For this reason it solemnly declares that the Churches of the East, as much as those of the West, have a full right and are in duty bound to rule themselves, each in accordance with its own established disciplines, since all these are praiseworthy by reason of their venerable antiquity, more harmonious with the character of their faithful and more suited to the promotion of the good of souls.
Hivyo unatangaza rasmi kuwa Makanisa ya Mashariki kama vile yale ya Magharibi yana haki na wajibu wa kujiongoza kadiri ya nidhamu zake maalumu, kwa maana yanadhaminiwa kwa ukale wake mstahivu, tena yanalingana zaidi na desturi za waamini wake na kufaa zaidi ili kuyashughulikia mema ya roho zao. Badiliko lolote lisiingizwe bila idhini