Canon XXXIX.
It
is not lawful to feast
together with the heathen, and to be partakers of their
godlessness.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canons XXXVII.,
XXXVIII, and XXXIX.
Thou shalt not keep feasts with Hebrews or heretics, nor
receive festival offerings from them.
Balsamon.
Read canon lxx. and canon lxxj. of the Holy Apostles,
and Canon lx.
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of the Synod of
Carthage.
Aristenus.
Light hath no communion with darkness. Therefore
no Christian should celebrate a feast with heretics or Jews, neither
should he receive anything connected with these feasts such as azymes
and the like.
197
So both Zonaras and
Balsamon give the number, but in this they follow the Latin numbers of
the African Code, the Greek number is lxiij.