Apostolic Constitutions 1.0.1–2.5.7
Pseudonymous: Presented as the teaching of the apostles, handed down by Clement of Rome; the compiler is anonymous (often linked with the interpolator of the long recension of Ignatius).
Greek text: Funk 1905.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Apostolic 1, chapter 0
1.0.1Funk 1:3–5
Οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι πᾶσι τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν πιστεύσασιν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ τοῦ παντοκράτορος θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πληθυνθείη ἐν ἐπιγνώσει αὐτοῦ. Θεοῦ φυτεία ἡ καθολικὴ ἐκκλησία καὶ ἀμπελὼν αὐτοῦ ἐκλεκτός, οἱ πεπιστευκότες εἰς τὴν ἀπλανῆ θεοσέβειαν αὐτοῦ, οἱ τὴν αἰώνιον καρπούμενοι διὰ πίστεως βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ, δύναμιν αὐτοῦ εἰληφότες καὶ μετουσίαν ἁγίου πνεύματος, ὡπλισμένοι διὰ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἐνστερνισμένοι τὸν φόβον αὐτοῦ, ῥαντίσματος μέτοχοι τοῦ τιμίου καὶ ἀθῴου αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, οἱ παρρησίαν εἰληφότες τὸν παντοκράτορα θεὸν πατέρα καλεῖν, συγκληρονόμοι καὶ συμμέτοχοι τοῦ ἠγαπημένου παιδὸς αὐτοῦ" ἀκούσατε διδασκαλίαν ἱεράν, οἱ ἀντεχόμενοι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας αὐτοῦ ἐκ προστάγματος τοῦ σωτῆρος, ὁμοστοίχως ταῖς ἐνδόξοις φθογγαῖς αὐτοῦ.
Hoi apostoloi kai hoi presbyteroi pasi tois ex ethnōn pisteusasin epi ton kyrion Iēsoun Christon; charis hymin kai eirēnē apo tou pantokratoros theou dia tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou plēthyntheiē en epignōsei autou. Theou phyteia hē katholikē ekklēsia kai ampelōn autou eklektos, hoi pepisteukotes eis tēn aplanē theosebeian autou, hoi tēn aiōnion karpoumenoi dia pisteōs basileian autou, dynamin autou eilēphotes kai metousian hagiou pneumatos, hōplismenoi dia Iēsou kai ensternismenoi ton phobon autou, rhantismatos metochoi tou timiou kai athǭou haimatos tou Christou, hoi parrēsian eilēphotes ton pantokratora theon patera kalein, synklēronomoi kai symmetochoi tou ēgapēmenou paidos autou" akousate didaskalian hieran, hoi antechomenoi tēs epangelias autou ek prostagmatos tou sōtēros, homostoichōs tais endoxois phthongais autou.
The apostles and the presbyters to all who from among the Gentiles have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace from the almighty God through our Lord Jesus Christ be multiplied in the knowledge of him. The catholic church is God’s planting and his chosen vineyard: those who have believed in his unerring religion, who by faith reap the fruit of his eternal kingdom, who have received his power and a share in the Holy Spirit, who are armed through Jesus and have taken his fear into their hearts, who share in the sprinkling of the precious and innocent blood of Christ, who have received boldness to call the almighty God Father, fellow heirs and sharers with his beloved Child. Hear holy teaching, you who hold fast to his promise, given at the command of the Saviour and in agreement with his glorious words.
1 Pet 1:2 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Pet 1:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 5:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 61:3 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles greet the Gentile believers, describe the church as God’s planting, and call them to hear holy teaching.
- Funk’s numbering: this greeting precedes chapter 1. The greeting echoes 1 Pet 1:2 and 2 Pet 1:2; “planting” and “vineyard” recall Isa 5:7 and 61:3. The Didascalia opens similarly (Didasc. 1, inscription).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR quotation marks and footnote markers removed; χ for κ; OCR slip): πιστείσασιν → πιστεύσασιν; Χριστόν" ,χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ“ τοῦ παντοχράτορος͵, θεοῦ“ διὰ, τοῦ κυρίου": ἡμῶν ,, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πληθυνθείη“ → Χριστόν· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ τοῦ παντοκράτορος θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πληθυνθείη; ἐκλεχτός → ἐκλεκτός; Ἰησοῦ xai → Ἰησοῦ καὶ; ἀθαύόου → ἀθῴου; τὸν παντοχράτορα → τὸν παντοκράτορα.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. Apost. 0 (Didascalia Apostolorum; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.0.1 (Funk 1:3–5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-0-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 1
1.1.1Funk 1:5
Φυλάσσεσθε, οἱ θεοῦ υἱοί, πάντα εἰς ὑπακοὴν θεοῦ πράσσειν, καὶ γίνεσθε εὐάρεστοι ἐν πᾶσι κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν" ἐὰν γάρ τις ἀνομίαν μεταδιώκῃ καὶ τὰ ἐναντία τῷ θελήματι τοῦ θεοῦ ποιῇ, ὡς παράνομον ἔθνος τῷ θεῷ ὃ τοιοῦτος λογισθήσεται.
Phylassesthe, hoi theou huioi, panta eis hypakoēn theou prassein, kai ginesthe euarestoi en pasi kyriǭ tǭ theǭ hēmōn" ean gar tis anomian metadiōkę̄ kai ta enantia tǭ thelēmati tou theou poię̄, hōs paranomon ethnos tǭ theǭ ho toioutos logisthēsetai.
Take care, sons of God, to do everything in obedience to God, and be well-pleasing in all things to the Lord our God. For if anyone pursues lawlessness and does what is contrary to the will of God, such a one will be reckoned by God as a lawless nation.
Notes and citation
Summary: Believers are to do everything in obedience to God, since whoever pursues lawlessness is reckoned a lawless nation.
- Books 1–6 of the Constitutions rework the Didascalia; book 1 reworks Didascalia book 1 (the chapter divisions of the two works do not always coincide).
Extrabiblical texts: Did. Apost. 1 (Didascalia Apostolorum; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.1 (Funk 1:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
1.1.2Funk 1:5
ἀπέχεσθε οὖν πάσης πλεονεξίας καὶ ἀδικίας" καὶ γὰρ ἐν τῷ Νόμῳ γέγραπται" ,,Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου οὐδὲ τὸν ἀγρὸν αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ βοὸς αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ ὑποζυγίου αὐτοῦ οὔτε ὅσα τοῦ πλησίον σου ἐστίν“, ὅτι ἡ πᾶσα τούτων ἐπιθυμία ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ὑπάρχει.
apechesthe oun pasēs pleonexias kai adikias" kai gar en tǭ Nomǭ gegraptai" ,,Ouk epithymēseis tēn gynaika tou plēsion sou oude ton agron autou oude ton paida autou oute tēn paidiskēn autou oute tou boos autou oute tou hypozygiou autou oute hosa tou plēsion sou estin“, hoti hē pasa toutōn epithymia ek tou ponērou hyparchei.
Abstain therefore from all greed and injustice. For it is written in the Law: “You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his beast of burden, nor anything that is your neighbour’s.” For every desire for these things comes from the evil one.
Exod 20:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 5:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The tenth commandment is quoted against greed and injustice.
- Exod 20:17; Deut 5:21.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀπἔχεσθε → ἀπέχεσθε; iv τῷ Nóuo → ἐν τῷ Νόμῳ.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.2 (Funk 1:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.1.3Funk 1:5
ὃ γὰρ ἐπιθυμήσας τὴν γυναῖκα ἢ τὸν παῖδα ἢ τὴν παιδίσκην τοῦ πλησίον ἤδη κατὰ διάνοιαν μοιχὸς καὶ κλέπτης ἐστίν, ἐὰν μὴ μεταγνῷ, καὶ κέκριται ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας" ἀμήν.
ho gar epithymēsas tēn gynaika ē ton paida ē tēn paidiskēn tou plēsion ēdē kata dianoian moichos kai kleptēs estin, ean mē metagnǭ, kai kekritai hypo tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, hǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas" amēn.
For one who has coveted his neighbour’s wife or manservant or maidservant is already, in his mind, an adulterer and a thief, unless he repents; and he has been judged by our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Notes and citation
Summary: Coveting a neighbour’s wife or servants is already adultery and theft in the mind.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): yvvaixa → γυναῖκα.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.3 (Funk 1:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
1.1.4Funk 1:5–7
λέγει γὰρ ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ, ἀνακεφαλαιούμενος καὶ στηρίζων καὶ πληρῶν τὴν δεκάλογον τοῦ Νόμου, ,,(ὅτι ἐν τῷ Νόμῳ γέγραπται" Οὐ μοιχεύσεις" ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν", τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ Νόμῳ τῷ διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐγὼ ἐλάλησα, νῦν δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν λέγω" ,, Πᾶς, ὅστις ἐμβλέψει εἰς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτήν, ἤδη ἐμοίχευσεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ“. οὕτως ἐκρίθη μοιχὸς κατ᾽ ἔννοιαν ὃ ἐπιθυμήσας.
legei gar en tǭ Euangeliǭ, anakephalaioumenos kai stērizōn kai plērōn tēn dekalogon tou Nomou, ,,(hoti en tǭ Nomǭ gegraptai" Ou moicheuseis" egō de legō hymin", tout᾽ estin en tǭ Nomǭ tǭ dia Mōÿseōs egō elalēsa, nyn de ho autos hymin legō" ,, Pas, hostis emblepsei eis tēn gynaika tou plēsion pros to epithymēsai autēn, ēdē emoicheusen autēn en tę̄ kardią autou“. houtōs ekrithē moichos kat᾽ ennoian ho epithymēsas.
For he says in the Gospel, summing up, confirming and fulfilling the ten commandments of the Law: “It is written in the Law, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ but I say to you” — that is, in the Law given through Moses it was I who spoke, but now I myself say to you — “everyone who looks at his neighbour’s wife so as to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” So the one who has desired is judged an adulterer in intention.
Matt 5:27–28 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 20:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ’s word on looking with desire shows that he confirms and fulfils the Decalogue, which he himself spoke through Moses.
- Matt 5:27–28, with “his neighbour’s wife” for “a woman”. The inserted comment makes Christ the speaker of the Law given through Moses.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): buiv → ὑμῖν; Μωῦύσέως → Μωϋσέως.
Topics: Ethics, Christology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.4 (Funk 1:5–7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.1.5Funk 1:7
ὃ δὲ τὸν βοῦν ἢ τὸν ὄνον ἐπιθυμήσας οὐχ ἐπὶ τῷ κλέψαι καὶ ἰδιοποιήσασθαι ἢ καὶ ἀπαγαγεῖν αὐτὰ διανοεῖται; ἢ ὃ τὸν ἀγρὸν πάλιν ἐπιθυμήσας καὶ ἐπιμείνας τῇ τοιᾷδε διαθέσει οὐ πονηρεύεται, ὅπως ὁρογλυφήσας ἀναγκάσῃ τὸν ἔχοντα τοῦ μηδενὸς ἀποδόσθαι αὐτῷ; φησὶν γάρ που ὃ προφήτης" ,,Οὐαὶ οἱ συνάπτοντες οἰκίαν πρὸς οἰκίαν καὶ ἀγρὸν πρὸς ἀγρὸν ἐγγίζοντες, ἵνα τοῦ πλησίον ἀφέλωνταί τι. διὸ λέγει. ,, Μὴ οἰκήσετε μόνοι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; ἠχούσθη γὰρ εἰς τὰ ὦτα κυρίου Σαβαὼθʼ ταῦτα“. καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· Ἐπικατάρατος ὃ μετατιθεὶς ὅρια τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐρεῖ πᾶς ὃ λαός" Γένοιτο, γένοιτο“. διό φησιν ὁ Μωσῆς" ,,Οὐ μετακινήσεις ὅρια τοῦ πλησίον σου, ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πατέρες σου“.
ho de ton boun ē ton onon epithymēsas ouch epi tǭ klepsai kai idiopoiēsasthai ē kai apagagein auta dianoeitai? ē ho ton agron palin epithymēsas kai epimeinas tę̄ toiąde diathesei ou ponēreuetai, hopōs horoglyphēsas anankasę̄ ton echonta tou mēdenos apodosthai autǭ? phēsin gar pou ho prophētēs" ,,Ouai hoi synaptontes oikian pros oikian kai agron pros agron engizontes, hina tou plēsion aphelōntai ti. dio legei. ,, Mē oikēsete monoi epi tēs gēs? ēchousthē gar eis ta ōta kyriou Sabaōthʼ tauta“. kai allachou; Epikataratos ho metatitheis horia tou plēsion autou, kai erei pas ho laos" Genoito, genoito“. dio phēsin ho Mōsēs" ,,Ou metakinēseis horia tou plēsion sou, ha ethento hoi pateres sou“.
And does not the one who has desired the ox or the ass intend to steal them and make them his own, or to drive them off? Or again, does not the one who has desired the field, and persists in that disposition, plot wickedly, so that by moving the boundary marks he may force the owner to sell it to him for nothing? For the prophet says somewhere: “Woe to those who join house to house and bring field near to field, so as to take away something of their neighbour’s. Will you dwell alone on the earth? For these things have been heard in the ears of the Lord of hosts.” And elsewhere: “Cursed is he who moves his neighbour’s boundaries, and all the people shall say, So be it, so be it.” Therefore Moses says: “You shall not move your neighbour’s boundaries, which your fathers set.”
Isa 5:8–9 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 27:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 19:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 22:28 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Coveting a neighbour’s animals or field leads to theft and fraud, as the prophet and Moses warn.
- Isa 5:8–9; Deut 27:17; Deut 19:14 (with Prov 22:28).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xci ἰδιοποιήσασθαι → καὶ ἰδιοποιήσασθαι; οἰχίαν → οἰκίαν; ἀφέλωνταί vi^. → ἀφέλωνταί τι.; ἀλAayob: ,,ἸΕπικατάρατος → ἀλλαχοῦ· Ἐπικατάρατος.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.5 (Funk 1:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.1.6Funk 1:7
διὰ ταῦτα οὖν φόβοι, θάνατοι, δικαστήρια, καταδίκαι παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῖς τοιούτοις ἐπακολουθοῦσι.
dia tauta oun phoboi, thanatoi, dikastēria, katadikai para tou theou tois toioutois epakolouthousi.
For these reasons, then, terrors, deaths, tribunals and condemnations from God follow such people.
Notes and citation
Summary: God’s judgments follow those who covet.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.6 (Funk 1:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.1.7Funk 1:7
τοῖς δὲ ὑπηκόοις θεῷ ἀνθρώποις εἷς νόμος θεοῦ ἁπλοῦς, ἀληθής, ζῶν οὗτος ἐνυπάρχει· Ὃ σὺ μισεῖς ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρου σοὶ γενέσθαι, σὺ ἄλλῳ οὐ ποιήσεις“.
tois de hypēkoois theǭ anthrōpois heis nomos theou haplous, alēthēs, zōn houtos enyparchei; Ho sy miseis hyph᾽ heterou soi genesthai, sy allǭ ou poiēseis“.
But for those who obey God there is one law of God, simple, true and living, which is this: “What you hate to have done to you by another, you shall not do to another.”
Matt 7:12 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The one law for the obedient is the negative golden rule.
- The negative golden rule, as in Tob 4:15 and Did. 1.2; cf. Matt 7:12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): θεῷῇ ἀνθροποις → θεῷ ἀνθρώποις; ἐνυπάρχει" 5^0 σὺ → ἐνυπάρχει· Ὃ σὺ.
Extrabiblical texts: Tob 4:15 (Tobit [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion); Did. 1.2 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.7 (Funk 1:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.1.8Funk 1:7
οὐ βούλει τῇ γυναικί σού τινα ἐμβλέψαι κακῶς εἰς διαφθορὰν αὐτῆς" μηδὲ σὺ τῇ τοῦ πλησίον σου γυναικὶ κακοήθως ἀτενίσῃς.
ou boulei tę̄ gynaiki sou tina emblepsai kakōs eis diaphthoran autēs" mēde sy tę̄ tou plēsion sou gynaiki kakoēthōs atenisę̄s.
You do not want anyone to look at your wife with evil intent to corrupt her; so neither shall you gaze maliciously at your neighbour’s wife.
Notes and citation
Summary: As one would not want one’s wife looked at with lust, one must not look so at another’s.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.8 (Funk 1:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.1.9Funk 1:7
οὐ βούλει σου τὸ ἱμάτιον ἀρθῆναι" μηδὲ σὺ τὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου ἄρῃς.
ou boulei sou to himation arthēnai" mēde sy to tou heterou arę̄s.
You do not want your garment taken away; so neither shall you take another’s.
Notes and citation
Summary: The golden rule applied to theft.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.9 (Funk 1:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.1.10Funk 1:7
οὐ θέλεις πληγῆναι, λοιδορηθῆναι, ὑβρισθῆναι" μηδὲ σὺ ἄλλῳ ταῦτα διαθῆς.
ou theleis plēgēnai, loidorēthēnai, hybristhēnai" mēde sy allǭ tauta diathēs.
You do not wish to be struck, reviled, or insulted; so neither shall you do these things to another.
Notes and citation
Summary: The golden rule applied to violence and insult.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.1.10 (Funk 1:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-1-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 2
1.2.1Funk 1:7
Ἀλλὰ καταρᾶταί σοί τις; σὺ εὐλόγησον αὐτόν, ὅτι γέγραπται ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῶν Ἀριθμῶν" ,,Ὁ εὐλογῶν σε εὐλόγηται, καὶ ὃ καταρώμενός σε κεκατήραται“. ὁμοίως καὶ ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ γέγραπται: ,Εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμᾶς“.
Alla kataratai soi tis? sy eulogēson auton, hoti gegraptai en tę̄ biblǭ tōn Arithmōn" ,,Ho eulogōn se eulogētai, kai ho katarōmenos se kekatēratai“. homoiōs kai en tǭ Euangeliǭ gegraptai: ,Eulogeite tous katarōmenous hymas“.
But does someone curse you? Bless him, for it is written in the book of Numbers: “He who blesses you is blessed, and he who curses you is cursed.” Likewise it is written also in the Gospel: “Bless those who curse you.”
Num 24:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 6:28 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Believers must bless those who curse them.
- Num 24:9; Luke 6:28.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.2.1 (Funk 1:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.2.2Funk 1:7–9
ἀδικούμενοι μὴ ἀνταδικήσητε, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπομείνατε, ὅτι λέγει ἡ γραφή" ,,Μὴ εἴπῃς" τίσομαι τὸν ἐχθρόν μου ἅ με ἠδίκησεν, ἀλλ ὑπόμεινον, ἵνα σοι βοηθήσῃ ὃ κύριος καὶ ἐκδικίαν ἐπαγάγῃ τῷ ἀδικοῦντί σε“.
adikoumenoi mē antadikēsēte, all᾽ hypomeinate, hoti legei hē graphē" ,,Mē eipę̄s" tisomai ton echthron mou ha me ēdikēsen, all hypomeinon, hina soi boēthēsę̄ ho kyrios kai ekdikian epagagę̄ tǭ adikounti se“.
When wronged, do not wrong in return, but endure, for the Scripture says: “Do not say, I will take vengeance on my enemy for the wrong he did me; but endure, so that the Lord may help you and bring vengeance on the one who wrongs you.”
Prov 20:22 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The wronged must not retaliate but wait for the Lord.
- Prov 20:22 (LXX 20:9c), freely quoted.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἅ us ἠδίκησεν → ἅ με ἠδίκησεν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.2.2 (Funk 1:7–9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.2.3Funk 1:9
καὶ γὰρ πάλιν ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ λέγει· Ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς, καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς καὶ διωκόντων" καὶ ἔσεσθε υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ὅτι τὸν ἥλιον αὐτοῦ ἀνατέλλει ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς καὶ βρέχει ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους“.
kai gar palin en tǭ Euangeliǭ legei; Agapate tous echthrous hymōn, kalōs poieite tois misousin hymas, kai proseuchesthe hyper tōn epēreazontōn hymas kai diōkontōn" kai esesthe huioi tou patros hymōn tou en tois ouranois, hoti ton hēlion autou anatellei epi ponērous kai agathous kai brechei epi dikaious kai adikous“.
For again in the Gospel he says: “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, and you will be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on the wicked and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.”
Matt 5:44–45 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 6:27–28 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: Christ’s command to love enemies is quoted.
- Matt 5:44–45 with Luke 6:27–28.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): λέγει", ᾿4γαπᾶτε → λέγει· Ἀγαπᾶτε.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.2.3 (Funk 1:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.2.4Funk 1:9
προσέχωμεν οὖν, ἀγαπητοί, ταῖς ἐντολαῖς ταύταις, ἵνα, τέκνα φωτὸς“ εὑρεθῶμεν πράσσοντες αὐτάς.
prosechōmen oun, agapētoi, tais entolais tautais, hina, tekna phōtos“ heurethōmen prassontes autas.
Let us therefore pay heed to these commandments, beloved, so that we may be found children of light by doing them.
Eph 5:8 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Keeping these commands makes believers children of light.
- “Children of light”: Eph 5:8; Luke 16:8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τέχνα → τέκνα.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.2.4 (Funk 1:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 3
1.3.1Funk 1:9
Βαστάζετε οὖν, οἱ δοῦλοι καὶ υἱοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλήλους"
Bastazete oun, hoi douloi kai huioi tou theou, allēlous"
Bear with one another, therefore, you servants and sons of God:
Gal 6:2 (allusion, low confidence)
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Summary: Believers must bear with one another.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.1 (Funk 1:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3.2Funk 1:9
ὃ μὲν ἀνὴρ τὴν γυναῖκα, μὴ ὑπερήφανος μηδὲ ἀλαζών, ἀλλ εὔσπλαγχνος, εὐμετάδοτος, τῇ ἰδίᾳ γυναικὶ μόνον βουλόμενος ἀρέσκειν καὶ ταύτην κολακεύειν ἐντίμως, σπουδάζων καταθύμιος εἶναι αὐτῇ, μὴ καλλωπιζόμενος εἰς τὸ ἀγρευθῆναί τινα ἑτέραν ἐπὶ σοί.
ho men anēr tēn gynaika, mē hyperēphanos mēde alazōn, all eusplanchnos, eumetadotos, tę̄ idią gynaiki monon boulomenos areskein kai tautēn kolakeuein entimōs, spoudazōn katathymios einai autę̄, mē kallōpizomenos eis to agreuthēnai tina heteran epi soi.
the husband his wife, not proud or boastful, but tender-hearted and generous, wishing to please his own wife alone and to cherish her with honour, eager to be agreeable to her; not adorning yourself so as to ensnare some other woman into desire for you.
Notes and citation
Summary: A husband should seek to please his own wife only and not adorn himself to attract other women.
- “(III)” before μὴ καλλωπιζόμενος is the older chapter number (chapter 3 in Cotelier’s division, followed by ANF), removed with the OCR slips. The address shifts from “the husband” to “you”, as in the Greek.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marker removed): γυναῖχα → γυναῖκα; ἀρέὄχειν καὶ ταύτην κχολακεύειν → ἀρέσκειν καὶ ταύτην κολακεύειν; αὐτῇ, (IIT) μὴ → αὐτῇ, μὴ.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.2 (Funk 1:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3.3Funk 1:9
εἴτε γὰρ ἀναγκασθεὶς ὑπ᾽ αὐτῆς ἁμαρτήσεις εἰς αὐτήν, θάνατος παρὰ θεοῦ ἐπελεύσεταί σοι αἰώνιος ἐν αἰσθήσει πικρῶς κολαζομένῳʼ
eite gar anankastheis hyp᾽ autēs hamartēseis eis autēn, thanatos para theou epeleusetai soi aiōnios en aisthēsei pikrōs kolazomenǭʼ
For if, compelled by her, you sin with her, eternal death from God will come upon you, and you will be bitterly punished in full awareness.
Notes and citation
Summary: If a man yields to a woman he has attracted, eternal death follows.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.3 (Funk 1:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3.4Funk 1:9
εἴτε μὴ ποιήσεις τὸ μύσος, ἀλλ᾽ ἀποσεισάμενος αὐτὴν ἀρνήσῃ αὐτό, καὶ τοῦτο ἥμαρτες, εἰ καὶ μὴ ἐπίσης, μόνον δὲ τὸ διὰ τοῦ καλλωπισμοῦ σου παγιδεῦσαι γυναῖκα εἰς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαί σου" ἐποίησας γὰρ τὴν τοῦτο παθοῦσαν διὰ τῆς ὀρέξεως μοιχευθῆναι ἐπὶ σοί.
eite mē poiēseis to mysos, all᾽ aposeisamenos autēn arnēsę̄ auto, kai touto hēmartes, ei kai mē episēs, monon de to dia tou kallōpismou sou pagideusai gynaika eis to epithymēsai sou" epoiēsas gar tēn touto pathousan dia tēs orexeōs moicheuthēnai epi soi.
Or if you do not commit the abomination, but shake her off and refuse it, even so you have sinned, though not equally, if only in this, that by your adornment you ensnared a woman into desiring you; for you made the woman who suffered this commit adultery over you through her craving.
Notes and citation
Summary: Even a man who refuses has sinned by having attracted the woman through his adornment.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.4 (Funk 1:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3.5Funk 1:9–11
Ἀλλ’ οὐχ οὕτως αἴτιος ὑπάρχεις διὰ τὸ μὴ προσαποστεῖλαί σε τῇ ἐπὶ σὲ πεπαγιδευμένῃ" οὐ γὰρ σὺ ἐπεθύμησας αὐτῆς" μὴ συνεπιδιδοὺς δὲ αὐτῇ ἑαυτὸν ἐλεηθήσῃ ὑπὸ κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ εἰπόντος ,,Οὐ μοιχεύσεις“, καί" ,,Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις“.
All’ ouch houtōs aitios hyparcheis dia to mē prosaposteilai se tę̄ epi se pepagideumenę̄" ou gar sy epethymēsas autēs" mē synepididous de autę̄ heauton eleēthēsę̄ hypo kyriou tou theou tou eipontos ,,Ou moicheuseis“, kai" ,,Ouk epithymēseis“.
Yet you are not so much to blame, since you did not send messages to the woman ensnared by you; for it was not you who desired her. And since you did not give yourself up to her, you will find mercy from the Lord God, who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” and “You shall not covet.”
Exod 20:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 20:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The man who did not yield will find mercy, since he obeyed the commandments against adultery and coveting.
- Exod 20:14, 17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): dAX οὐχ → Ἀλλ’ οὐχ; προσαποστεῖλαί δε → προσαποστεῖλαί σε.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.5 (Funk 1:9–11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3.6Funk 1:11
εἰ γὰρ ἐκείνη θεασαμένη σε ἢ ἀκαίρως σοι συναντήσασα ἐπλήγη τὴν διάνοιαν καὶ προσέπεμψέν σοι, σὺ δὲ ὡς θεοσεβὴς ἠρνήσω αὐτὴν ἀπέσχου τε καὶ οὐχ ἥμαρτες εἰς αὐτήν, ἐκείνη μέντοι τὴν καρδίαν ἐτραυματίσθη, εὐμόρφου νεωτέρου ὑπἄρχοντός σου καὶ κεκαλλωπισμένου, ὥστε ἐρασθῆναί σου, ἔνοχος εὑρίσκῃ σὺ τοῦ ἐκείνης παραπτώματος, ὡς αἴτιος αὐτῇ σκανδάλου γενόμενος καὶ τοῦ ,,οὐαὶ κληρονόμος.
ei gar ekeinē theasamenē se ē akairōs soi synantēsasa eplēgē tēn dianoian kai prosepempsen soi, sy de hōs theosebēs ērnēsō autēn apeschou te kai ouch hēmartes eis autēn, ekeinē mentoi tēn kardian etraumatisthē, eumorphou neōterou hyparchontos sou kai kekallōpismenou, hōste erasthēnai sou, enochos heuriskę̄ sy tou ekeinēs paraptōmatos, hōs aitios autę̄ skandalou genomenos kai tou ,,ouai klēronomos.
For if she, having seen you or met you at an unsuitable time, was struck in mind and sent to you, and you as a God-fearing man refused her and kept away and did not sin with her, yet she was wounded in her heart because you are a handsome young man and adorned, so that she fell in love with you, you are found guilty of her transgression, as having become a cause of stumbling to her, and an heir of the “woe.”
Matt 18:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A man whose adornment caused a woman to stumble shares guilt for her sin and inherits the woe on those who cause stumbling.
- The “woe” is that of Matt 18:7 on the one through whom stumbling comes.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xol κεκαλλωπισμένου → καὶ κεκαλλωπισμένου.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.6 (Funk 1:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3.7Funk 1:11
διὸ δεήθητι κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅπως μηδέν σοι διὰ τούτου κακὸν στηριχθῇ. οὐ γὰρ ἀνθρώποις σε χρὴ ἀρέσκειν εἰς ἁμαρτίαν, ἀλλὰ θεῷ εἰς ὁσιότητα, ζωῆς τε καὶ ἀναπαύσεως τῆς αἰωνίου ἀντέχεσθαι.
dio deēthēti kyriou tou theou, hopōs mēden soi dia toutou kakon stērichthę̄. ou gar anthrōpois se chrē areskein eis hamartian, alla theǭ eis hosiotēta, zōēs te kai anapauseōs tēs aiōniou antechesthai.
Therefore pray to the Lord God that no evil may become fixed upon you through this. For you must not please people unto sin, but God unto holiness, and hold fast to the life and rest that are eternal.
Gal 1:10 (allusion, low confidence)
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Summary: One must pray to be kept from harm and seek to please God, not people.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.7 (Funk 1:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3.8Funk 1:11
τὸ ὑπὸ τῆς φύσεώς σοι δεδομένον ἐκ θεοῦ κάλλος μὴ προσεπικαλλώπιζε, ἀλλὰ ταπεινοφρόνως μετρίασον αὐτὸ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους, οὕτως τὴν τρίχα σου τῆς κόμης μὴ παρατρέφων, μᾶλλον δὲ συγκόπτων καὶ καθαιρῶν αὐτήν, ἵνα μὴ κατακνιζομένου σου καὶ ἄσκυλτον τηροῦντος τὴν κεφαλὴν ἢ καταμεμυρισμένου σου ἐπαγάγῃς σεαυτῷ τὰς οὕτως ἀγρευομένας ἢ ἀγρευούσας γυναῖκας.
to hypo tēs physeōs soi dedomenon ek theou kallos mē prosepikallōpize, alla tapeinophronōs metriason auto pros anthrōpous, houtōs tēn tricha sou tēs komēs mē paratrephōn, mallon de synkoptōn kai kathairōn autēn, hina mē kataknizomenou sou kai askylton tērountos tēn kephalēn ē katamemyrismenou sou epagagę̄s seautǭ tas houtōs agreuomenas ē agreuousas gynaikas.
Do not add further adornment to the beauty given you by God through nature, but in humility of mind moderate it before people. So do not let the hair of your head grow long, but rather cut it short and trim it, lest, by combing it and keeping your head unruffled or anointing it with perfume, you draw upon yourself women who are caught or who go out to catch in this way.
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Summary: Men must not enhance their natural beauty, but keep their hair cut short and avoid perfume.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): προσεπικαλλώπιξε → προσεπικαλλώπιζε; χκαθαιρῶν → καθαιρῶν; καταχνιζομένου cov → κατακνιζομένου σου.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.8 (Funk 1:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3.9Funk 1:11–13
μηδὲ ἐπιτετηδευμένῃ σοὶ τῇ ἐσθῆτε χρήσῃ εἰς ἀπάτην, μηδὲ ἀναξυρίδας ἢ χρηπῖδάς σου τοῖς ποσὶ κακοτέχνως ὑπορράψῃς, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῆς σεμνότητος καὶ τῆς χρείας μόνον" μηδὲ χρυσήλατον σφενδόνην τοῖς δακτύλοις σου περιθῇς, ὅτι ταῦτα πάντα ἑταιρισμοῦ τεκμήρια ὑπάρχει, ἅπερ παρὰ τὸ προσῆκον ἐπιτηδεύων οὐ ποιήσεις δικαίως. 10. πιστῷ γάρ σοι ὄντι καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔξεστίν σοι τρέφειν τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς καὶ ποιεῖν σιόθην, ὅ ἐστιν σπατάλιον, ἢ ἀπόχυμα ἢ μεριστὴν τηρεῖν᾽ οὐδὲ μὴν ὀγκοποιεῖν διαξαίνειν τε καὶ πλάσσοντα οὔλην διατιθεῖν ἢ ξανθοποιεῖν αὐτήν, ἐπείπερ καὶ ὁ νόμος ἀπαγορεύει φάσκων ἐν τῷ Δευτερονομίῳ· Οὐ ποιήσετε ὑμῖν σισόην οὐδὲ ἀναξυρίδας“. 11. χρὴ δὲ οὐδὲ γενείου τρίχα διαφθείρειν καὶ τὴν μορφὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παρὰ φύσιν ἐξαλλάσσειν᾽ ,,Οὐκ ἀπομαδαρώσετε“ γάρ, φησὶν ὁ Νόμος, ,,τοὺς πώγωνας ὑμῶν“. τοῦτο γὰρ γυναιξὶν εὐπρεπὲς ὁ κτίσας ἐποίησεν θεός, ἀνδράσι δὲ ἀνάρμοστον ἐδικαίωσεν" σὺ δὲ ταῦτα ποιῶν διὰ ἀρέσκειαν ἐναντιούμενος τῷ νόμῳ, βδελυκτός γενήσῃ παρὰ θεῷ τῷ κτίσαντί σε κατ᾽ εἰκόνα ἑαυτοῦ. 12. ἐὰν οὖν θέλῃς θεῷ ἀρέσκειν, ἀπόσχου πάντων ὧν μισεῖ αὐτός, καὶ μηδὲν πρᾶσσε τῶν αὐτῷ ἀπαρεσκόντων.
mēde epitetēdeumenę̄ soi tę̄ esthēte chrēsę̄ eis apatēn, mēde anaxyridas ē chrēpidas sou tois posi kakotechnōs hyporrapsę̄s, alla to tēs semnotētos kai tēs chreias monon" mēde chrysēlaton sphendonēn tois daktylois sou perithę̄s, hoti tauta panta hetairismou tekmēria hyparchei, haper para to prosēkon epitēdeuōn ou poiēseis dikaiōs. 10. pistǭ gar soi onti kai anthrōpǭ tou theou ouk exestin soi trephein tas trichas tēs kephalēs kai poiein siothēn, ho estin spatalion, ē apochyma ē meristēn tērein᾽ oude mēn onkopoiein diaxainein te kai plassonta oulēn diatithein ē xanthopoiein autēn, epeiper kai ho nomos apagoreuei phaskōn en tǭ Deuteronomiǭ; Ou poiēsete hymin sisoēn oude anaxyridas“. 11. chrē de oude geneiou tricha diaphtheirein kai tēn morphēn tou anthrōpou para physin exallassein᾽ ,,Ouk apomadarōsete“ gar, phēsin ho Nomos, ,,tous pōgōnas hymōn“. touto gar gynaixin euprepes ho ktisas epoiēsen theos, andrasi de anarmoston edikaiōsen" sy de tauta poiōn dia areskeian enantioumenos tǭ nomǭ, bdelyktos genēsę̄ para theǭ tǭ ktisanti se kat᾽ eikona heautou. 12. ean oun thelę̄s theǭ areskein, aposchou pantōn hōn misei autos, kai mēden prasse tōn autǭ apareskontōn.
Nor shall you use studied dress to deceive; nor craftily stitch trousers or shoes for your feet, but only what is decent and needed; nor put a gold ring on your fingers, for all these are marks of harlotry, and if you cultivate them beyond what is fitting you will not act justly. [10] For since you are a believer and a man of God, it is not permitted to you to let the hair of your head grow, and to make a sisoē, that is, a love-lock, or to keep a fringe or a parting; nor to make it bushy, combing it out and arranging it in curls, or to dye it fair, since the Law too forbids it, saying in Deuteronomy: “You shall not make yourselves a sisoē nor trousers.” [11] Nor must you spoil the hair of the beard and change the form of man against nature: “You shall not shave,” says the Law, “your beards.” For God who made us made this becoming for women, but judged it unbecoming for men. If you do these things to please, opposing the Law, you will be abominable before God, who created you after his own image. [12] If, then, you wish to please God, abstain from all that he hates, and do nothing that displeases him.
Lev 19:27 (quotation, medium confidence) · Deut 22:5 (allusion, low confidence) · Gen 1:27 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Men must avoid luxurious dress, rings, styled or dyed hair, and shaving the beard, since the Law forbids them and God hates them.
- Funk’s sections 10–12 sit inside this staged ref because the OCR lost their numerals; they are marked [10]–[12]. The hair terms (σισόη, σπατάλιον, ἀπόχυμα, μεριστή) are uncertain; “love-lock” renders the author’s own gloss. The quotations combine Lev 19:27 (LXX) and Deut 22:5 loosely; the text names Deuteronomy. “After his own image”: Gen 1:27.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral misread): κακοτέχνω; ὑπορράψῃς → κακοτέχνως ὑπορράψῃς; τεχμήρια → τεκμήρια; δικαίως. IO. πιστῷ → δικαίως. 10. πιστῷ; ἢ j ξανθοποιεῖν → ἢ ξανθοποιεῖν; ὃ νόμο: ἀπαγορεύει → ὁ νόμος ἀπαγορεύει; Δευτερονομίφ᾽ »Θὺ → Δευτερονομίῳ· Οὐ; ἀναξυρίδας“. τι. χρὴ → ἀναξυρίδας“. 11. χρὴ; φύσι» ἐξαλλάσσειν → φύσιν ἐξαλλάσσειν; ἀπομαδαρώσετε““ γάρ, φησὶν ὁ Νόμος, »τοὺς → ἀπομαδαρώσετε“ γάρ, φησὶν ὁ Νόμος, ,,τοὺς; σε κατ᾽ εἰκόνα ἑαυτοῦ. το. → σε κατ᾽ εἰκόνα ἑαυτοῦ. 12.; ἀπαρεσχόντων → ἀπαρεσκόντων.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.3.9 (Funk 1:11–13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-3-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 4
1.4.1Funk 1:13
Οὐκ ἔσῃ ὡς πετόμενος καὶ ἀλώμενος ἐν ταῖς ῥύμαις, ἀκαιροεπόπτης τῶν κακῶς ζώντων, ἀλλὰ τῇ τέχνῃ σου καὶ τῷ ἔργῳ σου προσέχων τὰ τῷ θεῷ φίλα ἀναζήτει ποιεῖν, καὶ τὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ λόγια ἀναμιμνησκόμενος διηνεκῶς μελέτα.
Ouk esę̄ hōs petomenos kai alōmenos en tais rhymais, akairoepoptēs tōn kakōs zōntōn, alla tę̄ technę̄ sou kai tǭ ergǭ sou prosechōn ta tǭ theǭ phila anazētei poiein, kai ta tou Christou logia anamimnēskomenos diēnekōs meleta.
You shall not be like one who flits and wanders about the streets, prying at the wrong time into those who live badly; but attending to your trade and your work, seek to do what is pleasing to God, and meditate continually, keeping in mind the oracles of Christ.
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Summary: Believers should not roam the streets prying, but work at their trade and meditate on Christ’s words.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δύμαις → ῥύμαις; λύγια → λόγια.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.4.1 (Funk 1:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.4.2Funk 1:13
λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή σοι, ὅτι ,,ἐν τῷ Νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσεις ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, περιπατῶν ἐν ἀγρῷ καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ καθήμενος, καὶ κοιταζόμενος καὶ διανιστάμενος, ἵνα συνιῇς ἐν πᾶσιν“.
legei gar hē graphē soi, hoti ,,en tǭ Nomǭ autou meletēseis hēmeras kai nyktos, peripatōn en agrǭ kai en oikǭ kathēmenos, kai koitazomenos kai dianistamenos, hina synię̄s en pasin“.
For the Scripture says to you: “You shall meditate on his Law day and night, walking in the field and sitting in the house, lying down and rising up, so that you may understand in all things.”
Ps 1:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 6:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Josh 1:8 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Scripture commands constant meditation on God’s Law.
- A combination of Ps 1:2, Deut 6:7 and Josh 1:8.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὅτε ,,ἐἐν → ὅτι ,,ἐν; ὁδιανιστάμενος → διανιστάμενος.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.4.2 (Funk 1:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 5
1.5.1Funk 1:13
Ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ πλούσιος ὑπάρχεις, χρείαν τέχνης πρὸς τὸ τρέφεσθαι οὐκ ἔχων, ῥεμβὸς μὴ γίνου μηδὲ ἀκαιροπεριπάτητος" ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε προσέρχῃ τοῖς πιστοῖς τε καὶ ὁμοδόξοις, συμβάλλων τὰ ζωοποιὰ προσομίλει ῥήματα᾽
All’ ei kai plousios hyparcheis, chreian technēs pros to trephesthai ouk echōn, rhembos mē ginou mēde akairoperipatētos" all᾽ eite proserchę̄ tois pistois te kai homodoxois, symballōn ta zōopoia prosomilei rhēmata᾽
But even if you are rich and have no need of a trade to support yourself, do not be a vagrant or one who walks about at the wrong time; but if you go to the faithful who share your faith, converse with them and share with them the life-giving words;
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Summary: Even the rich must not wander idly, but converse with fellow believers about life-giving words.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): AAA εἰ → Ἀλλ’ εἰ.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.5.1 (Funk 1:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.5.2Funk 1:13
εἰ δὲ μή, καθεζόμενος ἔνδον ἀναγίνωσκε τὸν Νόμον, τὰς Βασιλείους, τοὺς Προφήτας, ψάλλε τοὺς Ὕμνους, διέρχου ἐπιμελῶς τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τὸ τούτων συμπλήρωμα.
ei de mē, kathezomenos endon anaginōske ton Nomon, tas Basileious, tous Prophētas, psalle tous Hymnous, dierchou epimelōs to Euangelion to toutōn symplērōma.
otherwise, sitting at home, read the Law, the Books of Kings, the Prophets; sing the Hymns; go through the Gospel diligently, which is the completion of these.
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Summary: At home one should read the Law, Kings, the Prophets, the Psalms and the Gospel.
- “The Hymns” are the Psalms.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): el δὲ → εἰ δὲ.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.5.2 (Funk 1:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 6
1.6.1Funk 1:13
Τῶν ἐθνικῶν βιβλίων πάντων ἀπέχου.
Tōn ethnikōn bibliōn pantōn apechou.
Abstain from all the books of the Gentiles.
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Summary: Pagan books are to be avoided.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.1 (Funk 1:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.2Funk 1:13–15
τί γὰρ σοὶ καὶ ἀλλοτρίοις λόγοις ἢ νόμοις ἢ ψευδοπροφήταις, ἃ δὴ καὶ παρατρέπει τῆς πίστεως τοὺς ἐλαφρούς;
ti gar soi kai allotriois logois ē nomois ē pseudoprophētais, ha dē kai paratrepei tēs pisteōs tous elaphrous?
For what have you to do with foreign words or laws or false prophets, which indeed turn the unstable away from the faith?
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Summary: Foreign writings turn the unstable from the faith.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (apparatus fragment removed; OCR slip): σοὶ 1, 8; Deut. 6, 7. xal ἀλλοτρίοις → σοὶ καὶ ἀλλοτρίοις.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.2 (Funk 1:13–15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.3Funk 1:15
τί γὰρ σοὶ καὶ λείπει ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνα τὰ ἐθνόμυθα ὁρμήσῃς;
ti gar soi kai leipei en tǭ nomǭ tou theou, hina ep᾽ ekeina ta ethnomytha hormēsę̄s?
For what do you lack in the law of God, that you should rush to those Gentile fables?
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Summary: God’s law lacks nothing that pagan fables offer.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐχεῖνα → ἐκεῖνα.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.3 (Funk 1:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.4Funk 1:15
εἴτε γὰρ ἱστορικὰ θέλεις διέρχεσθαι, ἔχεις τὰς Βασιλείους᾽ εἴτε σοφιστικὰ καὶ ποιητικά, ἔχεις τοὺς Προφήτας, τὸν Ἰώβ, τὸν Παροιμιαστήν, ἐν οἷς πάσης ποιήσεως καὶ σοφιστείας πλείονα ἀγχίνοιαν εὑρήσεις, ὅτι κυρίου τοῦ μόνου σοφοῦ φθογγοί εἰσιν.
eite gar historika theleis dierchesthai, echeis tas Basileious᾽ eite sophistika kai poiētika, echeis tous Prophētas, ton Iōb, ton Paroimiastēn, en hois pasēs poiēseōs kai sophisteias pleiona anchinoian heurēseis, hoti kyriou tou monou sophou phthongoi eisin.
For if you wish to go through histories, you have the Books of Kings; if works of wisdom and poetry, you have the Prophets, Job, and the author of Proverbs, in which you will find greater insight than in all poetry and sophistry, because they are the utterances of the Lord, who alone is wise.
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Summary: Scripture supplies history, wisdom and poetry better than pagan literature.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): σσφοῦ qOoyyol → σοφοῦ φθογγοί.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.4 (Funk 1:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.5Funk 1:15
εἴτε ἀσματικῶν ὀρέγῃ, ἔχεις τοὺς Ψαλμούς᾽ εἴτε ἀρχαιογονίας, ἔχεις τὴν Γένεσιν" εἴτε νομίμων καὶ παραγγελιῶν, τὸν ἔνδοξον τοῦ κυρίου Νόμον.
eite asmatikōn oregę̄, echeis tous Psalmous᾽ eite archaiogonias, echeis tēn Genesin" eite nomimōn kai parangeliōn, ton endoxon tou kyriou Nomon.
If you desire songs, you have the Psalms; if the origins of things, you have Genesis; if laws and precepts, the glorious Law of the Lord.
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Summary: Psalms, Genesis and the Law replace pagan songs, origins and laws.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.5 (Funk 1:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.6Funk 1:15
πάντων οὖν τῶν ἀλλοτρίων καὶ διαβολικῶν ἰσχυρῶς ἀπόσχου.
pantōn oun tōn allotriōn kai diabolikōn ischyrōs aposchou.
Abstain strongly, then, from all foreign and diabolical writings.
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Summary: Foreign and diabolical writings are to be avoided.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.6 (Funk 1:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.7Funk 1:15
πλὴν καὶ τὸν Νόμον ἀναγινώσκων τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ ἐπεισάκτων ἀπόσχου, εἰ καὶ μὴ πάντων, ἀλλά τινων τῶν τῆς δευτερώσεως" μόνον δὲ πρὸς ἱστορίαν ἀναγίνωσκε, εἰς τὸ γινώσκειν σε καὶ δοξάζειν τὸν θεόν, ὅτι ἀπὸ τοιούτων καὶ τοσούτων ἐρρύσατό σε δεσμῶν.
plēn kai ton Nomon anaginōskōn tōn en autǭ epeisaktōn aposchou, ei kai mē pantōn, alla tinōn tōn tēs deuterōseōs" monon de pros historian anaginōske, eis to ginōskein se kai doxazein ton theon, hoti apo toioutōn kai tosoutōn errysato se desmōn.
Moreover, when you read the Law, abstain from the things that were added to it — if not all, at least some of those of the second legislation; read them only for history, so that you may know and glorify God, that he delivered you from such and so great bonds.
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Summary: In reading the Law one should set aside the added ‘second legislation’, reading it only as history.
- “Second legislation” (δευτέρωσις) is the Didascalia’s term for the ritual laws imposed after the golden calf, as distinct from the Decalogue.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπεισάχτων ἀπόσχου → ἐπεισάκτων ἀπόσχου; ἀναγίνωσχε → ἀναγίνωσκε.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.7 (Funk 1:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.8Funk 1:15
ἔστω δέ σοι πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν γινώσκειν, τί νόμος φυσικὸς καὶ τί τὰ τῆς δευτερώσεως τά τε ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῖς μοσχοποιήσασι δοθέντα ἐπείσακτα.
estō de soi pro ophthalmōn ginōskein, ti nomos physikos kai ti ta tēs deuterōseōs ta te en tę̄ erēmǭ tois moschopoiēsasi dothenta epeisakta.
Keep before your eyes the knowledge of what the natural law is, and what the things of the second legislation are, the additions given in the wilderness to those who made the calf.
Exod 32:4 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: One must distinguish the natural law from the additions given after the golden calf.
- Exod 32.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): φυσιχὸς → φυσικὸς.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.8 (Funk 1:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.9Funk 1:15–17
νόμος γάρ ἐστιν, ἃ ἐλάλησεν κύριος ὃ θεὸς πρὸ τοῦ τὸν λαὸν εἰδωλολατρῆσαι, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ἡ δεκάλογος᾽ ἃ δὲ ἁμαρτήσασιν αὐτοῖς ἐπετέθη, δεσμὰ σὺ ἑαυτῷ μὴ ἐπισπάσῃ. 10. ὁ γὰρ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν οὐ δι᾽ ἕτερόν τι ,,ἤλθεν, ἢ ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὸν νόμον καὶ τοὺς προφήτας“ καὶ τὰ δεσμὰ τῆς δευτερώσεως τῶν ἐπεισάκτων ἢ παύσῃ ἢ μεταθῇ᾽ διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο προσκαλούμενος ἡμᾶς ἔλεγεν" Δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι, κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς“. 11. σὺ οὖν, ἀναγνοὺς τὸν Νόμον σύμφωνον ὄντα τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ καὶ τοῖς Προφήταις, ἀναγίνωσκε καὶ τὰς Βασιλείους, ὅπως εἰδέναι ἔχοις, ὁπόσοι δίκαιοι βασιλεῖς καὶ ηὐξήθησαν ὑπὸ θεοῦ, καὶ ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς αὐτοῖς διέμεινεν παρ᾽ αὐτῷ, ὅσοι δὲ βασιλεῖς ἐξεπόρνευσαν ἀπὸ θεοῦ, ἐν ἀποστασίᾳ αὐτῶν συντόμως ἀπώλοντο τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιοκρισίᾳ καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ ζωῆς ἐστερήθησαν, ἀντὶ ἀναπαύσεως αἰωνίαν κόλασιν κληρωσάμενοι. 12. ταῦτα οὖν ἀναγινώσκων, πολὺ τῇ πίστει αὐξηθεὶς προσοικοδομηθήσῃ Χριστῷ, οὗ σῶμα καὶ μέλος τυγχάνεις. 13. περιπατῶν δὲ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ καὶ λούσασθαι βουλόμενος, χρήσῃ βαλανείῳ ἀνδρείῳ, ἵνα μὴ διὰ τὸ ἐπιδεικνύναι σε σῶμα ἐν ἀσχήμῳ ἀποκαλύψει γυναιξὶν ἢ θεάσασθαι θέαν οὐχ ἁρμόζουσαν ἀνδράσιν ἢ σὺ παγιδευθῇς ἢ παγιδεύσῃς ἐπὶ σαυτῷ. 14. φυλάσσου οὖν τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἵνα μὴ λάβῃς βρόχους τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ψυχῇ.
nomos gar estin, ha elalēsen kyrios ho theos pro tou ton laon eidōlolatrēsai, tout᾽ estin hē dekalogos᾽ ha de hamartēsasin autois epetethē, desma sy heautǭ mē epispasę̄. 10. ho gar sōtēr hēmōn ou di᾽ heteron ti ,,ēlthen, ē hina plērōsę̄ ton nomon kai tous prophētas“ kai ta desma tēs deuterōseōs tōn epeisaktōn ē pausę̄ ē metathę̄᾽ dia gar touto proskaloumenos hēmas elegen" Deute pros me pantes hoi kopiōntes kai pephortismenoi, kagō anapausō hymas“. 11. sy oun, anagnous ton Nomon symphōnon onta tǭ Euangeliǭ kai tois Prophētais, anaginōske kai tas Basileious, hopōs eidenai echois, hoposoi dikaioi basileis kai ēuxēthēsan hypo theou, kai hē epangelia tēs aiōniou zōēs autois diemeinen par᾽ autǭ, hosoi de basileis exeporneusan apo theou, en apostasią autōn syntomōs apōlonto tę̄ tou theou dikaiokrisią kai tēs autou zōēs esterēthēsan, anti anapauseōs aiōnian kolasin klērōsamenoi. 12. tauta oun anaginōskōn, poly tę̄ pistei auxētheis prosoikodomēthēsę̄ Christǭ, hou sōma kai melos tynchaneis. 13. peripatōn de en tę̄ agorą kai lousasthai boulomenos, chrēsę̄ balaneiǭ andreiǭ, hina mē dia to epideiknynai se sōma en aschēmǭ apokalypsei gynaixin ē theasasthai thean ouch harmozousan andrasin ē sy pagideuthę̄s ē pagideusę̄s epi sautǭ. 14. phylassou oun ta toiauta, hina mē labę̄s brochous tę̄ heautou psychę̄.
For the law is what the Lord God spoke before the people fell into idolatry, that is, the Decalogue; but what was imposed on them after they had sinned — those bonds do not draw upon yourself. [10] For our Saviour came for no other reason than “to fulfil the Law and the Prophets,” and either to end or to change the bonds of the additions of the second legislation. For this reason he called us, saying: “Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” [11] You, then, having read the Law, which agrees with the Gospel and the Prophets, read also the Books of Kings, so that you may know how many kings were righteous and were prospered by God, and the promise of eternal life remained with them before him; but how many kings went whoring away from God perished swiftly in their apostasy by the just judgment of God and were deprived of his life, inheriting eternal punishment instead of rest. [12] Reading these things, then, you will grow much in faith and be built up into Christ, whose body and member you are. [13] When you walk in the marketplace and wish to bathe, use a bath for men, lest by showing your body in unseemly exposure to women, or by seeing a sight not fit for men, you either be ensnared or ensnare others through yourself. [14] Guard against such things, then, lest you bring snares upon your own soul.
Matt 5:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 5:30 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 12:27 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Decalogue is the true law, the later bonds having been ended or changed by Christ; Kings should be read for examples, and men must use men’s baths.
- Funk’s sections 10–14 sit inside this staged ref because the OCR lost or misread their numerals; they are marked [10]–[14]. Matt 5:17; Matt 11:28. The digital text has a stray “A” before βασιλεῖς, ignored.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral misread): μὴ ἐπισπάσῃ. το. ὃ → μὴ ἐπισπάσῃ. 10. ὁ; ἐπεισάχτων ἢ παύσῃ → ἐπεισάκτων ἢ παύσῃ; γὰφ τοῦτο → γὰρ τοῦτο; » debe πρός us du οἱ → Δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ; ὑμᾶς“. τι. σὺ → ὑμᾶς“. 11. σὺ; Βὐαγγελίῳ → Εὐαγγελίῳ; δίκαιοι A βασιλεῖς → δίκαιοι βασιλεῖς; χαὶ ἡ ἐπαγγελία → καὶ ἡ ἐπαγγελία; ἀπαάλοντο → ἀπώλοντο; δικαιοκρεσίᾳι → δικαιοκρισίᾳ; παγιδευθῆῇς → παγιδευθῇς.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Christology, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.6.9 (Funk 1:15–17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 7
1.7.1Funk 1:17
Μάθωμεν γάρ, ἐν τῇ Σοφίᾳ τί λέγει ὃ ἅγιος λόγος"
Mathōmen gar, en tę̄ Sophią ti legei ho hagios logos"
For let us learn what the holy word says in Wisdom:
Notes and citation
Summary: Proverbs is introduced on the strange woman.
- “Wisdom” here is the book of Proverbs.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.1 (Funk 1:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.2Funk 1:17–19
Υἱέ, φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους, τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ.
Huie, phylasse emous logous, tas de emas entolas krypson para seautǭ.
“My son, keep my words, and hide my commandments with you.”
Prov 7:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A son is told to keep wisdom’s words.
- Prov 7:1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): »Υ έ, φύλασσε → Υἱέ, φύλασσε.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.2 (Funk 1:17–19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.3Funk 1:19
εἰπὸν τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι, τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνωρίμην περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ, ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς, ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται.
eipon tēn sophian sēn adelphēn einai, tēn de phronēsin gnōrimēn peripoiēsai seautǭ, hina se tērēsę̄ apo gynaikos allotrias kai ponēras, ean se logois tois pros charin embalētai.
“Say that Wisdom is your sister, and make understanding your friend, so that she may keep you from the strange and evil woman, if she assails you with words meant to please.”
Prov 7:4–5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Wisdom guards from the strange woman.
- Prov 7:4–5.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.3 (Funk 1:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.4Funk 1:19
ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα, ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῇ φρενῶν παραπορευόμενον ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐν διόδοις οἴκου αὐτῆς καὶ λαλοῦντα ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ, ἡνίκα ἂν ἦ ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ καὶ γνοφώδης,
apo gar thyridos oikou autēs eis tas plateias parakyptousa, hon an idę̄ tōn aphronōn teknōn neanian endeę̄ phrenōn paraporeuomenon en agorą en diodois oikou autēs kai lalounta en skotei hesperinǭ, hēnika an ē hēsychia nykterinē kai gnophōdēs,
“For, peering from the window of her house into the streets, whomever she sees among the foolish children, a young man lacking sense, passing through the marketplace by the corners of her house and talking in the dark of evening, when the stillness of night has come and the gloom —”
Prov 7:6–9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The harlot watches for a foolish young man at dusk.
- Prov 7:6–9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): παρακύπτουσα, ον ἂν → παρακύπτουσα, ὃν ἂν; παραπορευόμενον iv ἀγορᾷ → παραπορευόμενον ἐν ἀγορᾷ; νυχτερινὴ → νυκτερινὴ.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.4 (Funk 1:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.5Funk 1:19
ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικόν, ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας, ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστι καὶ ἄσωτος, ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς" χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται, χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει.
hē de gynē synantą autǭ eidos echousa pornikon, hē poiei neōn exiptasthai kardias, anepterōmenē de esti kai asōtos, en oikǭ de ouch hēsychazousin hoi podes autēs" chronon gar tina exō rhembetai, chronon de en plateiais para pasan gōnian enedreuei.
“the woman meets him, with the look of a harlot, which makes the hearts of young men take flight; she is flighty and dissolute, and her feet do not stay quiet at home; for a time she roams outside, and for a time she lies in wait in the streets at every corner.”
Prov 7:10–12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The harlot roams the streets and lies in wait.
- Prov 7:10–12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πορνικόν, 1j ποιεῖ → πορνικόν, ἣ ποιεῖ; χρόνον δὲ iv πλατείαις → χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.5 (Funk 1:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.6Funk 1:19
εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν, ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτόν" Θυσία εἰρηνική μοι ἔστιν σήμερον, ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου" ἕνεκεν τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σου, ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον εὕρηκά σε· κηρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου, ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ᾿ Αἰγύπτου" διέρραγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κρόκῳ, τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ· ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου, δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι“, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, οἷς ἐπιφέρει"
eita epilabomenē ephilēsen auton, anaidei de prosōpǭ proseipen auton" Thysia eirēnikē moi estin sēmeron, apodidōmi tas euchas mou" heneken toutou exēlthon eis synantēsin sou, pothousa to son prosōpon heurēka se; kēriais tetaka tēn klinēn mou, amphitapois de estrōka tois ap᾿ Aigyptou" dierranka tēn koitēn mou krokǭ, ton de oikon mou kinnamōmǭ; elthe kai apolausōmen philias heōs orthrou, deuro kai enkylisthōmen erōti“, kai ta hexēs, hois epipherei"
“Then she seized him and kissed him, and with a shameless face she said to him: I have a peace offering today; I am paying my vows. For this reason I came out to meet you; longing for your face, I have found you. I have spread my bed with coverlets and covered it with tapestries from Egypt; I have sprinkled my couch with saffron and my house with cinnamon. Come, let us enjoy love until the dawn; come, let us roll in passion,” and so on, after which it adds:
Prov 7:13–18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The harlot entices the young man with her invitation.
- Prov 7:13–18.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἕνεχεν → ἕνεκεν; εὕρηκά 6s" → εὕρηκά σε·; xgóxo → κρόκῳ; κινναμώμφ᾽ → κινναμώμῳ·.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.6 (Funk 1:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.7Funk 1:19–21
Ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ, βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν ὃ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς“.
Apeplanēsen de auton pollę̄ homilią, brochois te tois apo cheileōn exōkeilen auton ho de epēkolouthēsen autę̄ kepphōtheis“.
“She led him astray with much talk, and with the snares of her lips she drove him aground; and he followed her like a silly bird.”
Prov 7:21–22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The young man is led astray and follows her.
- Prov 7:21–22 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): »Απεπλάνησεν → Ἀπεπλάνησεν.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.7 (Funk 1:19–21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.8Funk 1:21
καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί" μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης, ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα, ὕστερον μέντοι πικρότερον χολῆς εὑρήσεις καὶ ἠκονημένον μᾶλλον μαχαίρας διστόμου“.
kai palin legei; Mē proseche phaulę̄ gynaiki" meli gar apostazei apo cheileōn gynaikos pornēs, hē pros kairon lipainei son pharynga, hysteron mentoi pikroteron cholēs heurēseis kai ēkonēmenon mallon machairas distomou“.
And again it says: “Do not pay heed to a worthless woman; for honey drips from the lips of a harlot, which for a time anoints your throat, but afterward you will find it more bitter than gall and sharper than a two-edged sword.”
Prov 5:2–4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The harlot’s sweetness turns bitter.
- Prov 5:2–4 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): χαὶ πάλιν λέγει", ΜῊ → καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Μὴ; 7) πρὸς → ἣ πρὸς.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.8 (Funk 1:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.9Funk 1:21
καὶ πάλιν· ,,Ἀλλὰ ἀποπήδησον, μὴ ἐγχρονίσῃς μηδὲ ἐπιστήσῃς σὸν ὄμμα πρὸς αὐτήν᾽ πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκεν, καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν, οὓς πεφόνευκεν“.
kai palin; ,,Alla apopēdēson, mē enchronisę̄s mēde epistēsę̄s son omma pros autēn᾽ pollous gar trōsasa katabeblēken, kai anarithmētoi eisin, hous pephoneuken“.
And again: “But spring away, do not linger, and do not fix your eye upon her; for she has wounded and cast down many, and countless are those whom she has slain.”
Prov 9:18 (quotation, medium confidence) · Prov 7:26 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: One must flee the harlot, who has slain many.
- Prov 9:18a (LXX addition) with Prov 7:26.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): nzdAw' ,,AAAA → πάλιν· ,,Ἀλλὰ; oUc πεφόνευχεν → οὓς πεφόνευκεν.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.9 (Funk 1:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.10Funk 1:21
εἰ δὲ μή, φησί ,μεταμεληθήσῃ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτων σου, ἡνίκα ἂν κατατριβῶσιν σάρκες σώματός σου, καὶ ἐρεῖς᾽ Πῶς ἐμίσησα παιδείαν, καὶ ἐλέγχους δικαίων ἐξέκλινεν ἡ καρδία μου; οὐχ ἤκουον φωνῆς παιδεύοντός με καὶ διδάσκοντός με, οὐ παρέβαλλον τὸ οὖς μου παρ᾽ ὀλίγον ἐγενόμην ἐν παντὶ κακῷ".
ei de mē, phēsi ,metamelēthēsę̄ ep᾽ eschatōn sou, hēnika an katatribōsin sarkes sōmatos sou, kai ereis᾽ Pōs emisēsa paideian, kai elenchous dikaiōn exeklinen hē kardia mou? ouch ēkouon phōnēs paideuontos me kai didaskontos me, ou pareballon to ous mou par᾽ oligon egenomēn en panti kakǭ".
Otherwise, it says, “you will repent at the last, when the flesh of your body is worn away, and you will say: How I hated instruction, and my heart turned aside from the reproofs of the righteous! I did not listen to the voice of the one who instructed and taught me, nor did I incline my ear; I was all but in every evil.”
Prov 5:11–14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The one who ignores the warning will regret it at the end.
- Prov 5:11–14 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR Latin letters for ἐπ᾽ (as LXX); OCR slip): si δὲ μή → εἰ δὲ μή; ix ἐσχάτων → ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτων; σάρχες → σάρκες; ἤχουον → ἤκουον; παιδεύοντός us → παιδεύοντός με; παρἔβαλλον → παρέβαλλον.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.10 (Funk 1:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.11Funk 1:21
ἵνα δὲ μὴ διὰ πλειόνων παρεκτείνωμεν τὰς μαρτυρίας, καὶ εἴ τινα παρήκαμεν, οἱ σοφοί, ἑαυτοῖς τὰ καλὰ ἐπιλέγοντες ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν γραφῶν, ἐπιστερεοῦσθε παραιτούμενοι πάντα τὰ φαῦλα εἰς τὸ ὁσίους εὑρεθῆναι ὑμᾶς ἐν ζωῇ αἰωνίῳ παρὰ θεῷ.
hina de mē dia pleionōn parekteinōmen tas martyrias, kai ei tina parēkamen, hoi sophoi, heautois ta kala epilegontes ek tōn hierōn graphōn, epistereousthe paraitoumenoi panta ta phaula eis to hosious heurethēnai hymas en zōę̄ aiōniǭ para theǭ.
So as not to prolong the testimonies further — and if we have passed any over — you who are wise, choosing the good things for yourselves from the holy Scriptures, be made firm, refusing all that is base, so that you may be found holy in eternal life with God.
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Summary: The wise should gather further good counsel from Scripture and reject what is base.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): παρεχτείνωμεν → παρεκτείνωμεν.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.7.11 (Funk 1:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-7-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 8
1.8.1Funk 1:21
Ἡ δὲ ,,γυνὴ ὑποτασσέσθω τῷ ἑαυτῆς ἀνδρί, ὅτι κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὃ ἀνὴρ ὑπάρχει, τοῦ δὲ ἀνδρὸς τοῦ πορευομένου ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης κεφαλή ἐστιν ὃ Χριστός, τοῦ δὲ Χριστοῦ κεφαλὴ ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.
Hē de ,,gynē hypotassesthō tǭ heautēs andri, hoti kephalē tēs gynaikos ho anēr hyparchei, tou de andros tou poreuomenou en hodǭ dikaiosynēs kephalē estin ho Christos, tou de Christou kephalē ho epi pantōn theos kai patēr autou.
But let the wife be subject to her own husband, because the husband is the head of the wife; and of the husband who walks in the way of righteousness Christ is the head; and the head of Christ is the God who is over all, and his Father.
Eph 5:22–23 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 11:3 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The wife is subject to her husband in an order of headship reaching from Christ to the Father.
- Eph 5:22–23; 1 Cor 11:3. “God over all” (cf. Rom 9:5) is said of the Father, as often in this work.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,/H^ ó£ ,,γυνὴ → Ἡ δὲ ,,γυνὴ; ξαυτῆς → ἑαυτῆς; χεφαλὴ δʼ' ἐπὶ πάντων ,,θεὸς““ → κεφαλὴ ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.8.1 (Funk 1:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.2Funk 1:21–23
μετὰ οὖν τὸν παντοκράτορα θεὸν ἡμῶν καὶ πατέρα, τοῦ τε ἐνεστῶτος καὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος κύριον, πάσης τε πνοῆς καὶ δυνάμεως δημιουργόν, καὶ τὸν ἠγαπημένον αὐτοῦ υἱὸν τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν τὸν Χριστόν, διʼ οὗ ἡ δόξα τῷ θεῷ, φοβήθητί σου τὸν ἄνδρα, ὦ γύναι, καὶ ἐντράπηθι αὐτόν, αὐτῷ μόνῳ ἀρέσκουσα, αὑτῷ ὑπάρχουσα εὐάρεστος ἐν ταῖς διακονίαις αὐτοῦ, ἵνα καὶ ἐπὶ σοὶ μακαρισθῇ ὃ ἀνὴρ διὰ τῆς Σοφίας τῆς λεγούσης διὰ Σολομῶντος τάδε.
meta oun ton pantokratora theon hēmōn kai patera, tou te enestōtos kai tou mellontos aiōnos kyrion, pasēs te pnoēs kai dynameōs dēmiourgon, kai ton ēgapēmenon autou huion ton kyrion hēmōn Iēsoun ton Christon, diʼ hou hē doxa tǭ theǭ, phobēthēti sou ton andra, ō gynai, kai entrapēthi auton, autǭ monǭ areskousa, hautǭ hyparchousa euarestos en tais diakoniais autou, hina kai epi soi makaristhę̄ ho anēr dia tēs Sophias tēs legousēs dia Solomōntos tade.
After our almighty God and Father, Lord of the present and of the coming age, maker of every breath and power, and his beloved Son our Lord Jesus the Christ, through whom be glory to God, fear your husband, O wife, and reverence him, pleasing him alone and being agreeable to him in your services to him, so that your husband too may be called blessed on your account, through Wisdom, who says these things through Solomon:
Eph 5:33 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: After God and Christ, a wife is to fear and please her husband, as Proverbs describes.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): παντοχράτορα → παντοκράτορα; ve πνοῆς → τε πνοῆς; ἐντράπηθε → ἐντράπηθι; ᾿μακαρισθῇ → μακαρισθῇ.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.8.2 (Funk 1:21–23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.4Funk 1:23
Γυναῖκα ἀνδρείαν τίς εὑρήσει; τιμιώτερα δέ ἐστιν λίθων πολυτελῶν ἣ τοιαύτη, θαρσεῖ ἐπὶ αὐτῇ ἡ καρδία τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς, ἡ τοιαύτη σκύλων οὐκ ἀπορήσει" ἐνεργεῖ γὰρ τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἀγαθὰ κατὰ πάντα τὸν βίον. 4. μηρυσαμένη ἔριον καὶ λίνον ἐποίησεν εὔχρηστα ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς, ἐγένετο ὡς ναῦς ἐμπορευομένη μακρόθεν συνάγουσα αὐτῷ τὸν βίον.
Gynaika andreian tis heurēsei? timiōtera de estin lithōn polytelōn hē toiautē, tharsei epi autę̄ hē kardia tou andros autēs, hē toiautē skylōn ouk aporēsei" energei gar tǭ andri agatha kata panta ton bion. 4. mērysamenē erion kai linon epoiēsen euchrēsta tais chersin autēs, egeneto hōs naus emporeuomenē makrothen synagousa autǭ ton bion.
“Who will find a courageous wife? Such a one is more precious than costly stones. The heart of her husband trusts in her; such a woman will not lack spoils, for she does her husband good all her life. [4] Having spun wool and flax, she made useful things with her hands; she became like a merchant ship, gathering her living from afar.
Prov 31:10–14 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Proverbs praises the capable wife who works for her household.
- Prov 31:10–14. This staged ref begins with Funk’s section 3 (its numeral was lost); section 4 is marked [4].
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): »Γυράϊπα → Γυναῖκα; augus ἐπὶ → θαρσεῖ ἐπὶ; σχύλων → σκύλων.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.8.4 (Funk 1:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.5Funk 1:23
καὶ ἀνίσταται ἐκ νυκτῶν καὶ ἔδωκεν βρώματα τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ ἔργα ταῖς θεραπαίναις" θεωρήσασα γεώργιον ἐπρίατο, ἀπὸ δὲ καρπῶν τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῆς ἐφύτευσεν κτῆμα.
kai anistatai ek nyktōn kai edōken brōmata tǭ oikǭ kai erga tais therapainais" theōrēsasa geōrgion epriato, apo de karpōn tōn cheirōn autēs ephyteusen ktēma.
“And she rises by night and gave food to the household and tasks to the maidservants; having looked at a field, she bought it, and from the fruit of her hands she planted a property.”
Prov 31:15–16 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The capable wife provides for the household and buys land.
- Prov 31:15–16.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): νυχτῶν → νυκτῶν.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.8.5 (Funk 1:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.6Funk 1:23
ἀναζωσαμένη τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτῆς ἤρεισεν τοὺς ἑαυτῆς βραχίονας, καὶ ἐγεύσατο, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἀποσβέννυται ὃ λύχνος αὐτῆς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα" τοὺς πήχεις αὐτῆς ἐκτείνει εἰς τὰ χρήσιμα, τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς ἐρείδει εἰς ἄτρακτον.
anazōsamenē tēn osphyn autēs ēreisen tous heautēs brachionas, kai egeusato, hoti kalon to ergazesthai, kai ouk aposbennytai ho lychnos autēs holēn tēn nykta" tous pēcheis autēs ekteinei eis ta chrēsima, tas cheiras autēs ereidei eis atrakton.
“Girding her loins, she strengthened her arms, and she tasted that working is good, and her lamp does not go out all night; she stretches out her forearms to useful things, she sets her hands to the spindle.”
Prov 31:17–19 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The capable wife works hard day and night.
- Prov 31:17–19.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.8.6 (Funk 1:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-8-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.7Funk 1:23
χεῖρας δὲ αὐτῆς διήνοιξεν πένητι, καρπὸν δὲ ἐξέτεινεν πτωχῷ.
cheiras de autēs diēnoixen penēti, karpon de exeteinen ptōchǭ.
“She opened her hands to the needy and stretched out fruit to the poor.”
Prov 31:20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The capable wife is generous to the poor.
- Prov 31:20.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.8.7 (Funk 1:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-8-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.8Funk 1:23
οὐ φροντίζει τῶν ἐν οἴκῳ ὃ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, πάντες γὰρ οἱ παρ᾽ αὐτῇ εἰσιν ἐνδεδυμένοι δισσὰς στολάς, καὶ χλαίνας ἐποίησεν τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς, ἐκ βύσσου καὶ πορφύρας ἐνδύματα.
ou phrontizei tōn en oikǭ ho anēr autēs, pantes gar hoi par᾽ autę̄ eisin endedymenoi dissas stolas, kai chlainas epoiēsen tǭ andri autēs, ek byssou kai porphyras endymata.
“Her husband has no worry about those at home, for all who are with her are clothed in double garments; and she made cloaks for her husband, garments of fine linen and purple.”
Prov 31:21–22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The capable wife clothes her household well.
- Prov 31:21–22.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.8.8 (Funk 1:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-8-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.9Funk 1:23–27
περίβλεπτος δὲ γίνεται ἐν πύλαις ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, ἡνίκα ἂν κάθηται ἐν συνεδρίῳ μετὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῶν κατοικούντων. 10. σινδόνας ἐποίησεν καὶ ἀπέδοτο τοῖς Φοίνιξιν, περιζώματα δὲ τοῖς Χαναναίοις" ἰσχὺν καὶ εὐπρέπειαν ἐνεδύσατο, καὶ εὐφράνθη ἐν ἡμέραις ἐσχάταις. 11. στόμα αὐτῆς διήνοιξεν σοφῶς καὶ προσηκόντος, καὶ τάξιν ἐστείλατο τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῆς" στεγναὶ διατριβαὶ οἴκων αὐτῆς, σῖτα δὲ ὀκνηρὰ οὐκ ἔφαγεν" τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς ἀνοίξει σοφῶς καὶ ἐννόμως, θεσμοὶ δὲ ἐλεημοσύνης ἐπὶ τῆς γλώσσης αὐτῆς. 12. ἀνέστησαν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ πλουτήσαντα ἤνεσαν αὐτήν, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἐπηνεσεν αὐτήν. πολλαὶ θυγατέρες ἐκτήσαντο πλοῦτον, πολλαὶ ἐποίησαν δύναμιν᾽ σὺ δὲ ὑπέρκεισαι καὶ ὑπερῆρας πάσας. 13. ψευδεῖς ἀρέσκειαι καὶ μάταιον κάλλος γυναικὸς μὴ ἔστω ἐν σοί· γυνὴ γὰρ εὐσεβὴς εὐλογεῖται, φόβον δὲ κυρίου αὐτὴ αἰνείτω. 14. δότε αὐτῇ ἀπὸ καρπῶν χειλέων αὐτῆς, καὶ αἰνείσθω ἐν πύλαις ὃ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς“. 15. καὶ πάλιν· ,,Γυνὴ ἀνδρεία στέφανος τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς“. καὶ πάλιν· ,,Πολλαὶ γυναῖκες ᾠκοδόμησαν οἶκον“. 16. μεμαθήκατε, ὁποῖα ἐγκώμια γυνὴ σώφρων καὶ φίλανδρος λαμβάνει ἀπὸ κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ. 17. εἰ πιστὴ καὶ ἀρεστὴ κυρίῳ βούλει εἶναι, ὦ γύναι, μὴ καλλωπίζου ἐπὶ τῷ ἀρέσκειν σε ἀλλοτρίοις ἀνδράσι", μηδὲ τὰ τῆς ἑταιριζομένης ἐμπλέγματα ἢ ἐνδύματα ἢ ὑποδέσεις μιμοῦ φορεῖν ἐπὶ τὸ ὑπάγεσθαί σε τοὺς εἰς τὰ τοιαῦτα παγιδευομένους. 18. καὶ γὰρ εἰ σὺ οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν ταῦτα ποιεῖς τὰ μύση, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ μόνον καλλωπίζεσθαι, οὐδ᾽ οὕτως ἐκφεύξῃ τὴν δίκην εἰς τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα, ἀναγκάσασα ἐπενεχθῆναί σοί τινα εἰς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαί σου, καὶ μὴ ἑαυτὴν φυλάξασα ἐπὶ τὸ μήτε σὲ ὑποπεσεῖν ἁμαρτίᾳ μήτε μὴν ἑτέρους σκανδάλῳ. εἰ δὲ καὶ ἁμαρτήσεις ἐνδοῦσα ἑαυτήν, καὶ σὺ ἐπλημμέλησας κἀκείνου ἔνοχος τῆς ψυχῆς ἐγένου. 19. εἶτα ἁμαρτήσασα ἐφ᾽ ἑνί, ὥσπερ ἀπογνοῦσα εἰσάπαξ, ἐφ᾽ ἑτέρου ἐκτραπήσῃ πάλιν ἀπηλγηκυῖα, καθά φησιν ὁ θεῖος λόγος" (Ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἀσεβὴς εἰς βάθος κακῶν, καταφρονεῖ· ἐπέρχεται δὲ αὐτῷ ἀτιμία καὶ ὄνειδος“. ἡ γὰρ τοιαύτη λοιπὸν ἀφειδῶς τετρωμένη παγιδεύει ψυχὰς ἀφρόνων. 20. μάθωμεν οὖν καὶ τὰς τοιαύτας πῶς θριαμβεύει ὃ θεῖος λόγος φάσκων· ,,Ἐμίσησα ὑπὲρ τὸν θάνατον σὺν τὴν γυναῖκα, ἥτις ἐστὶ θήρευμα καὶ σαγήνη καρδίας, δεσμοὶ δὲ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτῆς“. 21. καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις" ,,Ὧσπερ ἐνώτιον χρυσοῦν ἐν ῥινὶ ὑός, οὕτως γυναικὶ κακόφρονι κάλλος“. καὶ πάλιν" ,,(Ὥσπερ ἐν ξύλῳ σκώληξ, οὕτως ἀπόλλυσιν ἄνδρα γυνὴ κακοποιός“. 22. καὶ πάλιν", Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας ὑπαίθρου, ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς γλωσσώδους καὶ μαχίμης“. 23. μὴ οὖν μιμεῖσθε τὰς τοιαύτας γυναῖκας ὑμεῖς αἱ χριστιαναὶ ὑπάρχουσαι. πιστὴ δὲ θέλουσα εἶναι τῷ σῷ ἀνδρὶ πρόσεχε ἐπὶ τὸ ἀρέσκειν αὐτῷ μόνῳ, ἐν δὲ ταῖς πλατείαις σκέπουσα τὴν κεφαλήν σου" διὰ γὰρ τῆς ἐπικαλύψεως ἀποκλείσεις τὴν θέαν τοῖς περιεργοτέροις. 24. μὴ καταζωγράφει σου τὸ ὑπὸ θεοῦ πεποιημένον πρόσωπον" οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐν σοί, ὃ κοσμήσεως δέεται, ἐπείπερ (πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν“ ὁ θεὸς, ,,καλὰ λίαν“· ἀσελγὴς δὲ ἐν καλῷ ἐπικόσμησις τεχνίτου χάριν ἐνυβρίζει. κάτω βλέπουσα τὴν ὁδοιπορίαν σου ποιοῦ περικαλύπτουσα ἑαυτήν, καθὼς πρέπει γυναιξίν.
peribleptos de ginetai en pylais ho anēr autēs, hēnika an kathētai en synedriǭ meta tōn presbyterōn tōn katoikountōn. 10. sindonas epoiēsen kai apedoto tois Phoinixin, perizōmata de tois Chananaiois" ischyn kai euprepeian enedysato, kai euphranthē en hēmerais eschatais. 11. stoma autēs diēnoixen sophōs kai prosēkontos, kai taxin esteilato tę̄ glōssę̄ autēs" stegnai diatribai oikōn autēs, sita de oknēra ouk ephagen" to stoma autēs anoixei sophōs kai ennomōs, thesmoi de eleēmosynēs epi tēs glōssēs autēs. 12. anestēsan ta tekna autēs kai ploutēsanta ēnesan autēn, kai ho anēr autēs epēnesen autēn. pollai thygateres ektēsanto plouton, pollai epoiēsan dynamin᾽ sy de hyperkeisai kai hyperēras pasas. 13. pseudeis areskeiai kai mataion kallos gynaikos mē estō en soi; gynē gar eusebēs eulogeitai, phobon de kyriou autē aineitō. 14. dote autę̄ apo karpōn cheileōn autēs, kai aineisthō en pylais ho anēr autēs“. 15. kai palin; ,,Gynē andreia stephanos tǭ andri autēs“. kai palin; ,,Pollai gynaikes ǭkodomēsan oikon“. 16. memathēkate, hopoia enkōmia gynē sōphrōn kai philandros lambanei apo kyriou tou theou. 17. ei pistē kai arestē kyriǭ boulei einai, ō gynai, mē kallōpizou epi tǭ areskein se allotriois andrasi", mēde ta tēs hetairizomenēs emplegmata ē endymata ē hypodeseis mimou phorein epi to hypagesthai se tous eis ta toiauta pagideuomenous. 18. kai gar ei sy ouk epi to hamartanein tauta poieis ta mysē, epi de to monon kallōpizesthai, oud᾽ houtōs ekpheuxę̄ tēn dikēn eis ta meta tauta, anankasasa epenechthēnai soi tina eis to epithymēsai sou, kai mē heautēn phylaxasa epi to mēte se hypopesein hamartią mēte mēn heterous skandalǭ. ei de kai hamartēseis endousa heautēn, kai sy eplēmmelēsas kakeinou enochos tēs psychēs egenou. 19. eita hamartēsasa eph᾽ heni, hōsper apognousa eisapax, eph᾽ heterou ektrapēsę̄ palin apēlgēkuia, katha phēsin ho theios logos" (Hotan elthę̄ asebēs eis bathos kakōn, kataphronei; eperchetai de autǭ atimia kai oneidos“. hē gar toiautē loipon apheidōs tetrōmenē pagideuei psychas aphronōn. 20. mathōmen oun kai tas toiautas pōs thriambeuei ho theios logos phaskōn; ,,Emisēsa hyper ton thanaton syn tēn gynaika, hētis esti thēreuma kai sagēnē kardias, desmoi de hai cheires autēs“. 21. kai en allois" ,,Hōsper enōtion chrysoun en rhini hyos, houtōs gynaiki kakophroni kallos“. kai palin" ,,(Hōsper en xylǭ skōlēx, houtōs apollysin andra gynē kakopoios“. 22. kai palin", Kreisson oikein epi gōnias hypaithrou, ē meta gynaikos glōssōdous kai machimēs“. 23. mē oun mimeisthe tas toiautas gynaikas hymeis hai christianai hyparchousai. pistē de thelousa einai tǭ sǭ andri proseche epi to areskein autǭ monǭ, en de tais plateiais skepousa tēn kephalēn sou" dia gar tēs epikalypseōs apokleiseis tēn thean tois periergoterois. 24. mē katazōgraphei sou to hypo theou pepoiēmenon prosōpon" ouden gar en soi, ho kosmēseōs deetai, epeiper (panta, hosa epoiēsen“ ho theos, ,,kala lian“; aselgēs de en kalǭ epikosmēsis technitou charin enybrizei. katō blepousa tēn hodoiporian sou poiou perikalyptousa heautēn, kathōs prepei gynaixin.
“Her husband becomes admired in the gates, when he sits in council with the elders of the inhabitants. [10] She made fine linen cloths and sold them to the Phoenicians, and girdles to the Canaanites; she put on strength and dignity, and rejoiced in the last days. [11] She opened her mouth wisely and fittingly, and set her tongue in order; close-kept are the ways of her house, and she has not eaten the bread of idleness. She will open her mouth wisely and lawfully, and ordinances of mercy are on her tongue. [12] Her children rose up and, having grown rich, praised her, and her husband praised her: Many daughters have acquired wealth, many have done mightily; but you surpass and excel them all. [13] Let false charms and a woman’s vain beauty not be in you; for a pious woman is blessed; let her praise the fear of the Lord. [14] Give her of the fruits of her lips, and let her husband be praised in the gates.” [15] And again: “A courageous wife is a crown to her husband.” And again: “Many women have built a house.” [16] You have learned what praises a chaste woman who loves her husband receives from the Lord God. [17] If you wish to be faithful and pleasing to the Lord, O wife, do not adorn yourself so as to please other men, nor imitate a harlot by wearing her braids or garments or shoes, so as to draw on those who are snared by such things. [18] For even if you do not commit these abominations in order to sin, but only to adorn yourself, not even so will you escape punishment afterward, since you have forced someone to be drawn to desire you and did not guard yourself so that neither you would fall into sin nor others into stumbling. And if you give yourself up and sin, you too have done wrong and have become guilty of that man’s soul. [19] Then, having sinned with one, as if despairing once for all, you will turn aside again to another, having grown callous, as the divine word says: “When the ungodly comes into the depth of evils, he despises; but dishonour and reproach come upon him.” For such a woman, wounded now without restraint, ensnares the souls of the foolish. [20] Let us learn, then, how the divine word holds such women up to shame, saying: “I have hated more than death the woman who is a snare and a net for the heart, and her hands are fetters.” [21] And elsewhere: “As a gold ring in a pig’s snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.” And again: “As a worm in wood, so an evil-doing woman destroys a man.” [22] And again: “It is better to live in a corner of the open air than with a talkative and quarrelsome woman.” [23] Do not, then, imitate such women, you who are Christian women. But if you wish to be faithful to your husband, take care to please him alone, and in the streets cover your head; for by the veil you will shut off the sight of you from the overly curious. [24] Do not paint your face, which was made by God; for nothing in you needs adorning, since “all things that God made” are “very good”; but wanton embellishment of what is good insults the grace of the Craftsman. Walk with your eyes looking down, veiling yourself, as befits women.
Prov 31:23–31 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 12:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 14:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 18:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Eccl 7:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 11:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 25:20 (quotation, medium confidence) · Prov 21:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:31 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 11:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Proverbs on the capable wife is completed; wives must not adorn themselves to attract others, since that leads to sin, but should please their husbands, veil in public and not paint their faces.
- Funk’s sections 10–24 sit inside this staged ref because the OCR lost their numerals; they are marked [10]–[24]. A block of Funk’s apparatus that the OCR placed inside Prov 31:29 is removed. Quotations: Prov 31:23–31 (LXX, with the doublet in 31:26); Prov 12:4; Prov 14:1; Prov 18:3; Eccl 7:26 (“I have hated” for LXX “I find more bitter”); Prov 11:22; Prov 25:20a (LXX addition); Prov 21:9; Gen 1:31.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; apparatus and Scripture reference removed; section numeral misread; section numeral misread; OCR marks): κατοικούντων. το. σινδόνας → κατοικούντων. 10. σινδόνας; ἐσχάταις. τι. στόμα → ἐσχάταις. 11. στόμα; τέχνα αὐτῆς καὶ πλουτήσαντα → τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ πλουτήσαντα; Prov. 31, 10—31. κατ᾽ οἶκον v, - τῆς γῆς h p LXX | 23/4 σινδόνας — ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς 7 pi 93 φινοιξεν 0 | 24 ἰσχὺν ἢ D B : δόξαν a o p v A LXX | ηὐφράνθη o | 25 στόμα : τὸ ot. h | σοφὸς o | 25/26 προσεχόντως h , 26 στεγναὶ 4- δὲ a! 26/20 στεγναὶ — τέχνα αὐτῆς 2» o | 27 ἀνοίγει h | 28. ἐλεημοσύνης a p (?) αὐτῆς o | πολλαὶ - μὲν ο 81 ἐποιήσαντο o | καθυπέρκησαι o ii N ol → ; ψευδεῖς ἀρέσχειαι xol μάταιον κάλλος γυναικὸς ui) ἔστω ἐν Gol: → ψευδεῖς ἀρέσκειαι καὶ μάταιον κάλλος γυναικὸς μὴ ἔστω ἐν σοί·; τς. καὶ πάλιν" »Γυνὴ → 15. καὶ πάλιν· ,,Γυνὴ; mdAw' ,,Πολλαὶ γυναῖχες φκοδόμησαν οἶχον → πάλιν· ,,Πολλαὶ γυναῖκες ᾠκοδόμησαν οἶκον; φίλavógoc → φίλανδρος; κακῶ», καταφρονεῖ᾽ → κακῶν, καταφρονεῖ·; gáoxov: → φάσκων·; τὴ» γυναῖκα → τὴν γυναῖκα; ἐνώτιον" χρυσοῦν ἐν Qui ὑός → ἐνώτιον χρυσοῦν ἐν ῥινὶ ὑός; σχώληξ → σκώληξ; γυναῖχας ὑμεῖς → γυναῖκας ὑμεῖς; δέδται → δέεται; 0 θεὸς, ,xaAà λίαν““" → ὁ θεὸς, ,,καλὰ λίαν“·.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.8.9 (Funk 1:23–27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-8-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 9
1.9.0Funk 1:27
Περιίστασο καὶ τὴν ἐν βαλανείῳ μετὰ ἀνδρῶν ἄτακτον γινομένην λοῦσιν᾽ πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ δίκτυα τοῦ πονηροῦ. ἀνδρόγυνον γυνὴ πιστὴ μὴ λουέσθω᾽ εἰ γὰρ περικαλύπτεται τὸ πρόσωπον τὴν ἀπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίων ἀνδρῶν ὄψιν μετὰ αἰδοῦς κρύπτουσα, πῶς γυμνὴ μετὰ ἀνδρῶν ἡ τοιαύτη εἰς λουτρὸν εἰσελεύσεται; 2. γυναικείου δὲ ὄντος βαλανείου, εὐτάκτως μετὰ αἰδοῦς μεμετρημένως λουέσθω. 3. μὴ περισσοτέραν δὲ λοῦσιν ποιείσθω, μηδὲ πολλὴν μηδὲ πολλάκις μηδὲ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ἀλλ᾽ εἰ δυνατὸν μηδὲ καθʼ ἡμέραν. 4. ὥρα δέ σοι ἔστω τακτὴ ἡ τῆς καιρολουσίας δεκάτη"
Periistaso kai tēn en balaneiǭ meta andrōn atakton ginomenēn lousin᾽ polla gar ta diktya tou ponērou. androgynon gynē pistē mē louesthō᾽ ei gar perikalyptetai to prosōpon tēn ap᾽ allotriōn andrōn opsin meta aidous kryptousa, pōs gymnē meta andrōn hē toiautē eis loutron eiseleusetai? 2. gynaikeiou de ontos balaneiou, eutaktōs meta aidous memetrēmenōs louesthō. 3. mē perissoteran de lousin poieisthō, mēde pollēn mēde pollakis mēde en mesę̄ tę̄ hēmerą, all᾽ ei dynaton mēde kathʼ hēmeran. 4. hōra de soi estō taktē hē tēs kairolousias dekatē"
Avoid also the disorderly bathing with men that takes place in the bath; for many are the nets of the evil one. Let a believing woman not bathe in a bath for both sexes. For if she veils her face, hiding with modesty the sight of herself from strange men, how will such a woman go naked into the bath with men? [2] But if there is a bath for women, let her bathe in an orderly way, with modesty and moderation. [3] And let her not bathe to excess, nor long, nor often, nor in the middle of the day, but if possible not even every day. [4] Let your fixed hour for seasonable bathing be the tenth;
Notes and citation
Summary: A believing woman must not bathe with men, and should bathe modestly, rarely, and at the tenth hour.
- This staged ref holds Funk’s chapter 9, sections 1–4 (numerals lost); sections 2–4 are marked [2]–[4]. “In a bath for both sexes” renders ἀνδρόγυνον, taken as a mixed bath; it could also mean “with an effeminate man”.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀνόρῶν → ἀνδρῶν; ἡοιείσθω → ποιείσθω.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.9.0 (Funk 1:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-9-0). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.9.3Funk 1:27–29
δεῖ γάρ σε πιστὴν οὖσαν ἐκ παντὸς καὶ πάντοτε τὴν πολυόφθαλμον περιεργίαν φεύγειν.
dei gar se pistēn ousan ek pantos kai pantote tēn polyophthalmon periergian pheugein.
for you, being a believer, must in every way and always flee curiosity with its many eyes.
Notes and citation
Summary: A believing woman must always avoid the prying eyes of others.
- This is the continuation of 9.4 (Funk’s section 5). The staged refs 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 contain only Funk’s apparatus and are not translated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (apparatus fragment removed; stray letter removed): μὴ περισσοτέραν) Lavationes δεῖ → δεῖ; φεύγειν. A → φεύγειν..
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.9.3 (Funk 1:27–29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-9-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 1, chapter 10
1.10.1Funk 1:29
Τὸ δὲ μάχιμόν σου πρὸς πάντας, μάλιστα δὲ καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα σου, περίκοψον πιστὴ ὑπάρχουσα, ἵνα σου ὃ ἀνήρ, ἐὰν ᾖ πιστὸς ἢ ἐθνικός, μὴ διὰ σὲ σκανδαλισθεὶς βλασφημήσῃ θεὸν καὶ σὺ τοῦ οὐαὶ κληρονόμος εὑρεθῇς παρὰ θεῷ. ,,Οὐαὶ" γάρ, φησίν, ,,δι᾽ οὗ τὸ ὄνομά μου βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν“.
To de machimon sou pros pantas, malista de kai pros ton andra sou, perikopson pistē hyparchousa, hina sou ho anēr, ean ę̄ pistos ē ethnikos, mē dia se skandalistheis blasphēmēsę̄ theon kai sy tou ouai klēronomos heurethę̄s para theǭ. ,,Ouai" gar, phēsin, ,,di᾽ hou to onoma mou blasphēmeitai en tois ethnesin“.
Cut away your quarrelsomeness toward everyone, and above all toward your husband, since you are a believer, so that your husband, whether he is a believer or a heathen, may not stumble on your account and blaspheme God, and you be found before God an heir of the woe. For “woe,” it says, “to him through whom my name is blasphemed among the Gentiles.”
Isa 52:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 2:24 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A wife must give up quarrelling, lest her husband blaspheme God because of her.
- Isa 52:5 (cf. Rom 2:24), with “woe” added.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xoi πρὸς → καὶ πρὸς; ἐὰν ἢ) πιστὸς 7 ἐθνικός → ἐὰν ᾖ πιστὸς ἢ ἐθνικός; εὑρεθῆῇῆς → εὑρεθῇς; ,δ᾽ οὗ → ,,δι᾽ οὗ.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.10.1 (Funk 1:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.10.2Funk 1:29
εἰ δὲ πιστὸς ὑπάρχει σου ὁ ἀνήρ, ἀναγκασθήσεται ὡς εἰδὼς τὰς γραφὰς εἰπεῖν τὸ ῥῆμα τὸ γεγραμμένον ἐν τῇ Σοφίᾳ᾽,, Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν ἐρήμῳ, ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς γλωσσώδους καὶ μαχίμης“.
ei de pistos hyparchei sou ho anēr, anankasthēsetai hōs eidōs tas graphas eipein to rhēma to gegrammenon en tę̄ Sophią᾽,, Kreisson oikein en erēmǭ, ē meta gynaikos glōssōdous kai machimēs“.
But if your husband is a believer, he will be compelled, as one who knows the Scriptures, to say the word written in Wisdom: “It is better to live in a desert than with a talkative and quarrelsome woman.”
Prov 21:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A believing husband with a quarrelsome wife will quote Proverbs against her.
- Prov 21:19.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Gov ὃ ἀνήρ → σου ὁ ἀνήρ; οἶχεῖν → οἰκεῖν; γλωσσαδους → γλωσσώδους.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.10.2 (Funk 1:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.10.3Funk 1:29
αἱ οὖν γυναῖκες διὰ τῆς αἰδοῦς καὶ πραότητος τὴν θεοσέβειαν ἐνδείκνυσθε εἰς ἐπιστροφὴν καὶ προτροπὴν πίστεως καὶ τοῖς ἐκτὸς πᾶσιν εἴτε γυναιξὶν εἴτε ἀνδράσιν.
hai oun gynaikes dia tēs aidous kai praotētos tēn theosebeian endeiknysthe eis epistrophēn kai protropēn pisteōs kai tois ektos pasin eite gynaixin eite andrasin.
You wives, then, show your piety by your modesty and gentleness, for the conversion and encouragement to faith of all those outside, whether women or men.
1 Pet 3:1–2 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Wives should win outsiders to the faith by modesty and gentleness.
- Cf. 1 Pet 3:1–2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): γυναῖχες → γυναῖκες; ἐνδείκγνυῦθε → ἐνδείκνυσθε; ἐχτὸς → ἐκτὸς.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.10.3 (Funk 1:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.10.4Funk 1:29
καὶ εἰ δι᾽ ὀλίγων νουθετήσαντες ἐπαιδεύσαμεν ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφαὶ καὶ θυγατέρες καὶ μέλη ἡμῶν, ὡς σοφαὶ καὶ αὐταὶ ἀλοιδόρητοι τοῦ βίου, ἐκζητεῖτε μαθήματα γινώσκειν, δι᾽ ὧν δυνήσεσθε τῇ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἐγγίσαι βασιλείᾳ εὐαρέστως καὶ ἀναπαύσασθαι.
kai ei di᾽ oligōn nouthetēsantes epaideusamen hymas, adelphai kai thygateres kai melē hēmōn, hōs sophai kai autai aloidorētoi tou biou, ekzēteite mathēmata ginōskein, di᾽ hōn dynēsesthe tę̄ tou kyriou hēmōn engisai basileią euarestōs kai anapausasthai.
And if we have admonished and instructed you in few words, sisters and daughters and our members, as women who are wise and yourselves blameless in your life, seek to know the teachings through which you will be able to draw near, in a manner pleasing to him, to the kingdom of our Lord and to find rest.
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Summary: The women are urged to seek further teaching that leads to the kingdom.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): εἰ δ ὀλίγων → εἰ δι᾽ ὀλίγων; δὲ ὧν δυνήσεσθε → δι᾽ ὧν δυνήσεσθε.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 1.10.4 (Funk 1:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-1-10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 2, chapter 1
2.1.1Funk 1:31
Περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐπισκόπων οὕτως ἠκούσαμεν παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν" τὸν ποιμένα τὸν καθιστάμενον ἐπίσκοπον εἰς τὰς ἐκκλησίας ἐν πάσῃ παροικίᾳ δεῖ ὑπάρχειν ἀνέγκλητον, ἀνεπίληπτον, ἀνέπαφον πάσης ἀδικίας ἀνθρώπων, οὐχ ἔλαττον ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα, ὅτι τρόπῳ τινὶ τὰς νεωτερικὰς ἀταξίας καὶ τὰς ἔξωθεν διαβολὰς ἐκπεφευγὼς ὑπάρχει πρὸς τάς τινῶν ψευδαδέλφων εἰς πολλοὺς ἐπιφερομένας (βλασφημίας οὐ γινωσκόντων ῥῆμα θεοῦ τὸ ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ· Ὃς ἂν “λαλήσῃ ῥῆμα ἀργόν, ἀποδώσει περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγον τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως“, καὶ πάλιν᾽ Ἐκ τῶν λόγων σου δικαιωθήσῃ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν λόγων σου καταδικασθήσῃ".
Peri de tōn episkopōn houtōs ēkousamen para tou kyriou hēmōn" ton poimena ton kathistamenon episkopon eis tas ekklēsias en pasę̄ paroikią dei hyparchein anenklēton, anepilēpton, anepaphon pasēs adikias anthrōpōn, ouch elatton etōn pentēkonta, hoti tropǭ tini tas neōterikas ataxias kai tas exōthen diabolas ekpepheugōs hyparchei pros tas tinōn pseudadelphōn eis pollous epipheromenas (blasphēmias ou ginōskontōn rhēma theou to en tǭ Euangeliǭ; Hos an “lalēsę̄ rhēma argon, apodōsei peri autou logon tǭ kyriǭ en hēmerą kriseōs“, kai palin᾽ Ek tōn logōn sou dikaiōthēsę̄, kai ek tōn logōn sou katadikasthēsę̄".
Concerning bishops we have heard thus from our Lord. The shepherd who is appointed bishop for the churches in every district must be blameless, irreproachable, untouched by any wickedness of men, not less than fifty years old; for such a one has in some measure escaped the disorders of youth and the slanders of outsiders, and stands proof against the blasphemies that certain false brothers bring against many, not knowing the word of God in the Gospel: “Whoever speaks an idle word will give account of it to the Lord in the day of judgment,” and again: “By your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
1 Tim 3:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Titus 1:6–7 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 12:36–37 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: A bishop must be blameless and at least fifty years old, beyond youthful disorders and slander.
- 1 Tim 3:2; Titus 1:6–7; Matt 12:36–37.
- Books 1–6 of the Constitutions rework the Didascalia; book 2 reworks Didascalia book 2 (the chapter divisions of the two works do not always coincide).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπισχόπων → ἐπισκόπων; γεωτερικὰς → νεωτερικὰς; ἐχπεφευγὼς → ἐκπεφευγὼς; φευδαδέλφων → ψευδαδέλφων; EVayysAlo: → Εὐαγγελίῳ·.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. Apost. 2 (Didascalia Apostolorum; quotation)
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.1.1 (Funk 1:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.1.2Funk 1:31–33
ἔστω οὖν, εἰ δυνατόν, πεπαιδευμένος· εἰ δὲ καὶ ἀγράμματος, ἀλλ οὖν ἔμπειρος τοῦ λόγου, καθήκων τῇ ἡλικίᾳ.
estō oun, ei dynaton, pepaideumenos; ei de kai agrammatos, all oun empeiros tou logou, kathēkōn tę̄ hēlikią.
Let him then be educated, if possible; but if he is unlettered, let him at least be skilled in the word, and of suitable age.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop should be educated if possible, and at least skilled in the word.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; apparatus (Scripture references and line numbers) removed): εἰ dvrarér, πεπαιδευμένος" si ὁὲ → εἰ δυνατόν, πεπαιδευμένος· εἰ δὲ; δ Tit. I, 6. 7; I Tim. 5, 2. — 10 Mt. 12, 36. — 11 Mt. 12, 37. → .
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.1.2 (Funk 1:31–33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.1.3Funk 1:33
εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐν παροικίᾳ μικρῷ ὑπαρχούσῃ που προβεβηκὼς τῷ χρόνῳ μὴ εὑρίσκηται μεμαρτυρημένος καὶ σοφὸς εἰς ἐπισκοπὴν κατασταθῆναι, νέος δὲ ᾖ ἐκεῖ, μεμαρτυρημένος ὑπὸ τῶν συνόντων αὐτῷ ὡς ἄξιος ἐπισκοπῆς, διὰ τῆς νεότητος ἐν πραότητι καὶ εὐταξίᾳ γῆρας ἐπιδεικνύμενος, δοκιμασθείς, εἰ ὑπὸ τῶν πάντων οὕτως μαρτυρεῖται, καθιστάσθω ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
ei de kai en paroikią mikrǭ hyparchousę̄ pou probebēkōs tǭ chronǭ mē heuriskētai memartyrēmenos kai sophos eis episkopēn katastathēnai, neos de ę̄ ekei, memartyrēmenos hypo tōn synontōn autǭ hōs axios episkopēs, dia tēs neotētos en praotēti kai eutaxią gēras epideiknymenos, dokimastheis, ei hypo tōn pantōn houtōs martyreitai, kathistasthō en eirēnę̄.
But if in a small district no one advanced in years is found who is well attested and wise enough to be appointed to the episcopate, but there is a young man there, attested by those who live with him as worthy of the episcopate, who in his youth shows the maturity of age by gentleness and good order, let him be examined, and if he is so attested by all, let him be appointed in peace.
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Summary: In a small place a well-attested young man may be made bishop.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): εὑρίσχηται utμαρτυρημένος → εὑρίσκηται μεμαρτυρημένος; γέος δὲ 1) ἐχεῖ → νέος δὲ ᾖ ἐκεῖ; dc ἄξιος ἐπισχοπῆς → ὡς ἄξιος ἐπισκοπῆς; ἔν πραότητι → ἐν πραότητι.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.1.3 (Funk 1:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.1.4Funk 1:33
καὶ γὰρ Σολομὼν δωδεκαετὴς τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν, καὶ Ἰωσίας ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὀκτὼ ἐτῶν ἐβασίλευσεν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ἰωὰς ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἦρξεν τοῦ λαοῦ.
kai gar Solomōn dōdekaetēs tou ᾿Israēl ebasileusen, kai Iōsias en dikaiosynę̄ oktō etōn ebasileusen, homoiōs de kai Iōas hepta etōn ērxen tou laou.
For Solomon reigned over Israel at twelve years old, and Josiah reigned in righteousness at eight, and likewise Joash ruled the people at seven.
1 Kgs 2:12 (allusion, low confidence) · 2 Kgs 22:1 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 11:21 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Young kings of Israel and Judah show that youth need not bar a man from office.
- Solomon’s age of twelve comes from the LXX addition at 3 Kgdms 2:12, not the Hebrew; Josiah: 2 Kgs 22:1; Joash: 2 Kgs 11:21.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὀχτὼ → ὀκτὼ.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.1.4 (Funk 1:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.1.5Funk 1:33
ὥστε εἰ καὶ νέος, ἀλλὰ πρᾶος ὑπαρχέτω δεῖλός τε καὶ ἡσύχιος, ὅτι λέγει διὰ τοῦ Ἡσαΐου κύριος ὃ θεός" , Ἐπὶ τίνα ἐπιβλέψω, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἐπὶ τὸν πρᾶον καὶ ἡσύχιον καὶ τρέμοντά μου τοὺς λόγους διαπαντός“; ὁμοίως: καὶ ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ οὕτως" ,, Μακάριοι οἱ πραεῖς, ὅτι αὐτοὶ κληρονομήσουσι τὴν γῇν“.
hōste ei kai neos, alla praos hyparchetō deilos te kai hēsychios, hoti legei dia tou Hēsaïou kyrios ho theos" , Epi tina epiblepsō, all᾽ ē epi ton praon kai hēsychion kai tremonta mou tous logous diapantos“? homoiōs: kai en tǭ Euangeliǭ houtōs" ,, Makarioi hoi praeis, hoti autoi klēronomēsousi tēn gę̄n“.
So even if he is young, let him be gentle, timid and quiet, for the Lord God says through Isaiah: “On whom shall I look, but on the gentle and quiet who trembles at my words always?” Likewise in the Gospel too: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
Isa 66:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A young bishop must be gentle and quiet, as Isaiah and the Beatitudes teach.
- Isa 66:2; Matt 5:5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xai νέος → καὶ νέος.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.1.5 (Funk 1:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.1.6Funk 1:33
ἔστω δὲ καὶ ἐλεήμων, ὅτι πάλιν εἴρηται· ,, Μακάριοι οἱ ἐλεήμονες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐλεηθήσονται“
estō de kai eleēmōn, hoti palin eirētai; ,, Makarioi hoi eleēmones, hoti autoi eleēthēsontai“
Let him also be merciful, for again it is said: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”
Matt 5:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must be merciful.
- Matt 5:7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πάλι" εἴρηται" → πάλιν εἴρηται·.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.1.6 (Funk 1:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-1-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.1.7Funk 1:33
ἔστω δὲ καὶ εἰρηνοποιός, ὅτι πάλιν λέγει",, Μακάριοι οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί, ὅτι αὐτοὶ υἱοὶ θεοῦ κληθήσονται“. 8. γινέσθω δὲ καὶ εὐσυνείδητος, πάσης κακίας καὶ πονηρίας καὶ ἀδικίας κεκαθαρμένος, ὅτι πάλιν εἴρηται ,, Μακάριοι οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ, ὅτι αὐτοὶ τὸν θεὸν ὄψονται“
estō de kai eirēnopoios, hoti palin legei",, Makarioi hoi eirēnopoioi, hoti autoi huioi theou klēthēsontai“. 8. ginesthō de kai eusyneidētos, pasēs kakias kai ponērias kai adikias kekatharmenos, hoti palin eirētai ,, Makarioi hoi katharoi tę̄ kardią, hoti autoi ton theon opsontai“
Let him also be a peacemaker, for again it says: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” [8] And let him be of good conscience, cleansed of all malice and wickedness and injustice, for again it is said: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
Matt 5:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must be a peacemaker and pure in heart.
- Funk’s section 8 sits inside this staged ref (numeral misread); marked [8]. Matt 5:9, 8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral misread): εἰρηvootoi → εἰρηνοποιοί; κληθήσονται“. ὃ. γινέσθω → κληθήσονται“. 8. γινέσθω; κεχαθαρμένος → κεκαθαρμένος.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.1.7 (Funk 1:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-1-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 2, chapter 2
2.2.1Funk 1:33
Ἔστω οὖν καὶ νηφάλιος, σώφρων, κόσμιος“, εὐσταθής, ἀτάραχος, (μὴ πάροινος, μὴ πλήκτης, ἀλλ ἐπιεικής, ἄμαχος, ἀφιλάργυρος" μὴ νεόφυτος, ἵνα μὴ τυφωθεὶς εἰς κρίμα ἐμπέσῃ τοῦ διαβόλου, ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται““
Estō oun kai nēphalios, sōphrōn, kosmios“, eustathēs, atarachos, (mē paroinos, mē plēktēs, all epieikēs, amachos, aphilargyros" mē neophytos, hina mē typhōtheis eis krima empesę̄ tou diabolou, hoti pas ho hypsōn heauton tapeinōthēsetai““
Let him then be sober, chaste, orderly, steadfast, untroubled; not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money; not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil; for “everyone who exalts himself will be humbled.”
1 Tim 3:2–3 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 3:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 14:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The qualities of a bishop from 1 Timothy are listed.
- 1 Tim 3:2–3, 6; Luke 14:11.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xol ονηφάλιος → καὶ νηφάλιος; ἀφιλἄργυρος → ἀφιλάργυρος.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.2.1 (Funk 1:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.2.2Funk 1:33–35
τοιοῦτον δὲ, δεῖ εἶναι τὸν ἐπίσκοπον" μιᾶς ἄνδρα“ γεγενημένον ,γυναικὸς““ μονογάμου, καλῶς τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προεστῶτα“.
toiouton de, dei einai ton episkopon" mias andra“ gegenēmenon ,gynaikos““ monogamou, kalōs tou idiou oikou proestōta“.
Such must the bishop be: one who has been “the husband of one wife,” a wife who has herself been married only once, “who rules his own house well.”
1 Tim 3:2 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 3:4 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: A bishop must be the husband of one wife who herself has married only once, and rule his household well.
- 1 Tim 3:2, 4. The added word μονογάμου (“married only once”) qualifies the wife: she too must not have had another husband.
Topics: Church office, Marriage, Divorce and remarriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.2.2 (Funk 1:33–35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.2.3Funk 1:35
οὕτως γὰρ δοκιμαζέσθω, ὁπόταν τὴν χειροτονίαν λαμβάνων καθίσταται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς" εἰ ἔστι σεμνός, πιστὸς καὶ κόσμιος, εἰ γυναῖκα σεμνὴν καὶ πιστὴν ἔχει ἢ ἔσχηκεν, εἰ τέκνα θεοσεβῶς ἀναθρέψας καὶ ἐν νουθεσίᾳ κυρίου παιδεύσας προήγαγεν, εἰ οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον αὐτοῦ, εὐλαβούμενοι καὶ ἐντρεπόμενοι αὐτόν, ὑπήκοοι πάντες εἰσὶν αὐτῷ.
houtōs gar dokimazesthō, hopotan tēn cheirotonian lambanōn kathistatai en tǭ topǭ tēs episkopēs" ei esti semnos, pistos kai kosmios, ei gynaika semnēn kai pistēn echei ē eschēken, ei tekna theosebōs anathrepsas kai en nouthesią kyriou paideusas proēgagen, ei hoi kat᾽ oikon autou, eulaboumenoi kai entrepomenoi auton, hypēkooi pantes eisin autǭ.
For let him be examined thus when he receives ordination and is appointed to the seat of the episcopate: whether he is grave, faithful and orderly; whether he has or has had a wife who is grave and faithful; whether he has brought up his children piously, trained them in the admonition of the Lord and brought them forward; whether those of his household reverence and respect him and all obey him.
Eph 6:4 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 3:4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At ordination a bishop’s character, wife, children and household are examined.
- Eph 6:4; 1 Tim 3:4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπισχοπῆς → ἐπισκοπῆς; xai ἐν νουθεσίᾳ → καὶ ἐν νουθεσίᾳ; εἰ oí κατ᾽ οἶχον → εἰ οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον.
Topics: Church office, Marriage
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.2.3 (Funk 1:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.2.4Funk 1:35
εἰ γὰρ οἱ κατὰ σάρκα ἴδιοι αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτὸν στασιάζουσιν καὶ ἀπειθοῦσιν, πῶς οἱ ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἴδιοι γενόμενοι αὐτῷ ὑποταγήσονται;
ei gar hoi kata sarka idioi autou pros auton stasiazousin kai apeithousin, pōs hoi exō tēs oikias autou idioi genomenoi autǭ hypotagēsontai?
For if his own kin according to the flesh rebel against him and disobey, how will those outside his house become his own and be subject to him?
1 Tim 3:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A man who cannot govern his own family cannot govern the church.
- Cf. 1 Tim 3:5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): θάρκα → σάρκα; σταδιάξουσιν → στασιάζουσιν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.2.4 (Funk 1:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 2, chapter 3
2.3.1Funk 1:35
Δοκιμαζέσθω οὖν, εἰ ἄμωμός ἐστιν περὶ τὰς βιωτικὰς χρείας" γέγραπται γάρ· Μωμοσκοπεῖσθε τὸν μέλλοντα εἰς ἱερωσύνην προχειρίζεσθαι“.
Dokimazesthō oun, ei amōmos estin peri tas biōtikas chreias" gegraptai gar; Mōmoskopeisthe ton mellonta eis hierōsynēn procheirizesthai“.
Let him be examined, then, whether he is blameless in the affairs of life; for it is written: “Inspect for blemish the one who is to be advanced to the priesthood.”
Lev 21:17 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop’s everyday conduct must be examined for blemish.
- The quotation is not in the Old Testament in this form; it may echo Lev 21:17–23 on priests without blemish (uncertain).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Δοκιμαξέσθω → Δοκιμαζέσθω; ydg: »Δωμοσκοπεῖσθε → γάρ· Μωμοσκοπεῖσθε.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.3.1 (Funk 1:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.3.2Funk 1:35
ὑπαρχέτω οὖν καὶ ἀόργητος, ὅτι λέγει ἡ Σοφία" ,, Ὀργὴ καὶ φρονίμους ἀπόλλυσιν“.
hyparchetō oun kai aorgētos, hoti legei hē Sophia" ,, Orgē kai phronimous apollysin“.
Let him then be free from anger, for Wisdom says: “Anger destroys even the prudent.”
Prov 15:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must not be prone to anger.
- Prov 15:1 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): λέγει 7 Σοφία → λέγει ἡ Σοφία.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.3.2 (Funk 1:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.3.3Funk 1:35
ἔστω δὲ εὔσπλαγχνος, ἀβάναυσος, ἀγαπητικός, ὅτι λέγει κύριος" ,, Ἐν τούτῳ γνώσονται πάντες, ὅτι ἐμοὶ μαθηταί ἐστε, ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους“.
estō de eusplanchnos, abanausos, agapētikos, hoti legei kyrios" ,, En toutǭ gnōsontai pantes, hoti emoi mathētai este, ean agapate allēlous“.
Let him be compassionate, courteous, loving, for the Lord says: “By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
John 13:35 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must be compassionate and loving.
- John 13:35.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.3.3 (Funk 1:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 2, chapter 4
2.4.1Funk 1:35–37
Ἔστω καὶ εὐμετάδοτος, φιλόχηρος, φιλόξενος, ὑπηρετικός, εὐδιάκονος, εὔσκυλτος, ἀνεπαίσχυντος, εἰδὼς τὸν μᾶλλον ὄντα ἄξιον ὑπολήψεως.
Estō kai eumetadotos, philochēros, philoxenos, hypēretikos, eudiakonos, euskyltos, anepaischyntos, eidōs ton mallon onta axion hypolēpseōs.
Let him be generous, a lover of widows, a lover of strangers, ready to serve, a good minister, willing to take trouble, not ashamed, knowing who is more worthy of support.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must be generous and know who most deserves help.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.4.1 (Funk 1:35–37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4.2Funk 1:37
εἰ γὰρ χήρα τις ὑπάρχουσα ἡ δυναμένη ἐπαρκεῖν ἐν τῷ βίῳ τὰ χρηστήρια, ἑτέρα δὲ οὐ χήρα, ἀλλ ἐνδεὴς ὑπάρχει καὶ διὰ νόσον ἢ τεκνοτροφίαν ἢ δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν χειρῶν, ἐπὶ ταύτην μᾶλλον ἐκτεινάτω τὴν χεῖρα.
ei gar chēra tis hyparchousa hē dynamenē eparkein en tǭ biǭ ta chrēstēria, hetera de ou chēra, all endeēs hyparchei kai dia noson ē teknotrophian ē di᾽ astheneian cheirōn, epi tautēn mallon ekteinatō tēn cheira.
For if there is a widow who is able to supply herself with the necessities of life, while another, not a widow, is in need through illness or the rearing of children or weakness of hands, let him rather stretch out his hand to her.
Notes and citation
Summary: Aid should go first to those in real need, even if not widows.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): εἰ yàg → εἰ γὰρ; ἡ óvvaμένη → ἡ δυναμένη; τεχνοτροφίαν → τεκνοτροφίαν; δὶ ἀσθένειαν → δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.4.2 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4.3Funk 1:37
εἰ δέ τις ὡς καταφαγᾶς ἢ μέθυσος ἢ ἀργὸς ἐν τοῖς βιωτικοῖς θλίβεται, οὐκ ἔστιν ἄξιος ἐπικουρίας, οὔτε μὴν ἐκκλησίας θεοῦ.
ei de tis hōs kataphagas ē methysos ē argos en tois biōtikois thlibetai, ouk estin axios epikourias, oute mēn ekklēsias theou.
But if someone is in distress in his livelihood because he is a glutton or a drunkard or idle, he is not worthy of help, nor indeed of the church of God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Gluttons, drunkards and the idle are not to be helped.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐκκλησίας toU. → ἐκκλησίας θεοῦ..
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.4.3 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4.4Funk 1:37
λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ περὶ τούτων φάσκουσα, ὅτι, κρύψας ὀκνηρὸς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὸν κόλπον οὐ δυνήσεται ἀπενεγκεῖν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ“.
legei gar hē graphē peri toutōn phaskousa, hoti, krypsas oknēros tēn cheira autou hypo ton kolpon ou dynēsetai apenenkein autēn eis to stoma autou“.
For the Scripture says of them: “The sluggard who has hidden his hand in his bosom will not be able to bring it to his mouth.”
Prov 19:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 26:15 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Proverbs on the sluggard is quoted.
- Prov 19:24; 26:15.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): λέγει γὰρ 7 γραφὴ → λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ; φάσχουσα → φάσκουσα; ὀχνηρὸς → ὀκνηρὸς; χόλπον → κόλπον.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.4.4 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4.5Funk 1:37
καὶ πάλιν" ,(Ὁ ἀργὸς περιέλαβεν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγεν τὰς σάρκας αὐτοῦ᾽ πᾶς γὰρ μέθυσος καὶ πορνοκόπος πτωχεύσει, καὶ ἐνδύσεται διερρωγότα καὶ ῥακωδη πᾶς ὑπνωδης“.
kai palin" ,(Ho argos perielaben tas cheiras autou kai ephagen tas sarkas autou᾽ pas gar methysos kai pornokopos ptōcheusei, kai endysetai dierrōgota kai rhakōdē pas hypnōdēs“.
And again: “The idle man folded his hands and ate his own flesh. For every drunkard and fornicator will become poor, and every drowsy man will be clothed in tatters and rags.”
Eccl 4:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 23:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Idleness and drunkenness bring poverty.
- Eccl 4:5; Prov 23:21 (LXX).
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.4.5 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-4-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4.6Funk 1:37
καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις᾽,, Ἐὰν δὲ εἰς τὰς φιάλας καὶ τὰ ποτήρια δῷς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου, ὕστερον περιπατήσεις γυμνότερος ὑπέρου“.
kai en allois᾽,, Ean de eis tas phialas kai ta potēria dǭs tous ophthalmous sou, hysteron peripatēseis gymnoteros hyperou“.
And elsewhere: “But if you set your eyes on the bowls and the cups, afterward you will walk about more naked than a pestle.”
Prov 23:31 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Love of drink leads to destitution.
- Prov 23:31 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): yuuróTtQog → γυμνότερος.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.4.6 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-4-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4.7Funk 1:37
ὡς ἀληθῶς γὰρ μήτηρ ἐστὶν ἡ ἀργία τοῦ λιμοῦ.
hōs alēthōs gar mētēr estin hē argia tou limou.
For truly idleness is the mother of famine.
Notes and citation
Summary: Idleness breeds hunger.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.4.7 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-4-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 2, chapter 5
2.5.1Funk 1:37
Ἔστω δὲ ὃ ἐπίσκοπος ἀπροσωπόληπτος, μήτε πλούσιον ἐντρεπόμενος ἢ κολακεύων παρὰ τὸ προσῆκον, μήτε πένητα παρορῶν ἢ καταδυναστεύων.
Estō de ho episkopos aprosōpolēptos, mēte plousion entrepomenos ē kolakeuōn para to prosēkon, mēte penēta parorōn ē katadynasteuōn.
Let the bishop show no partiality, neither deferring to the rich nor flattering them beyond what is fitting, nor overlooking or oppressing the poor.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must not favour the rich or neglect the poor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπίσχοπος → ἐπίσκοπος; παρ, ὁρῶν → παρορῶν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.5.1 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.5.2Funk 1:37
,,Οὐ λήψῃ“ γάρ, φησὶν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Μωσῇ, ,πρόσωπον πλουσίου, καὶ πένητα οὐκ ἐλεήσεις ἐν κρίσει, ὅτι τοῦ κυρίου ἡ κρίσις“ καὶ πάλιν ,,Δικαίως διώξει τὸ δίκαιον“.
,,Ou lēpsę̄“ gar, phēsin ho theos tǭ Mōsę̄, ,prosōpon plousiou, kai penēta ouk eleēseis en krisei, hoti tou kyriou hē krisis“ kai palin ,,Dikaiōs diōxei to dikaion“.
“You shall not accept,” God says to Moses, “the person of the rich, nor pity the poor in judgment, for the judgment is the Lord’s”; and again: “You shall pursue what is just justly.”
Lev 19:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 23:3 (quotation, medium confidence) · Deut 1:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 16:20 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The Law forbids partiality in judgment.
- Lev 19:15; Exod 23:3; Deut 1:17; Deut 16:20.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): φησὶν» ὁ θεὸς τῷ Mooij → φησὶν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Μωσῇ.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.5.2 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.5.3Funk 1:37
τροφῇ καὶ ποτῷ λυσιτελὴς καὶ αὐτάρκης ὑπαρχέτω ὁ ἐπίσκοπος, ἵνα δυνηθῇ νήφειν πρὸς τὸ νουθετεῖν τοὺς ἀπαιδεύτους" ἔστω μὴ δάπανος, μὴ τρυφητής, μὴ ἡδύβιος, μὴ χρηστοφάγος.
trophę̄ kai potǭ lysitelēs kai autarkēs hyparchetō ho episkopos, hina dynēthę̄ nēphein pros to nouthetein tous apaideutous" estō mē dapanos, mē tryphētēs, mē hēdybios, mē chrēstophagos.
Let the bishop be frugal and content in food and drink, so that he may be sober to admonish the uninstructed; let him not be extravagant, not luxurious, not pleasure-loving, not fond of dainties.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must be frugal in food and drink.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.5.3 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.5.4Funk 1:37
ἔστω δὲ ἀνεξίκακος, μακρόθυμος ἐν ταῖς νουθεσίαις, πολυδιδακτικός, μελετῶν καὶ σπουδάζων ἐν τοῖς κυριακαῖς βίβλοις, πολὺς ἐν ἀναγνώσμασιν, ἵνα τὰς γραφὰς ἐπιμελῶς ἑρμηνεύῃ, ὁμοστοίχως τοῖς Προφήταις καὶ τῷ Νόμῳ τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον ἑρμηνεύων ὁμοίως τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ στοιχείτωσαν αἱ ἐκ Νόμου καὶ Προφητῶν ἑρμηνεῖαι.
estō de anexikakos, makrothymos en tais nouthesiais, polydidaktikos, meletōn kai spoudazōn en tois kyriakais biblois, polys en anagnōsmasin, hina tas graphas epimelōs hermēneuę̄, homostoichōs tois Prophētais kai tǭ Nomǭ to Euangelion hermēneuōn homoiōs tǭ Euangeliǭ stoicheitōsan hai ek Nomou kai Prophētōn hermēneiai.
Let him be patient under wrong, long-suffering in his admonitions, a diligent teacher, meditating and studying in the books of the Lord, much given to reading, so that he may interpret the Scriptures carefully, interpreting the Gospel in harmony with the Prophets and the Law; and likewise let the interpretations drawn from the Law and the Prophets agree with the Gospel.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must study Scripture and interpret the Gospel and the Law and Prophets in harmony.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἔστω ὁὲ → ἔστω δὲ; toig → τοῖς; τῷ Nóuo τὸ → τῷ Νόμῳ τὸ.
Topics: Church office, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.5.4 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
2.5.5Funk 1:37
λέγει γὰρ ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς", Ἐρευνᾶτε τὰς γραφάς, ὅτι αὗταί εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ“, καὶ πάλιν" ,,Περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ Μωσῆς ἔγραψεν“...
legei gar ho kyrios Iēsous", Ereunate tas graphas, hoti hautai eisin hai martyrousai peri emou“, kai palin" ,,Peri gar emou Mōsēs egrapsen“...
For the Lord Jesus says: “Search the Scriptures, for they are what testify about me”; and again: “For Moses wrote about me.”
John 5:39 (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:46 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ says the Scriptures testify to him.
- John 5:39, 46.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,llhtgi γὰρ ἐμοῦ “Μωσῆς → ,,Περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ Μωσῆς.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Christology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.5.5 (Funk 1:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
2.5.6Funk 1:37–39
πρὸ πάντων δὲ διαστολεὺς ἀγαθὸς γινέσθω, νόμον καὶ δευτέρωσιν διαιρῶν, καὶ δεικνύων, τί νόμος ἐστὶν πιστῶν καὶ τί δεσμὰ ἀπίστων, ἵνα μή τις ὑποπέσῃ τοῖς δεσμοῖς.
pro pantōn de diastoleus agathos ginesthō, nomon kai deuterōsin diairōn, kai deiknyōn, ti nomos estin pistōn kai ti desma apistōn, hina mē tis hypopesę̄ tois desmois.
Above all let him be a good discerner, distinguishing the law from the second legislation, and showing what is the law of believers and what are the bonds of unbelievers, so that no one may fall under the bonds.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop must distinguish the law from the ‘second legislation’.
- On the “second legislation” see 1.6.7–9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πρὸ πάντων ὁὲ → πρὸ πάντων δὲ.
Topics: Church office, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.5.6 (Funk 1:37–39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-5-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
2.5.7Funk 1:39
ἐπιμελοῦ οὖν τοῦ λόγου, ἐπίσκοπε, ἵνα, εἰ δυνατόν σοι, πάντα κατὰ λέξιν ἑρμηνεύσῃς καὶ ἐν πολλῇ διδαχῇ πλουσίως τρέφῃς καὶ ποτίζῃς τὸν λαόν σου τὸν φωτισμὸν τοῦ νόμου. ,,Φωτίσατε“ γάρ, φησὶν ὃ θεός, ἑαυτοῖς φῶς γνώσεως, ὡς ἔτι καιρός“
epimelou oun tou logou, episkope, hina, ei dynaton soi, panta kata lexin hermēneusę̄s kai en pollę̄ didachę̄ plousiōs trephę̄s kai potizę̄s ton laon sou ton phōtismon tou nomou. ,,Phōtisate“ gar, phēsin ho theos, heautois phōs gnōseōs, hōs eti kairos“
Take care, then, of the word, O bishop, so that, if you can, you may interpret everything word by word, and with much teaching feed your people richly and give them to drink the light of the law. For “Enlighten yourselves,” says God, “with the light of knowledge, while there is still time.”
Hos 10:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop must teach his people thoroughly.
- Hos 10:12 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ποτίζηῃης τὸν λαό; σου → ποτίζῃς τὸν λαόν σου; νόμου. ο, Φωτίσατε“ → νόμου. ,,Φωτίσατε“.
Topics: Church office, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.5.7 (Funk 1:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/1-0-1/#p-2-5-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.