3947. Si quis clericus, aut monachus, verba joculatoria risum moventia serat, anathema esto. - If any priest or monk should be guilty of using a jocular expression, exciting laughter, let him be anathematized (Если какой-либо священник или монах произнесёт шутливые слова, возбуждающие смех, да будет он предан анафеме). - Decree of the 2nd council of Carthage. Imposing on ecclesiastics a show of gravity, to make them confirmed hypocrites.