Late antiquity · Conciliar canon

Council of Laodicea, Canon 29

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

Reference Canon XXIX

Edition Canons of the Council of Laodicea, canon 29; Greek textual witness and Henry R. Percival’s historical translation in 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 the archive (2026).

Full canon — independent English rendering

English · working translation (2026)

Christians are not to adopt Jewish customs by ceasing from labor on the Sabbath; rather, they are to work on that day. They are to give preference to the Lord’s Day and, if they can, cease from work then as Christians. If anyone is found following the Jewish practice, let such persons be under anathema before Christ.