Note 102 — First Part. (continued 5)
Joseph F. Sohm translation
In Canon 2, Concil. Nicen., we have the following: “No one who has recently been received from heathendom, and baptized, shall become an ecclesiastic (that is, a teacher or bishop), unless he have been very carefully examined previously.” Bapt. Histor., p. 352, from Ruffinus; which quite agrees with Paul’s words, 1 Tim. 3:6, that no novice shall be ordained to the office of a bishop.