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Synod of Laodicea

Local councils, NPNF II.14

Chapter 30

None of the priesthood, nor clerics [of lower rank] nor ascetics, nor any Christian or layman, shall wash in a bath with women; for this is the greatest reproach among the heathen.

Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XXX

It is an abomination to bathe with women.