A History of the Christian Councils: From the Original Documents to the Close of the Council of Nicæa (vol. 1)

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ref:2.138 is on the Council of Elvira, important in the history of clerical celibacy

also: ref:4.113, Council of Elvira can. 33:

Ne fœminæ suo potius absque maritorum nominibus laicis scribere audeant, quæ (qui) fideles sunt vel literas alicujus pacificas ad suum solum nomen scriptas accipiant.

[Eng. transl.] A woman may not write to other lay Christians without her husband's consent. A woman may not receive letters of friendship addressed to her only and not to her husband as well.

ref:7.12, Council of Nicaea, can. 3:

The great Synod absolutely forbids, and it cannot be permitted to either bishop, priest, or any other cleric, to have in his house a συνείσακτος (subintroducta), with the exception of his mother, sister, aunt, or such other persons as are free from all suspicion.

Appendix (ref:8.87-13.16) are the Apostolic Canons.