Chapter 33

1The deacon is appointed,®? chosen like the things which have before been spoken of. If he be of good conduct,’ if he be® pure, if he have been chosen for purity and for abstinence from distractions*; if not, yet [if he] be the husband of one wife,’ borne® witness to by all the faithful, not entangled® in the businesses of the world, not knowing a handicraft, without riches, without children.! But if he be married 1° or! have children,! let his children} be taught to work piety 1? and to be pure, so that they may be approved by the Church,’8 according to the rule of the ministry. But let the Church take care for them, so that they may persevere in the law and in the work of the ministry.