# Canons of the Council of Gangra

- Author: Anonymous
- Latin title: *Concilium Gangrense*
- Date: ca. 340–360 (approximate)
- Source: Nikodemos the Hagiorite and Agapios, eds., Πηδάλιον τῆς νοητῆς νηὸς τῆς μιᾶς ἁγίας καθολικῆς καὶ ἀποστολικῆς τῶν ὀρθοδόξων ἐκκλησίας (Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1800; reprinted Athens and Zakynthos), text as transcribed on Greek Wikisource (raw wikitext, canon text only) (Greek text: the Pedalion (Nikodemos the Hagiorite and Agapios, 1800), transcription on Greek Wikisource, CC BY-SA)

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Editions and translations: Hermann Theodor Bruns, ed., Canones apostolorum et conciliorum veterum selecti, vol. 1 (Berlin: Reimer, 1839); Friedrich Lauchert, ed., Die Kanones der wichtigsten altkirchlichen Concilien (Freiburg i. B.: Mohr, 1896); Périclès-Pierre Joannou, ed., Discipline générale antique (IVe-IXe s.), vol. 1.2 (Grottaferrata: Tipografia Italo-Orientale, 1962)
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/
- Passages: 21

## Canon 1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-1
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who condemns marriage or says a faithful married woman cannot enter the kingdom is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις τὸν γάμον μέμφοιτο, καὶ τὴν καθεύδουσαν μετὰ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς, οὖσαν πιστὴν καὶ εὐλαβῆ, βδελύσσοιτο ἢ μέμφοιτο, ὡς ἂν μὴ δυναμένην εἰς βασιλείαν εἰσελθεῖν, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone finds fault with marriage, and abhors or finds fault with a woman who sleeps with her husband, though she is faithful and devout, as though she could not enter the kingdom, let him be anathema.

### Translation notes

- The canons of Gangra are directed against the followers of Eustathius of Sebaste, whose rigorist asceticism the synod condemns.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 1 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-1).

## Canon 2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-2
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who condemns the eating of meat (apart from blood, idol offerings and strangled animals) as a bar to salvation is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις ἐσθίοντα κρέα, χωρὶς αἵματος, καὶ εἰδωλοθύτου, καὶ πνικτοῦ, μετ᾽ εὐλαβείας καὶ πίστεως, κατακρίνοι ὡς ἂν διὰ τὸ μεταλαμβάνειν ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντα, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone condemns one who eats meat with reverence and faith, apart from blood, and what is sacrificed to idols, and what is strangled, as though he had no hope because he partakes of it, let him be anathema.

### Scripture references

- Acts 15:29: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The three exceptions follow the apostolic decree of Acts 15:29.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 2 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-2).

## Canon 3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-3
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who teaches slaves to leave their masters on religious grounds is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις δοῦλον προφάσει θεοσεβείας διδάσκοι καταφρονεῖν δεσπότου, καὶ ἀναχωρεῖν τῆς ὑπηρεσίας, καὶ μὴ μετ᾽ εὐνοίας καὶ πάσης τιμῆς τῷ ἑαυτοῦ δεσπότῃ ἐξυπηρετεῖσθαι, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone, on the pretext of godliness, teaches a slave to despise his master and to withdraw from his service, and not to serve his own master with goodwill and all honor, let him be anathema.

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 6:1: echo, medium confidence
- Eph 6:5: echo, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 3 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-3).

## Canon 4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-4
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who refuses communion from a married presbyter is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις διακρίνοιτο παρὰ πρεσβυτέρου γεγαμηκότος, ὡς μὴ χρῆναι, λειτουργήσαντος αὐτοῦ, προσφορᾶς μεταλαμβάνειν, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone holds himself apart from a married presbyter, as though it were not right to partake of the offering when he has celebrated the liturgy, let him be anathema.

### Translation notes

- “Married presbyter” (πρεσβυτέρου γεγαμηκότος): a presbyter who has a wife. The canon condemns those who refused the eucharist at such a presbyter's hands; it does not itself discuss whether he lived continently.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 4 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-4).

## Canon 5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-5
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who teaches contempt for the church building and its assemblies is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις διδάσκοι, τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ εὐκαταφρόνητον εἶναι, καὶ τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ συνάξεις, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone teaches that the house of God and the assemblies held in it are to be despised, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 5 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-5).

## Canon 6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-6
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who holds separate church services without a presbyter authorized by the bishop is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις παρὰ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἰδίᾳ ἐκκλησιάζοι, καὶ καταφρονῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας, τὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐθέλοι πράττειν, μὴ συνόντος τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου κατὰ γνώμην τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone holds assemblies privately, apart from the church, and, despising the church, wishes to perform the things of the church when no presbyter is present by the bishop's decision, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 6 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-6).

## Canon 7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-7
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who receives or distributes church offerings without the bishop's consent is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις καρποφορίας ἐκκλησιαστικὰς ἐθέλοι λαμβάνειν, ἢ διδόναι ἔξω τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρὰ γνώμην τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, ἢ τοῦ ἐγκεχειρισμένου τὰ τοιαῦτα, καὶ μὴ μετὰ γνώμης αὐτοῦ ἐθέλοι πράττειν, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone wishes to take church offerings, or to give them, outside the church, without the consent of the bishop or of the one entrusted with such matters, and will not act with his consent, let him be anathema.

### Translation notes

- “Offerings” (καρποφορίαι): gifts in kind brought to the church, especially for the poor.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 7 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-7).

## Canon 8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-8
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Both giver and receiver of offerings made apart from the bishop or his steward are anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις διδοῖ, ἢ λαμβάνοι καρποφορίαν παρεκτὸς τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, ἢ τοῦ ἐπιτεταγμένου εἰς οἰκονομίαν εὐποιΐας, καὶ ὁ διδούς, καὶ ὁ λαμβάνων, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone gives or receives an offering apart from the bishop or the one appointed to the administration of charity, both the giver and the receiver, let them be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 8 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-8).

## Canon 9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-9
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who chooses virginity out of contempt for marriage rather than for virginity's own goodness is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις παρθενεύοι ἢ ἐγκρατεύοιτο, ὡς ἂν βδελυκτῶν τῶν γάμων ἀναχωρήσας, καὶ μὴ δι᾽ αὐτὸ τὸ καλὸν καὶ ἅγιον τῆς παρθενίας, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone lives as a virgin or practices continence as one who has withdrawn from marriage as something abominable, and not because of the beauty and holiness of virginity itself, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 9 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-9).

## Canon 10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-10
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Virgins who exalt themselves over married people are anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις τῶν παρθενευόντων διὰ τὸν Κύριον, κατεπαίροιτο τῶν γεγαμηκότων, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If any of those who live as virgins for the Lord's sake exalts himself over the married, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 10 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-10).

## Canon 11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-11
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who scorns the church's love-feasts and refuses to attend them is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις καταφρονοίη τῶν ἐκ πίστεως ἀγάπας ποιούντων, καὶ διὰ τιμὴν τοῦ Κυρίου συγκαλούντων τοὺς ἀδελφούς, καὶ μὴ ἐθέλοι κοινωνεῖν ταῖς κλήσεσι, διὰ τὸ ἐξευτελίζειν τὸ γινόμενον, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone despises those who, in faith, hold love-feasts and invite the brothers for the honor of the Lord, and will not take part in the invitations because he holds what is done in contempt, let him be anathema.

### Translation notes

- “Love-feasts” (ἀγάπαι): common meals given for the brothers, especially the poor.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 11 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-11).

## Canon 12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-12
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Ascetics who wear a special cloak and condemn those in ordinary dress are anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις ἀνδρῶν διὰ νομιζομένην ἄσκησιν περιβολαίῳ χρῆται, καὶ ὡς ἂν ἐκ τούτου τὴν δικαιοσύνην ἔχων καταψηφίσοιτο τῶν μετ᾽ εὐλαβείας τοὺς βήρους φορούντων, καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ κοινῇ καὶ ἐν συνηθείᾳ οὔσῃ ἐσθῆτι κεχρημένων, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If any man, for the sake of supposed asceticism, wears a cloak, and, as though he had righteousness from this, passes judgment on those who with reverence wear the birrus and use the other clothing that is common and in customary use, let him be anathema.

### Translation notes

- “Cloak” (περιβόλαιον): the rough mantle worn by philosophers and ascetics; the birrus (βῆρος) was an ordinary outer garment.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 12 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-12).

## Canon 13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-13
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Women who adopt men's dress on ascetic grounds are anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις γυνὴ διὰ νομιζομένην ἄσκησιν μεταβάλλοιτο ἀμφίασμα, καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰωθότος γυναικείου ἀμφιάσματος ἀνδρῷον ἀναλάβοι, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If any woman, for the sake of supposed asceticism, changes her clothing and, instead of the customary women's clothing, puts on men's, let her be anathema.

### Scripture references

- Deut 22:5: echo, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 13 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-13).

## Canon 14

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-14
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A wife who leaves her husband out of abhorrence of marriage is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις γυνὴ καταλιμπάνοι τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ ἀναχωρεῖν ἐθέλοι, βδελυττομένη τὸν γάμον, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If any woman leaves her husband and wishes to withdraw, abhorring marriage, let her be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 14 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-14).

## Canon 15

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-15
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Parents who abandon their children on ascetic grounds are anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις καταλιμπάνοι τὰ ἑαυτοῦ τέκνα, καὶ μὴ τεκνοτροφοῖ, καὶ τὸ ὅσον ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ πρὸς θεοσέβειαν τὴν προσήκουσαν ἀνάγοι, ἀλλὰ προφάσει τῆς ἀσκήσεως ἀμελοίη, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone abandons his own children and does not rear them and, as far as lies in him, bring them up in fitting godliness, but neglects them on the pretext of asceticism, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 15 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-15).

## Canon 16

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-16
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Children who abandon their parents, especially believing parents, on religious grounds are anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τινα τέκνα γονέων, μάλιστα πιστῶν, ἀναχωροίη προφάσει θεοσεβείας, καὶ μὴ τὴν καθήκουσαν τιμὴν τοῖς γονεῦσιν ἀπονέμοι, προτιμωμένης δηλονότι παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς τῆς θεοσεβείας, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If any children of parents, especially of believing parents, withdraw on the pretext of godliness and do not render the due honor to their parents, on the plea, of course, that they put godliness first, let them be anathema.

### Scripture references

- Exod 20:12: echo, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The last clause (προτιμωμένης δηλονότι παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς τῆς θεοσεβείας) gives the children's pretext; it could also be read as a condition (“godliness being kept first”).

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 16 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-16).

## Canon 17

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-17
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Women who cut off their hair on ascetic grounds are anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις γυναικῶν διὰ νομιζομένην ἄσκησιν ἀποκείροιτο τὰς κόμας, ἃς ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς εἰς ὑπόμνησιν τῆς ὑποταγῆς, ὡς παραλύουσα τὸ πρόσταγμα τῆς ὑποταγῆς, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If any woman, for the sake of supposed asceticism, cuts off her hair, which God gave as a reminder of subjection, as though annulling the command of subjection, let her be anathema.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 11:10: allusion, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 11:15: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 17 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-17).

## Canon 18

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-18
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who fasts on Sunday on ascetic grounds is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις διὰ νομιζομένην ἄσκησιν ἐν τῇ Κυριακῇ νηστεῦοι, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone, for the sake of supposed asceticism, fasts on the Lord's day, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 18 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-18).

## Canon 19

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-19
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Ascetics who, without bodily need, disregard the church's common fasts out of pride are anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις τῶν ἀσκουμένων, χωρὶς σωματικῆς ἀνάγκης, ὑπερηφανεύοιτο, καὶ τὰς παραδεδομένας νηστείας εἰς τὸ κοινόν, καὶ φυλασσομένας ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παραλύοι, ὑποικουροῦντος ἐν αὐτῷ τελείου λογισμοῦ, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If any of those who practice asceticism, without bodily necessity, behaves arrogantly and sets aside the fasts handed down for all in common and kept by the church, a notion of his own perfection lurking within him, let him be anathema.

### Translation notes

- “A notion of his own perfection lurking within him” renders ὑποικουροῦντος ἐν αὐτῷ τελείου λογισμοῦ; the phrase could also mean “though in full possession of his reason”.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 19 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-19).

## Canon 20

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-20
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Anyone who scorns the gatherings and services at the martyrs' shrines is anathematized.

### Greek text

Εἴ τις αἰτιῷτο, ὑπερηφάνῳ διαθέσει κεχρημένος καὶ βδελυσσόμενος τὰς συνάξεις τῶν μαρτύρων, ἢ τὰς ἐν αὐταῖς γινομένας λειτουργίας, καὶ τὰς μνήμας αὐτῶν, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone, with an arrogant disposition, finds fault with and abhors the assemblies of the martyrs, or the services held at them, and their commemorations, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 20 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-20).

## Canon 21

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-21
- Source: Pedalion
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The synod's epilogue explains that it condemns not true asceticism but its prideful abuse, and affirms virginity, continence, marriage, rightly used wealth, the churches, and the church's traditions.

### Greek text

Ταῦτα δὲ γράφομεν, οὐκ ἐκκόπτοντες τοὺς ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ κατὰ τὰς Γραφὰς ἀσκεῖσθαι βουλομένους, ἀλλὰ τοὺς λαμβάνοντας τὴν ὑπόθεσιν τῆς ἀσκήσεως εἰς ὑπερηφανίαν, κατὰ τῶν ἀφελέστερον βιούντων ἐπαιρομένους τε, καὶ παρὰ τὰς Γραφὰς καὶ τοὺς ἐκκλησιαστικοὺς κανόνας καινισμοὺς εἰσάγοντας. Ἡμεῖς τοιγαροῦν, καὶ παρθενίαν μετὰ ταπεινοφροσύνης θαυμάζομεν, καὶ ἐγκράτειαν μετὰ σεμνότητος καὶ θεοσεβείας γινομένην ἀποδεχόμεθα, καὶ ἀναχώρησιν τῶν ἐγκοσμίων πραγμάτων μετὰ ταπεινοφροσύνης ἀγάμεθα, καὶ γάμου συνοίκησιν σεμνὴν τιμῶμεν, καὶ πλοῦτον μετὰ δικαιοσύνης καὶ εὐποιΐας οὐκ ἐξουθενοῦμεν, καὶ λιτότητα καὶ εὐτέλειαν ἀμφιασμάτων δι᾽ ἐπιμέλειαν μόνον τοῦ σώματος ἀπερίεργον ἐπαινοῦμεν· τὰς δὲ ἐκλύτους καὶ τεθρυμμένας ἐν τῇ ἐσθῆτι προόδους ἀποστρεφόμεθα, καὶ τοὺς οἴκους τοῦ Θεοῦ τιμῶμεν, καὶ τὰς συνόδους τὰς ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ὡς ἁγίας καὶ ἐπωφελεῖς ἀσπαζόμεθα, οὐ συγκλείοντες τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις, ἀλλὰ πάντα τόπον τὸν ἐπ’ ὀνόματι τοῦ Θεοῦ οἰκοδομηθέντα τιμῶντες, καὶ τὴν ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ συνέλευσιν εἰς ὠφέλειαν τοῦ κοινοῦ προσιέμεθα, καὶ τὰς καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν εὐποιΐας τῶν ἀδελφῶν, τὰς κατὰ τὰς παραδόσεις διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας εἰς τοὺς πτωχοὺς γινομένας, μακαρίζομεν, καὶ πάντα, συνελόντας εἰπεῖν, τὰ παραδοθέντα, ὑπὸ τῶν θείων Γραφῶν καὶ τῶν ἀποστολικῶν παραδόσεων ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ γίνεσθαι εὐχόμεθα.

### English translation (Claude)

We write these things not to cut off those in the church of God who wish to practice asceticism according to the Scriptures, but those who take the profession of asceticism as an occasion for arrogance, exalting themselves over those who live more simply and introducing novelties contrary to the Scriptures and the canons of the church. We, therefore, both admire virginity joined with humility, and accept continence practiced with dignity and godliness, and approve withdrawal from worldly affairs with humility; and we honor the dignified common life of marriage, and do not despise wealth joined with righteousness and doing good; and we praise plainness and cheapness of clothing worn only for the unaffected care of the body, but turn away from loose and effeminate display in dress; and we honor the houses of God and welcome the gatherings in them as holy and profitable, not confining godliness to the houses, but honoring every place built in the name of God; and we accept the assembling in the church itself for the common benefit; and we call blessed the abundant good works of the brothers, done for the poor through the church according to the traditions; and, to sum up, we pray that all that has been handed down by the divine Scriptures and the apostolic traditions may be done in the church.

### Scripture references

- Heb 13:4: echo, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- This epilogue follows the twenty canons in the Greek collections.

### Citation (SBL)

Conc. Gangr. 21 (Pedalion; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-gangra/1/#p-21).