As many, however, as went up in mourning attire and sat down and ate, weeping throughout the whole entertainment, if they have fulfilled the three years as prostrators, let them be received without oblation; and if they did not eat, let them be prostrators two years, and in the third year let them communicate without oblation, so that in the fourth year they may be received into full communion. But the bishops have the right, after considering the character of their conversion, either to deal with them more leniently, or to extend the time. But, first of all, let their life before and since be thoroughly examined, and let the indulgence be determined accordingly.
As opposed to those in Canon 4 who went up in festal attire, this addresses those who recognized they should not play into the wrong being perpetrated on them. They should be penitent for two years then be allowed to be received into the fellowship if they had not eaten idolatrous meat but be penitent a year longer if they had. In either case, at the beginning of the fourth year full communion was theirs assuming the overseer agreed based on current conduct, since the overseer had the power to shorten or extend the time of penitence.
As opposed to those in Canon 4 who went up in festal attire, this addresses those who recognized they should not play into the wrong being perpetrated on them. They should be penitent for two years then be allowed to be received into the fellowship if they had not eaten idolatrous meat but be penitent a year longer if they had. In either case, at the beginning of the fourth year full communion was theirs assuming the overseer agreed based on current conduct, since the overseer had the power to shorten or extend the time of penitence.
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