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First Council of Nicaea (325)
Ecumenical councils, NPNF II.14
3. Canon 3
The great Synod has stringently forbidden any bishop, presbyter, deacon, or any one of the clergy whatever, to have a subintroducta dwelling with him, except only a mother, or sister, or aunt, or such persons only as are beyond all suspicion.
Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon III
No one shall have a woman in his house except his mother, and sister, and persons altogether beyond suspicion.