Canon IX.
139
Now, those who have found in the open field or in their
own houses anything left behind them by the barbarians, if they have
once been put on their trial and convicted, ought to fall under the
same class of the repentant. But if they
have declared themselves and made
restitution, they ought to be deemed fit for the privilege of
prayer.
140
139
Concerning those who have found in the open field or in private houses
property left behind them by the barbarians.
140
[Partially elucidated below in (the spurious) Canon XI. See
Marshall’s
Penitential Discipline of the Primitive
Church.
]