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Synod of Laodicea

Local councils, NPNF II.14

Chapter 31

It is not lawful to make marriages with all [sorts of] heretics, nor to give our sons and daughters to them; but rather to take of them, if they promise to become Christians.

Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XXXI

It is not right to give children in marriage to heretics, but they should be received if they promise to become Christians.