Editing Synod of Ancyra (section)

==Decrees==
The synod issued 25 [[canon law|canons]], with the oldest preserved version of the Greek text dating to the ninth or tenth century.{{sfn|Ohme|2012|pages=39-40}} The first nine canons of the council dealt with the readmission of clergy and laity who had lapsed during the persecutions. Depending on the clerical rank and circumstances of this apostasy, different penances were prescribed.<ref name="Ferguson" />

The remaining fifteen canons dealt with issues of ecclesiastic discipline and jurisdiction, asceticism and violence arising from clerical appointments.<ref name="Ferguson" /> 

The tenth canon tolerates the marriages of deacons who previous to ordination had reserved the right to take a wife.{{sfn|Rockwell|1911}} The thirteenth forbids [[chorepiscopi]] to ordain presbyters or deacons.{{sfn|Rockwell|1911}}

The sixteenth canon brackets the Christians who have committed [[bestiality]], or may still have been doing so, into several different groups based on the offender's age, and assigns different penances to each group; married men over 20 were sanctioned more harshly than unmarried youths, and married men over 50 received the harshest sanctions.

The seventeenth canon condemns the Christians who have either committed [[bestiality]] or had [[sexual intercourse]] with a [[leper|leprous]] woman, while themselves being leprous, to having to [[excommunication|pray with the ''wintering people'']] - i.e. outside church buildings. The [[Women in Christianity|equation of leprous women with beasts]] is generally considered difficult to interpret.

The eighteenth safeguards the right of the people in objecting to the appointment of a bishop whom they do not wish. {{sfn|Rockwell|1911}}

Canon twenty-two concerns itself with [[voluntary homicide|wilful murderers]], proscribing them to remain prostrators but allows them at the end of life to be indulged with full communion. Canon twenty-four imposes five years of penance upon those who consult magicians.<ref name="beyond">{{cite book |isbn=978-1578840373 |page=65|title=Beyond the Crusades: Christianity's Lies, Laws, and Legacy|last1=Paulkovich|first1=Michael|date=December 2016|publisher=Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp }}</ref>

The Council also condemned both [[abortion]] and [[infanticide]], though it only suggested a ten year excommunication compared to the lifelong excommunication imposed by the [[council of Elvira]].<ref name="Ferguson" />