Chapter, §

 1 Intro      |              Emperor Basil I and the patriarch Ignatius, after being restored
 2 Intro      |           Rome against the most holy patriarch Photius in the time of the
 3 Intro      |               John VIII wrote to the patriarch Photius (in 879): We make
 4 Definit    | Constantinople, namely the most holy patriarch Ignatius, and like an adulterous
 5 Definit    |           and recalled the most holy patriarch Ignatius to his rightful
 6 Definit    |         truly innocent and most holy patriarch Ignatius in the controlling
 7 Canons,  2 |              Ignatius, its most holy patriarch, as well as for the expulsion
 8 Canons,  5 |              of becoming a bishop or patriarch, and who has been made a
 9 Canons,  10|          from communion with his own patriarch before a careful enquiry
10 Canons,  10|             crime perpetrated by his patriarch, and he must not refuse
11 Canons,  10|            not refuse to include his patriarch's name during the divine
12 Canons,  16|           They also adopted as their patriarch the one who took the leading
13 Canons,  16|            first be condemned by the patriarch of the time, acting with
14 Canons,  16|              faith. ~However, if the patriarch of Constantinople and his
15 Canons,  17|           the chief one, that of the patriarch. But this holy and universal
16 Canons,  17|             metropolitan ignores his patriarch and disobeys his summons,
17 Canons,  17|              no attempt to visit his patriarch, or if he hides in some
18 Canons,  17|              has no knowledge of the patriarch's summons, he must be excommunicated.
19 Canons,  19|           ours, shall incur from the patriarch of the time the punishment
20 Canons,  20|              him be suspended by his patriarch for a time, having first
21 Canons,  21|         those who hold the office of patriarch or seek to move them from
22 Canons,  21|            old Rome, secondly to the patriarch of Constantinople, and then
23 Canons,  22|           election or promotion of a patriarch, a metropolitan or any bishop,
24 Canons,  24|              must be punished by his patriarch and be either reformed or
25 Canons,  26|             may have recourse to the patriarch, their head, if they complain
26 Canons,  26|            right decision from their patriarch and the metropolitans under
27 Canons,  26|            only be judged by his own patriarch; we decree that this judgment
28 Canons,  26|          will be gathered around the patriarch, and for this reason his
29 Canons,  27|       corrected or be deposed by his patriarch. ~Introduction and translation