[161] S. Isidor. Pelusiot. Epist. Lib. III. No. 75.
[162] Constit. 45 Cod. I. 3. This law is preserved by Photius (Nomoc. Tit. IX. c. 29), but Balsamon (Schol. ad. loc.) says that it is omitted in the Basilica.
[163] “Nihil enim sic in sacris ordinationibus diligimus quam cum castitate viventes, aut cum uxoribus non cohabitantes, aut unius uxoris virum, qui vel fuerit vel sit, et ipsam castitatem eligentem.” The lector could, by forfeiting his prospects of promotion, marry a second time, if pressed by overmastering necessity, but he was not allowed, under any excuse, to take a third wife.—Novell. VI. c. 5.—These provisions were repeated the following year in Novell. XXII. c. 42.
[164] Novell. CXXIII. c. 12.
[165] Basilicon III. i. 26.
[166] Balsamon. Schol. ad Nomocanon. Tit. I. c. 23.
[167] Novell. CXXIII. c. 14.
[168] Const. 42 § 1. Cod. i. 3.—Basilicon III. i. 26.
[169] Novell. VI. c. 1.
[170] Novell. CXXXVII. c. 2.—Basilicon III. i. c. 8.—Balsamon. Schol. ad Nomocan. Tit. i. c. 23.