{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/214/2140478.htm","path":"chr/ecf/214/2140478.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/214/2140478.htm","text":"p. 405 Canon XCIV.\nThe canon subjects to penalties those who take heathen oaths, and we decree to them excommunication.\nAncient Epitome of Canon XCIV.\nWhoever uses Gentile oaths, is worthy of punishment, for he is cut off.\nThe reference is to canon lxxxj. of St. Basil\u2019s canons.\nTertullian (De Idolatria, cap. xx.) supposes that to swear by the false gods of the Gentiles, contains in itself some idolatry, an opinion shared by St. Basil, comparing those using such oaths with them who betrayed Christ, and who are partakers of the talk of devils.","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XIV: The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council.: Canon XCIV","type":"page"}