have sent to you the canons in full as they were adopted by
the Fathers in the city of Nice; and I ask of you that your holy synod
would have me much in your prayers. The subscription. May
our God keep your sanctity, as we desire, most holy
brethren.
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So in the Greek,
vel
in Latin.