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Late antiquity · Conciliar canon

Council of Laodicea, Canon 16

Regional Council of Laodicea · Fourth century CE (exact dating disputed)

Reference Canon XVI

Edition Canons of the Council of Laodicea, canon 16; Greek textual witness and NPNF2 XIV. English below is an independent working rendering.

Text status Complete designated passage

Rights Ancient Greek source public domain. English version written independently for this archive (2026).

Full canon — independent English rendering

English · working translation (2026)

On the Sabbath, the Gospels are to be read together with the other Scriptures.