{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/214/2140422.htm","path":"chr/ecf/214/2140422.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/214/2140422.htm","text":"The canon which was made by the Fathers we also observe, which thus decreed: If any city be renewed by imperial authority, or shall have been renewed, let the order of things ecclesiastical follow the civil and public models.\nAncient Epitome of Canon XXXVIII.\nIf any city is or shall be renewed by the Emperor, the ecclesiastical order shall follow the political and public example.\nThe canon of the Fathers which the Synod wishes observed is XVII of Chalcedon, the notes on which see.\nHere it must be noted that by \u201ccivil and public models\u201d is signified the \u201cpragmatic\u201d or imperial letters, by which the emperors granted to newly raised up or re-edified towns the privilege of other cities, or else annexed them to some Province.","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XIV: The Ca...","type":"page"}