Apostolic Constitutions 3.11.1–4.14.3

Apostolic 3, chapter 11

3.11.1Funk 1:201

Ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε τοῖς λοιποῖς κληρικοῖς ἐπιτρέπομεν βαπτίζειν, οἷον ἀναγνώσταις ἢ ψάλταις ἢ πυλωροῖς ἢ ὑπηρέταις, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ μόνοις ἐπισκόποις καὶ πρεσβυτέροις, ἐξυπηρετουμένων αὐτοῖς τῶν διακόνων.

All᾽ oute tois loipois klērikois epitrepomen baptizein, hoion anagnōstais ē psaltais ē pylōrois ē hypēretais, all᾽ ē monois episkopois kai presbyterois, exypēretoumenōn autois tōn diakonōn.

But neither do we permit the other clergy to baptize, such as readers or singers or doorkeepers or servants, but only bishops and presbyters, with the deacons ministering to them.

Notes and citation

Summary: Only bishops and presbyters baptize, assisted by deacons.

Topics: Baptism, Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.11.1 (Funk 1:201; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-11-1). (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.

3.11.2Funk 1:201

οἱ δὲ τολμῶντες τοῦτο τῶν Κορειτῶν ὑποίσουσι τὴν δίκην.

hoi de tolmōntes touto tōn Koreitōn hypoisousi tēn dikēn.

Those who dare to do this will suffer the penalty of the followers of Korah.

Num 16:31–35 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Those who usurp baptism will be punished like Korah’s band.

Num 16.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.11.2 (Funk 1:201; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.11.3Funk 1:201–203

οὐκ ἐπιτρέπομεν δὲ πρεσβυτέροις χειροτονεῖν διακόνους ἢ διακονίσσας ἢ ἀναγνώστας ἢ ὑπηρέτας ἢ ᾠδοὺς ἢ πυλωρούς, ἀλλὰ μόνοις τοῖς ἐπισκόποις᾽ αὕτη γάρ ἐστι τάξις ἐκκλησιαστικὴ καὶ ἁρμονία.

ouk epitrepomen de presbyterois cheirotonein diakonous ē diakonissas ē anagnōstas ē hypēretas ē ǭdous ē pylōrous, alla monois tois episkopois᾽ hautē gar esti taxis ekklēsiastikē kai harmonia.

And we do not permit presbyters to ordain deacons or deaconesses or readers or servants or singers or doorkeepers, but only the bishops; for this is the order and harmony of the church.

Notes and citation

Summary: Only bishops may ordain to any order.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): διαxóvovc ἢ διατονίσσας → διακόνους ἢ διακονίσσας; φδοὺς ἢ xvAOρούς → ᾠδοὺς ἢ πυλωρούς.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.11.3 (Funk 1:201–203; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-11-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 3, chapter 12

3.12.1Funk 1:203

Περὶ δὲ φθόνου ἢ ζήλου ἢ καταλαλιᾶς ἢ ἔριδος ἢ φιλονεικίας προείρηται ὑμῖν, ὅτι ταῦτα Χριστιανοῦ ἀλλότρια, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπὶ χηρῶν.

Peri de phthonou ē zēlou ē katalalias ē eridos ē philoneikias proeirētai hymin, hoti tauta Christianou allotria, kai malista epi chērōn.

As to envy or jealousy or slander or strife or contentiousness, it has been said to you before that these are foreign to a Christian, and especially to widows.

Notes and citation

Summary: Envy and strife are foreign to Christians, especially widows.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.12.1 (Funk 1:203; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.12.2Funk 1:203

ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὁ ἐνεργῶν διάβολος πολύτροπος καὶ ποικίλος ὑπάρχων εἰς τὰς μὴ χήρας ἐμπομπεύει, ὡς καί ποτε εἰς τὸν Κάϊν· ἔνιαι γὰρ λέγουσιν εἶναι χῆραι, τὰ δὲ τῆς χηρείας ἄξια παραγγέλματα οὐ ποιοῦσιν, ὡς οὐδὲ ὁ Καὶν τὰ ἀδελφικὰ δικαιώματα· ἀγνοοῦσιν γάρ, ὡς οὐ τὸ ὄνομα τῆς χηρείας εἰς βασιλείαν αὐτὰς εἰσάξει, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ ἀληθὴς πίστις καὶ τὰ ὅσια ἔργα" εἰ δέ τις τὸ μὲν ὄνομα τῆς χηρείας κέκτηται, ἐπιτελεῖ δὲ τὰ τοῦ ἀντικειμένου ἐπιτηδεύματα, ἡ μὲν χηρεία αὐτῆς οὐ λογισθήσεται, ἐξωσθεῖσα δὲ τῆς βασιλείας αἰωνίᾳ κολάσει παραδοθήσεται.

epeidē de ho energōn diabolos polytropos kai poikilos hyparchōn eis tas mē chēras empompeuei, hōs kai pote eis ton Kaïn; eniai gar legousin einai chērai, ta de tēs chēreias axia parangelmata ou poiousin, hōs oude ho Kain ta adelphika dikaiōmata; agnoousin gar, hōs ou to onoma tēs chēreias eis basileian autas eisaxei, all᾽ hē alēthēs pistis kai ta hosia erga" ei de tis to men onoma tēs chēreias kektētai, epitelei de ta tou antikeimenou epitēdeumata, hē men chēreia autēs ou logisthēsetai, exōstheisa de tēs basileias aiōnią kolasei paradothēsetai.

But since the devil, who is at work, being cunning and many-sided, makes his entry into those who are not true widows, as once into Cain — for some say they are widows, but do not do the precepts worthy of widowhood, as Cain did not do the duties of a brother; for they do not know that it is not the name of widowhood that will bring them into the kingdom, but true faith and holy works — if, then, a woman has the name of widowhood but carries out the practices of the adversary, her widowhood will not be counted, but she will be thrust out of the kingdom and handed over to eternal punishment.

Gen 4:8 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 John 3:12 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A widow in name only who does the devil’s works will be shut out of the kingdom.

Gen 4:8; 1 John 3:12.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; line break and line number removed; stray line number removed): τὸν Kai»: → τὸν Κάϊν·; τῆς χηρείας 5 ἄξια → τῆς χηρείας ἄξια; δικαιώματα ἀγνοοῦσιν → δικαιώματα· ἀγνοοῦσιν; ἀλλ ἡ ἀληθὴς → ἀλλ᾽ ἡ ἀληθὴς; λογισθήσε- 10 ται → λογισθήσεται.

Topics: Church office, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.12.2 (Funk 1:203; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.12.3Funk 1:203

ἀκούομεν γάρ τινας χήρας ζηλοτύπους, φθονεράς, διαβόλους, βασκαινούσας ταῖς ἑτέρων ἀνέσεσιν᾽ αἱ δὲ τοιαῦται οὐκ εἰσὶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ οὐδὲ τῆς ἐκείνου διδασκαλίας μαθήτριαι.

akouomen gar tinas chēras zēlotypous, phthoneras, diabolous, baskainousas tais heterōn anesesin᾽ hai de toiautai ouk eisin tou Christou oude tēs ekeinou didaskalias mathētriai.

For we hear that some widows are jealous, envious, slanderous, begrudging others their relief; such women are not disciples of Christ or of his teaching.

Notes and citation

Summary: Jealous widows are not Christ’s disciples.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): βασχαινούσας → βασκαινούσας.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.12.3 (Funk 1:203; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.12.4Funk 1:203

δέον γὰρ αὐτάς, ἐνδυθείσης αὐτῶν συγχήρας ὑπό τινος ἢ λαβούσης ἀργύρια ἢ τροφὴν ἢ πόμα ἢ ὑπόδεσιν, θεασαμένας τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν ἀναψύξασαν εἰπεῖν·

deon gar autas, endytheisēs autōn synchēras hypo tinos ē labousēs argyria ē trophēn ē poma ē hypodesin, theasamenas tēn adelphēn autōn anapsyxasan eipein;

For when a fellow widow of theirs has been clothed by someone, or has received money or food or drink or shoes, they ought, seeing their sister refreshed, to say:

Notes and citation

Summary: Widows should rejoice when a fellow widow is helped.

The prayer follows in 13.1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray line number removed): ἀργύρια 15 ἢ → ἀργύρια ἢ; εἰπεῖν" ᾿ → εἰπεῖν·.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.12.4 (Funk 1:203; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-12-4). (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.

Apostolic 3, chapter 13

3.13.1Funk 1:203

Εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἀναψύξας μου τὴν συγχήραν" εὐλόγησον, κύριε, καὶ δόξασον τὸν διαχονήσαντα αὐτῇ, καὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ ἀναβαίη ἐν ἀληθείᾳ πρὸς σέ, καὶ μνησθήσῃ αὐτοῦ εἰς ἀγαθὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπισκοπῆς αὐτοῦ" καὶ τὸν ἐπίσκοπόν μου τὸν καλῶς σοι λειτουργήσαντα καὶ διδάξαντα εὔκαιρον ἐλεημοσύνην γυμνῇ οὔσῃ τῇ συγχήρᾳ μου γενέσθαι, προσθείης αὐτῷ δόξαν καὶ δῴης αὐτῷ στέφανον καυχήσεως ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀποκαλύψεως ἐπισκοπῆς σου.

Eulogētos ho theos ho anapsyxas mou tēn synchēran" eulogēson, kyrie, kai doxason ton diachonēsanta autę̄, kai to ergon autou anabaiē en alētheią pros se, kai mnēsthēsę̄ autou eis agathon en hēmerą episkopēs autou" kai ton episkopon mou ton kalōs soi leitourgēsanta kai didaxanta eukairon eleēmosynēn gymnę̄ ousę̄ tę̄ synchērą mou genesthai, prostheiēs autǭ doxan kai dǭēs autǭ stephanon kauchēseōs en hēmerą apokalypseōs episkopēs sou.

“Blessed is God, who has refreshed my fellow widow. Bless, O Lord, and glorify the one who ministered to her, and may his work go up in truth to you, and may you remember him for good in the day of his visitation. And my bishop, who has served you well and taught that seasonable alms should be given to my fellow widow when she was naked — add glory to him, and give him a crown of boasting in the day of the revelation of your visitation.”

1 Pet 2:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Thess 2:19 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The model prayer of a widow giving thanks for gifts to her fellow widow, the donor and the bishop.

Cf. 1 Pet 2:12; 1 Thess 2:19.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray line number removed): αὐτοῦ 30 εἰς → αὐτοῦ εἰς; ἐπίσχοπόν μου" → ἐπίσκοπόν μου; συγγήρῳ → συγχήρᾳ; ὁόξαν → δόξαν; δώῃς → δῴης.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.13.1 (Funk 1:203; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.13.2Funk 1:203–205

ὁμοίως καὶ ἣ λαβοῦσα χήρα τὸ ἔλεος συμπροσευχέσθω τῷ διδόντι αὐτῇ τὴν διακονίαν.

homoiōs kai hē labousa chēra to eleos symproseuchesthō tǭ didonti autę̄ tēn diakonian.

Likewise let the widow who has received the alms pray together with the one who gave her the help.

Notes and citation

Summary: The widow who receives should pray with her benefactor.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (line break and line number removed): συμ- 25 προσευχέσθω → συμπροσευχέσθω.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.13.2 (Funk 1:203–205; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 3, chapter 14

3.14.1Funk 1:205

Ἡ μέντοι εὖ ποιοῦσα ἀποκρυψάτω τὸ οἰκεῖον ὄνομα ὡς σοφή, ,,μὴ σαλπίζουσα ἔμπροσθεν“ αὐτῆς, ἵνα γένηται ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη ἐν κρυπτῷ πρὸς θεόν, καθώς φησιν ὁ κύριος, ὅτι ,,Σοῦ δὲ ποιοῦντος τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ γνώτω ἡ ἀριστερά σου, τί ποιεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου, ὅπως ᾖ σου ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ“ καὶ ἡ χήρα προσευχέσθω ὑπὲρ τοῦ δεδωκότος, ὅστις ποτ᾽ ἂν ᾖ, ἅγιον θυσιαστήριον θεοῦ ὑπάρχουσα, ,,καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει τῷ εὖ ποιήσαντι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ“.

Hē mentoi eu poiousa apokrypsatō to oikeion onoma hōs sophē, ,,mē salpizousa emprosthen“ autēs, hina genētai hē eleēmosynē en kryptǭ pros theon, kathōs phēsin ho kyrios, hoti ,,Sou de poiountos tēn eleēmosynēn mē gnōtō hē aristera sou, ti poiei hē dexia sou, hopōs ę̄ sou hē eleēmosynē en tǭ kryptǭ“ kai hē chēra proseuchesthō hyper tou dedōkotos, hostis pot᾽ an ę̄, hagion thysiastērion theou hyparchousa, ,,kai ho patēr ho blepōn en tǭ kryptǭ apodōsei tǭ eu poiēsanti en tǭ phanerǭ“.

The woman who does good, however, should, as a wise woman, hide her own name, “not sounding a trumpet before” herself, so that the alms may be in secret before God, as the Lord says: “But when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret”; and let the widow pray for the giver, whoever it may be, since she is a holy altar of God, “and the Father who sees in secret will reward” the one who did good “openly.”

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Matt 6:2–4 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Donors should give secretly, and the widow should pray for them.

Matt 6:2–4 (with “openly”, as in some manuscripts of Matt 6:4). The last words of the quotation were misplaced by the OCR into 14.3 and are restored here by a logged correction.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; line misplaced by the OCR into 14.3 restored here): ποιοῖσα ἀποχρυψάτω → ποιοῦσα ἀποκρυψάτω; ,,(μὴ σαλπίζουσα ἔμπροσθενʼ“ → ,,μὴ σαλπίζουσα ἔμπροσθεν“; xabac φησιν ὃ κύριος, ὅτι ,,000 δὲ → καθώς φησιν ὁ κύριος, ὅτι ,,Σοῦ δὲ; ὅπως ] σου ἢ ἐλεημοσύνη → ὅπως ᾖ σου ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη; καὶ 7 χήρα → καὶ ἡ χήρα; ποτ ἂν jj, → ποτ᾽ ἂν ᾖ,; ,xai ó πατὴρ ὃ Baer» ἐν → ,,καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει τῷ εὖ ποιήσαντι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ“..

Topics: Prayer, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.14.1 (Funk 1:205; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-14-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.14.2Funk 1:205

ἀλλ᾽ αἱ μὴ κατ᾽ ἐντολὴν θεοῦ ζῆν θέλουσαι χῆραι φροντίζουσιν πολυπευστεῖν, τίς ἡ διακονησαμένη καὶ τίνες αἱ λαβοῦσαι, καὶ μαθοῦσα ἐπιμέμφεται τῇ διακονησαμένῃ λέγουσα, ὅτι οὐκ ἤδεις, ὅτι ἐγώ σοι μᾶλλον ἐγγυτέρα παρ᾽ ἐκείνην ὑπῆρχον καὶ μᾶλλον παρ᾽ ἐκείνην θλιβομένη; τί οὖν προετίμησας ἐκείνην ἐμοῦ;

all᾽ hai mē kat᾽ entolēn theou zēn thelousai chērai phrontizousin polypeustein, tis hē diakonēsamenē kai tines hai labousai, kai mathousa epimemphetai tę̄ diakonēsamenę̄ legousa, hoti ouk ēdeis, hoti egō soi mallon engytera par᾽ ekeinēn hypērchon kai mallon par᾽ ekeinēn thlibomenē? ti oun proetimēsas ekeinēn emou?

But the widows who do not wish to live according to God’s commandment take care to find out who the woman was who gave help and who the women were who received it; and having learned it, one of them blames the woman who gave, saying: Did you not know that I was nearer to you than she, and more afflicted than she? Why then did you prefer her to me?

Notes and citation

Summary: Envious widows complain that others were helped before them.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐγώ 60, μᾶλλον → ἐγώ σοι μᾶλλον.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.14.2 (Funk 1:205; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-14-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.14.3Funk 1:205–207

ταῦτα δὲ λέγει ἄφρων ὑπάρχουσα, οὐ νοοῦσα, ὅτι οὐκ ἀνθρώπου τοῦτο θέλημα γέγονεν, ἀλλὰ θεοῦ πρόσταγμα. εἰ γὰρ μαρτυρεῖ αὕτη, ὅτι ἐγγυτέρω ὑπῆρχεν καὶ ἐν πλείονι ἐνδείᾳ ἐξητάζετο καὶ μᾶλλον αὐτὴ γυμνὴ ἢ ἐκείνη, ὀφείλει νοεῖν τὸν διαταξάμενον καὶ ἀποσιγήσασα καὶ μὴ μεμψαμένη τὴν διακονήσασαν, εἰσελθοῦσα εἰς οἶκον ἑαυτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἑαυτὴν βαλοῦσα ἱκετεῦσαι τὸν θεὸν ἀφεθῆναι αὐτῇ τὸ πλημμέλημα.

tauta de legei aphrōn hyparchousa, ou noousa, hoti ouk anthrōpou touto thelēma gegonen, alla theou prostagma. ei gar martyrei hautē, hoti engyterō hypērchen kai en pleioni endeią exētazeto kai mallon autē gymnē ē ekeinē, opheilei noein ton diataxamenon kai aposigēsasa kai mē mempsamenē tēn diakonēsasan, eiselthousa eis oikon heautēs kai epi prosōpon heautēn balousa hiketeusai ton theon aphethēnai autę̄ to plēmmelēma.

She says these things in her folly, not understanding that this was not the will of a man but the command of God. For if she testifies that she was nearer and in greater need and more naked than that woman, she ought to understand who gave the order, and to keep silent and not blame the woman who gave, but to go into her house, cast herself on her face, and entreat God that her transgression be forgiven her.

Notes and citation

Summary: The complaining widow should be silent and ask forgiveness instead of blaming the donor.

A line of 14.1 placed here by the OCR, with some stray marks, is removed (and restored in 14.1).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; line misplaced by the OCR (belongs to 14.1) and stray marks removed): xol ἐπὶ πρόσωπον → καὶ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον; τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει τῷ εὖ ποιήσαντι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ“. 2 ὦ ^ , - 3 → .

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.14.3 (Funk 1:205–207; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-14-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.14.4Funk 1:207

ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἐνετείλατο τῇ εὖ ποιούσῃ μὴ τραγῳδεῖν τὴν εὐποιίαν, ἡ δὲ ἐμέμφετο, ὅτι μὴ ἐκήρυξεν αὑτῆς τὸ ὄνομα, ἵνα καὶ αὐτὴ μαθοῦσα δράμῃ εἰς τὸ λαβεῖν· καὶ οὐ μόνον ἐμέμφετο, ἀλλά γε καὶ κατηρᾶτο αὐτῇ, ἐπιλαθομένη τοῦ εἰπόντος" ,,Ὁ εὐλογῶν σε εὐλόγηται, καὶ ὃ καταρώμενός σε κεκατήραται“.

ho gar theos eneteilato tę̄ eu poiousę̄ mē tragǭdein tēn eupoiian, hē de emempheto, hoti mē ekēryxen hautēs to onoma, hina kai autē mathousa dramę̄ eis to labein; kai ou monon emempheto, alla ge kai katērato autę̄, epilathomenē tou eipontos" ,,Ho eulogōn se eulogētai, kai ho katarōmenos se kekatēratai“.

For God commanded the woman who does good not to make a show of her good deed; but this woman blamed her for not proclaiming her own name, so that she too, learning of it, might run to receive; and not only did she blame her, but she even cursed her, forgetting him who said: “He who blesses you is blessed, and he who curses you is cursed.”

Num 24:9 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The envious widow even curses the donor, forgetting that curses return on the curser.

Num 24:9.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks removed): εὖ ποιούσῃ * ΄. Ba , μὴ τραγῳδεῖν → εὖ ποιούσῃ μὴ τραγῳδεῖν; ἡ Ób ἐμέμφετο → ἡ δὲ ἐμέμφετο; ἐχήρυξεν 2 - » - , ^ αὑτῆς → ἐκήρυξεν αὑτῆς; sic τὸ λαβεῖν" → εἰς τὸ λαβεῖν·; κεκατήραταις. → κεκατήραται“..

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.14.4 (Funk 1:207; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-14-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.14.5Funk 1:207

λέγει δὲ ὁ κύριος· ,,Ὅταν εἰσέρχησθε εἰς οἶκον, λέγετε" εἰρήνη τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ἐὰν ᾖ ἐκεῖ υἱὸς εἰρήνης, ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν ἐπαναπαύσεται ἐπʼ αὐτόν" ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ ἄξιος, ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐπιστρέψει“.

legei de ho kyrios; ,,Hotan eiserchēsthe eis oikon, legete" eirēnē tǭ oikǭ toutǭ, kai ean ę̄ ekei huios eirēnēs, hē eirēnē hymōn epanapausetai epʼ auton" ean de mē ę̄ axios, hē eirēnē hymōn pros hymas epistrepsei“.

And the Lord says: “When you enter a house, say: Peace to this house; and if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; but if he is not worthy, your peace will return to you.”

Luke 10:5–6 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:12–13 (quotation, medium confidence)

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Summary: Christ teaches that peace not received returns to the giver.

Luke 10:5–6 with Matt 10:12–13.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): λέγει δὲ ὃ κύριος. (Ὅταν εἰσέρχησθε εἰς οἶχον → λέγει δὲ ὁ κύριος· ,,Ὅταν εἰσέρχησθε εἰς οἶκον; ἐὰν p ἐκεῖ → ἐὰν ᾖ ἐκεῖ; ἐὰν δὲ μὴ 5 ἄξιος → ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ ἄξιος; ἐπιστρέψει". → ἐπιστρέψει“..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.14.5 (Funk 1:207; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-14-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 3, chapter 15

3.15.1Funk 1:207

Εἰ οὖν ἡ εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τοὺς πέμψαντας αὐτὴν ἐπὶ ἐκείνους πάλιν ἐπιστρέφει ἐπὶ τοὺς προηκαμένους αὐτὴν διὰ τὸ μὴ εὑρεῖν ἀξίους αὐτῆς, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἡ κατάρα ἐπιστρέψει εἰς κεφαλὴν τοῦ ἀδίκως αὐτὴν ἐκπέμψαντος, ὡς οὐκ ἀξίου ὄντος τοῦ λαβεῖν αὐτὴν ἐκείνου, πρὸς ὅνπερ ἐξαπεστάλη.

Ei oun hē eirēnē epi tous pempsantas autēn epi ekeinous palin epistrephei epi tous proēkamenous autēn dia to mē heurein axious autēs, pollǭ mallon hē katara epistrepsei eis kephalēn tou adikōs autēn ekpempsantos, hōs ouk axiou ontos tou labein autēn ekeinou, pros honper exapestalē.

If, then, peace returns to those who sent it out, because it did not find the others worthy of it, much more will a curse return upon the head of the one who sent it out unjustly, since the one to whom it was sent was not worthy to receive it.

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Summary: An unjust curse returns on the head of the one who utters it.

The first clause is awkward in the Greek and is translated by sense.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐχείνου → ἐκείνου.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.15.1 (Funk 1:207; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-15-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.15.2Funk 1:207

πᾶς γὰρ ὃ μάτην λοιδορῶν ἑαυτὸν ἀρᾶται, καθά φησιν ὁ Σολομών· ,,Ὥσπερ ὄρνεα πέτονται καὶ στρουθοί, οὕτως ἀρὰ ματαία οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται ἐπʼ οὐδενί“, καὶ πάλιν λέγει" ,,Οἱ δὲ ἐκφέροντες λοιδορίας ἀφρονέστατοί εἰσιν“.

pas gar ho matēn loidorōn heauton aratai, katha phēsin ho Solomōn; ,,Hōsper ornea petontai kai strouthoi, houtōs ara mataia ouk epeleusetai epʼ oudeni“, kai palin legei" ,,Hoi de ekpherontes loidorias aphronestatoi eisin“.

For everyone who reviles without cause curses himself, as Solomon says: “As birds and sparrows fly away, so a vain curse will come upon no one”; and again he says: “But those who utter revilings are most foolish.”

Prov 26:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 10:18 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Groundless curses harm only the curser.

Prov 26:2; Prov 10:18.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὃ XoAoucov: ,Q0xto ὄρνεα → ὁ Σολομών· ,,Ὥσπερ ὄρνεα; οὐδενί", → οὐδενί“,; ,,.Οἱ δὲ → ,,Οἱ δὲ; slow'*. → εἰσιν“..

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.15.2 (Funk 1:207; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-15-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.15.3Funk 1:207

ὥσπερ δὲ ἡ μέλισσα ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτῆς ἀσθενὴς οὖσα, ἐπὰν πλήξῃ τινά, τὸ κέντρον ἀποβάλλει καὶ γίνεται στεῖρα, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὃ ἐὰν ποιήσητε ἄδικον εἰς ἑτέρους, τοῦτο εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ἐνεργήσετε. ,,Λάκκον“ γὰρ ,,ὤρυξεν καὶ ἀνέσκαψεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς βόθρον, ὃν εἰργάσατο“, καὶ πάλιν· ,,Ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς αὐτόν“. οὐκοῦν ὃ φεύγων κατάραν ἕτερον μὴ καταράσθω· ,,Ὁ“ γὰρ ,,μισεῖς σοὶ γενέσθαι, οὐδὲ ἄλλῳ ποιήσεις“.

hōsper de hē melissa en tę̄ dynamei autēs asthenēs ousa, epan plēxę̄ tina, to kentron apoballei kai ginetai steira, ton auton tropon kai hymeis, ho ean poiēsēte adikon eis heterous, touto eis heautous energēsete. ,,Lakkon“ gar ,,ōryxen kai aneskapsen auton, kai empeseitai eis bothron, hon eirgasato“, kai palin; ,,Ho oryssōn bothron tǭ plēsion autou empeseitai eis auton“. oukoun ho pheugōn kataran heteron mē katarasthō; ,,Ho“ gar ,,miseis soi genesthai, oude allǭ poiēseis“.

And as the bee, weak in its strength, loses its sting and becomes barren when it stings someone, in the same way you too will bring upon yourselves whatever wrong you do to others. For “he dug a pit and hollowed it out, and he will fall into the hole that he made”; and again: “He who digs a pit for his neighbour will fall into it.” So let one who would escape a curse not curse another; for “what you hate to have done to you, you shall not do to another.”

Ps 7:15 (7:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 26:27 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Wrongs done to others recoil on the doer, as the stinging bee and the pit-digger show.

Ps 7:15 (LXX 7:16); Prov 26:27; the golden rule as in 1.1.7 (cf. Tob 4:15).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): στείρα → στεῖρα; ,, Adxxov' γὰρ, ,,ὠρυξεν → ,,Λάκκον“ γὰρ ,,ὤρυξεν; xáAw' ,,O ὀρύσσων → πάλιν· ,,Ὁ ὀρύσσων; εἰς αὐτόν". οὐκοῦν → εἰς αὐτόν“. οὐκοῦν; καταράσθω: → καταράσθω·.

Extrabiblical texts: Tob 4:15 (Tobit [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.15.3 (Funk 1:207; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-15-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.15.4Funk 1:207–209

διὸ νουθετεῖτε τὰς ἀπειθεῖς, ἐπιπλήσσετε ταῖς ἀναισχύντοις, παρακαλεῖτε τὰς ὀλιγοψύχους, ἰσχυροποιεῖτε τὰς ἀσθενούσας, ἐπαινεῖτε τὰς ἐν ὁσιότητι ὁδευούσας· εὐλογείτωσαν μᾶλλον καὶ μὴ λοιδορείτωσαν, εἰρηνοποιείτωσαν καὶ μὴ πόλεμον ἐμποιείτωσαν.

dio noutheteite tas apeitheis, epiplēssete tais anaischyntois, parakaleite tas oligopsychous, ischyropoieite tas asthenousas, epaineite tas en hosiotēti hodeuousas; eulogeitōsan mallon kai mē loidoreitōsan, eirēnopoieitōsan kai mē polemon empoieitōsan.

Therefore admonish the disobedient, rebuke the shameless, encourage the faint-hearted, strengthen the weak, praise those who walk in holiness. Let them bless rather than revile, make peace and not stir up war.

1 Thess 5:14 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: The clergy must admonish, encourage and promote peace among the widows.

Cf. 1 Thess 5:14. A long block of Funk’s apparatus that the OCR placed inside this section is removed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; apparatus removed): αὐτὴν » b o 11 ἐπιστρέψει d, ἀναστρέφει h | ἐπὶ 79 d | 12 αὑτῆς m | πολὺ a | ἐπιστρέφει b d | 18 τοῦ 7 a | 14 Orneo . Ov b o | 15 πέτανται bdmo p cf. LXX | 16 στρουθία o | ἐπ᾽ 79 m v | 17 ἐπιφέροντες λοιδορίαν T pv|28 τῷ πλησίον : ante βόθρον h, 7 m p v | αὐτοῦ a : αὐτὸς ἢ, D bdmopv|esig αὐτὸν ἐμπεσεῖται m p v | 28/24 οὐκοῦν — καταράσθω 24 σοὶ 7» m | 24/26 γενέσθαι col p, σὺ (0?) γεν. σοὶ b do |25 οὐδέ : - σὺ b, σοὶ o p | ἄλλῳ : ἄλλο p, ἄλλον σοὶ a | 26 τοῖς h | ὀλιγοψυχούσας b h o v → ; ἐσχυροποιεῖτε → ἰσχυροποιεῖτε; ὁδευούσας᾿ → ὁδευούσας·.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.15.4 (Funk 1:207–209; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-15-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.15.5Funk 1:209

μήτε οὖν ἐπίσκοπος μήτε πρεσβύτερος μήτε διάκονος μήτε ἄλλος τις ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ λοιδορίᾳ τὴν γλῶσσαν μολυνέτω, ἵνα μὴ ἀντὶ εὐλογίας κατάραν κληρονομήσῃ. ἔστω δὲ σπουδὴ καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ, ὅπως μηδὲ λαϊκὸς κατάραν ἐκφέρῃ· περὶ πάντων γὰρ αὐτῷ μέλειν ὀφείλει, περὶ κληρικῶν, περὶ παρθένων, περὶ χηρῶν, περὶ λαϊκῶν.

mēte oun episkopos mēte presbyteros mēte diakonos mēte allos tis ek tou katalogou tou hieratikou loidorią tēn glōssan molynetō, hina mē anti eulogias kataran klēronomēsę̄. estō de spoudē kai epimeleia tǭ episkopǭ, hopōs mēde laïkos kataran ekpherę̄; peri pantōn gar autǭ melein opheilei, peri klērikōn, peri parthenōn, peri chērōn, peri laïkōn.

Let neither bishop nor presbyter nor deacon nor anyone else on the roll of the priesthood defile his tongue with reviling, lest instead of a blessing he inherit a curse. And let the bishop be zealous and careful that no layman either utters a curse; for he must care for all — for clergy, for virgins, for widows, for laity.

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Summary: No cleric or layman may curse; the bishop must care for all.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπίσχοπος → ἐπίσκοπος; ἐπισχόπῳ → ἐπισκόπῳ; ἐχφέρῃ" → ἐκφέρῃ·.

Topics: Church office, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.15.5 (Funk 1:209; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-15-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 3, chapter 16

3.16.1Funk 1:209

Διὰ τοῦτο, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, τοὺς συνεργούς σου τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἐργάτας διακόνους εὐαρέστους προχειρίζου, οὓς ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ δοκιμάζεις εἶναι ἀξίους καὶ εἰς τὰς τῆς διακονίας χρείας εὐσκύλτους. προχείρισαι δὲ καὶ διάκονον πιστὴν καὶ ἁγίαν εἰς τὰς τῶν γυναικῶν ὑπηρεσίας. ἔστι γάρ, ὁπόταν ἔν τισιν οἰκίαις ἄνδρα διάκονον γυναιξὶν οὐ δύνασαι πέμπειν διὰ τοὺς ἀπίστους· ἀποστελεῖς οὖν γυναῖκα διάκονον διὰ τὰς τῶν φαύλων διανοίας.

Dia touto, ō episkope, tous synergous sou tēs zōēs kai tēs dikaiosynēs ergatas diakonous euarestous procheirizou, hous ek pantos tou laou dokimazeis einai axious kai eis tas tēs diakonias chreias euskyltous. procheirisai de kai diakonon pistēn kai hagian eis tas tōn gynaikōn hypēresias. esti gar, hopotan en tisin oikiais andra diakonon gynaixin ou dynasai pempein dia tous apistous; aposteleis oun gynaika diakonon dia tas tōn phaulōn dianoias.

Therefore, O bishop, appoint as your fellow workers, workers of life and righteousness, deacons who are pleasing to God, whom you have tested out of the whole people and found worthy and ready for the needs of the ministry. Appoint also a deaconess who is faithful and holy for the services to women. For there are times when you cannot send a male deacon to women in certain houses because of unbelievers; you will therefore send a woman deacon, because of the thoughts of the wicked.

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Summary: The bishop appoints deacons, and a deaconess for ministry to women where a man cannot go.

“Deaconess” renders διάκονος with the feminine article; “woman deacon” renders γυνὴ διάκονος.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray numerals removed; OCR slip): εὐαρέστους 950 προχειρίζου, QUc ἐκ → εὐαρέστους προχειρίζου, οὓς ἐκ; διὰ τοὺς ἀπίστους ἀποστελεῖς → διὰ τοὺς ἀπίστους· ἀποστελεῖς; γυναῖχα διάχονον → γυναῖκα διάκονον.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.16.1 (Funk 1:209; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.16.2Funk 1:209–211

καὶ γὰρ εἰς πολλὰς χρείας γυναικὸς χρήζομεν διακόνου. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἐν τῷ φωτίζεσθαι γυναῖκας ὃ διάκονος χρίσει μὲν μόνον τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῶν τῷ ἁγίῳ ἐλαίῳ, καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτὸν ἡ διάκονος ἀλείψει αὐτάς" οὐ γὰρ ἀνάγκη τὰς γυναῖκας ὑπὸ ἀνδρῶν κατοπτεύεσθαι.

kai gar eis pollas chreias gynaikos chrēzomen diakonou. kai prōton men en tǭ phōtizesthai gynaikas ho diakonos chrisei men monon to metōpon autōn tǭ hagiǭ elaiǭ, kai met᾽ auton hē diakonos aleipsei autas" ou gar anankē tas gynaikas hypo andrōn katopteuesthai.

For we need a woman deacon for many needs. And first, when women are being baptized, the deacon shall anoint only their forehead with the holy oil, and after him the deaconess shall anoint them; for there is no need for women to be looked upon by men.

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Summary: At women’s baptism the deacon anoints the forehead and the deaconess the rest.

“Baptized” renders φωτίζεσθαι (“to be enlightened”). The Didascalia parallel is in its chapter 3.12.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): χρίσει uiv μόνον → χρίσει μὲν μόνον; xci uev αὐτὸν → καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτὸν.

Topics: Baptism, Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.16.2 (Funk 1:209–211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.16.3Funk 1:211

ἀλλὰ μόνον ἐν τῇ χειροθεσίᾳ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῆς χρίσει ὃ ἐπίσκοπος, ὃν τρόπον οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς τὸ πρότερον ἐχρίοντο᾽ οὐχ ὅτι καὶ οἱ νῦν βαπτιζόμενοι ἱερεῖς χειροτονοῦνται, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Χριστιανοί, ,,βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα καὶ ἔθνος ἅγιον, ἐκκλησία θεοῦ, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα“ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, οἵ ποτε οὐ λαός, νῦν δὲ ἠγαπημένοι καὶ ἐκλεκτοί.

alla monon en tę̄ cheirothesią tēn kephalēn autēs chrisei ho episkopos, hon tropon hoi hiereis kai hoi basileis to proteron echrionto᾽ ouch hoti kai hoi nyn baptizomenoi hiereis cheirotonountai, all᾽ hōs apo tou Christou Christianoi, ,,basileion hierateuma kai ethnos hagion, ekklēsia theou, stylos kai hedraiōma“ tou nymphōnos, hoi pote ou laos, nyn de ēgapēmenoi kai eklektoi.

But only at the laying on of hands shall the bishop anoint her head, as the priests and the kings were anointed of old — not that those who are now baptized are ordained priests, but as being Christians from Christ, “a royal priesthood and a holy nation, the church of God, the pillar and foundation” of the bridal chamber, who once were not a people but now are beloved and elect.

1 Pet 2:9–10 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 3:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 2:23 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: The bishop anoints the head at baptism, as priests and kings once were anointed, for Christians are a royal priesthood.

1 Pet 2:9–10; 1 Tim 3:15; Hos 2:23.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): βαπτιξόμενοι → βαπτιζόμενοι; ἀλλ ὡς → ἀλλ᾽ ὡς; »βασίλειον → ,,βασίλειον; ἑδραίωμα““ → ἑδραίωμα“.

Topics: Baptism, Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.16.3 (Funk 1:211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-16-3). (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.

3.16.4Funk 1:211

σὺ οὖν, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, ἐκείνῳ τῷ τύπῳ χρίσεις τὴν κεφαλὴν τῶν βαπτιζομένων, εἴτε ἀνδρῶν εἴτε γυναικῶν, τῷ ἁγίῳ ἐλαίῳ εἰς τύπον τοῦ πνευματικοῦ βαπτίσματος· ἔπειτα ἢ σὺ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ἢ ὁ ὑπὸ σὲ πρεσβύτερος τὴν ἱερὰν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς εἰπὼν καὶ ἐπονομάσας ἐπίκλησιν πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος βαπτίσεις αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὕδατι· καὶ τὸν μὲν ἄνδρα ὑποδεχέσθω ὁ διάκονος, τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα ἡ διάκονος, ὅπως σεμνοπρεπῶς ἡ μετάδοσις τῆς ἀθραύστου σφραγῖδος γένηται" καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ὁ ἐπίσκοπος χριέτω τοὺς βαπτισθέντας τῷ μύρῳ.

sy oun, ō episkope, ekeinǭ tǭ typǭ chriseis tēn kephalēn tōn baptizomenōn, eite andrōn eite gynaikōn, tǭ hagiǭ elaiǭ eis typon tou pneumatikou baptismatos; epeita ē sy ho episkopos ē ho hypo se presbyteros tēn hieran ep᾽ autois eipōn kai eponomasas epiklēsin patros kai huiou kai hagiou pneumatos baptiseis autous en tǭ hydati; kai ton men andra hypodechesthō ho diakonos, tēn de gynaika hē diakonos, hopōs semnoprepōs hē metadosis tēs athraustou sphragidos genētai" kai meta touto ho episkopos chrietō tous baptisthentas tǭ myrǭ.

You, then, O bishop, after that pattern, shall anoint the head of those being baptized, whether men or women, with the holy oil, as a figure of the spiritual baptism. Then either you, the bishop, or the presbyter under you, pronouncing and naming over them the sacred invocation of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, shall baptize them in the water; and let the deacon receive the man and the deaconess the woman, so that the conferring of the unbreakable seal may take place with dignity. And after this let the bishop anoint those who have been baptized with the chrism.

Matt 28:19 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: The order of baptism: anointing with oil, immersion in the triune name by bishop or presbyter, reception by deacon or deaconess, then chrism.

Cf. Matt 28:19. The “seal” is baptism; the “chrism” (μύρον) is the perfumed oil of the post-baptismal anointing.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πνευματιχοῦ βαπτίσματος" → πνευματικοῦ βαπτίσματος·; σὺ ὃ ἐπίσχοπος → σὺ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος; βαπτίσεις αὐτοὺ: ἐν → βαπτίσεις αὐτοὺς ἐν; ὕδατι καὶ τὸν μὲν → ὕδατι· καὶ τὸν μὲν; διάχονος → διάκονος; ὕπως σεμνοπρεπῶς jj μετάδοσις → ὅπως σεμνοπρεπῶς ἡ μετάδοσις; ὃ ἐπίσκοπο: χριέτω τοὺ: βαπτισθέντας → ὁ ἐπίσκοπος χριέτω τοὺς βαπτισθέντας.

Topics: Baptism, Trinity

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.16.4 (Funk 1:211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 3, chapter 17

3.17.1Funk 1:211

Ἔστι τοίνυν τὸ μὲν βάπτισμα εἰς τὸν θάνατον τοῦ Ἰησοῦ διδόμενον, τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ ἀντὶ ταφῆς, τὸ ἔλαιον ἀντὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου, ἡ σφραγὶς ἀντὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ, τὸ μύρον βεβαίωσις τῆς ὁμολογίας·

Esti toinyn to men baptisma eis ton thanaton tou Iēsou didomenon, to de hydōr anti taphēs, to elaion anti pneumatos hagiou, hē sphragis anti tou staurou, to myron bebaiōsis tēs homologias;

Baptism, then, is given into the death of Jesus; the water is in place of the burial, the oil in place of the Holy Spirit, the seal in place of the cross; the chrism is the confirmation of the confession;

Rom 6:3–4 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: The meaning of the rites of baptism: death, burial, the Spirit, the cross, confirmation.

Rom 6:3–4.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ἰησοῦ διδόμενον", → Ἰησοῦ διδόμενον,; mvevματος → πνεύματος; ἢ σφραγὶς → ἡ σφραγὶς; ὁμολογίας" → ὁμολογίας·.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.17.1 (Funk 1:211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.17.2Funk 1:211

τοῦ πατρὸς ἡ μνήμη ὡς αἰτίου καὶ ἀποστολέως, τοῦ πνεύματος ἡ συμπαράληψις ὡς μάρτυρος·

tou patros hē mnēmē hōs aitiou kai apostoleōs, tou pneumatos hē symparalēpsis hōs martyros;

the mention of the Father as cause and sender; the joint naming of the Spirit as witness;

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Summary: The Father is named as cause and sender, the Spirit as witness.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πατρὸς ?) μνήμη → πατρὸς ἡ μνήμη; μάρτυρος" → μάρτυρος·.

Topics: Baptism, Trinity

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.17.2 (Funk 1:211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.17.3Funk 1:211–213

ἡ κατάδυσις τὸ συναποθανεῖν, ἡ ἀνάδυσις τὸ συναναστῆναι᾽

hē katadysis to synapothanein, hē anadysis to synanastēnai᾽

the going down is dying with him; the coming up is rising with him.

Rom 6:4–5 (allusion, high confidence) · Col 2:12 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Immersion signifies dying and rising with Christ.

Rom 6:4–5; Col 2:12.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.17.3 (Funk 1:211–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-17-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.17.4Funk 1:213

πατὴρ ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων θεός, Χριστὸς ὁ μονογενὴς θεός, ὁ ἀγαπητὸς υἱός, ὁ τῆς δόξης κύριος, πνεῦμα ἅγιον ὃ παράκλητος τὸ ὑπὸ Χριστοῦ πεμπόμενον καὶ ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνου διδασκόμενον καὶ ἐκεῖνον κηρύττον.

patēr ho epi pantōn theos, Christos ho monogenēs theos, ho agapētos huios, ho tēs doxēs kyrios, pneuma hagion ho paraklētos to hypo Christou pempomenon kai hyp᾽ ekeinou didaskomenon kai ekeinon kērytton.

The Father is the God over all; Christ is the only-begotten God, the beloved Son, the Lord of glory; the Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, who is sent by Christ, taught by him, and proclaims him.

Rom 9:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 1:18 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:8 (allusion, high confidence) · John 16:13–14 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: A short statement of the Father, the only-begotten Son, and the Spirit sent by Christ.

Rom 9:5; John 1:18; 1 Cor 2:8; John 14:26; 16:13–14. The ranking of the three (the Spirit “taught by” Christ) is translated as written.

Topics: Trinity, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.17.4 (Funk 1:213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-17-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 3, chapter 18

3.18.1Funk 1:213

Ὁ δὲ βαπτιζόμενος ὑπαρχέτω ἀλλότριος ἀσεβείας πάσης, ἀνενέργητος πρὸς ἁμαρτίαν, φίλος θεοῦ, ἐχθρὸς διαβόλου, κληρονόμος πατρός, συγκληρονόμος δὲ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἀποτεταγμένος τῷ σατανᾷ καὶ τοῖς δαίμοσιν καὶ ταῖς ἀπάταις αὐτοῦ, ἁγνός, καθαρός, ὅσιος, θεοφιλής, υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, προσευχόμενος ὡς υἱὸς πατρὶ καὶ λέγων ὡς ἀπὸ κοινοῦ τοῦ τῶν πιστῶν συναθροίσματος οὕτως.

Ho de baptizomenos hyparchetō allotrios asebeias pasēs, anenergētos pros hamartian, philos theou, echthros diabolou, klēronomos patros, synklēronomos de tou huiou autou, apotetagmenos tǭ sataną kai tois daimosin kai tais apatais autou, hagnos, katharos, hosios, theophilēs, huios tou theou, proseuchomenos hōs huios patri kai legōn hōs apo koinou tou tōn pistōn synathroismatos houtōs.

Let the one who is baptized be a stranger to all impiety, inactive toward sin, a friend of God, an enemy of the devil, an heir of the Father and a fellow heir of his Son, having renounced Satan and the demons and his deceits; chaste, pure, holy, God-loving, a son of God, praying as a son to his father and saying, as in the name of the common assembly of the faithful, thus:

Rom 8:17 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: The newly baptized must renounce Satan and live as a son of God, praying the Lord’s Prayer.

Rom 8:17.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): 'O δὲ → Ὁ δὲ; συγκχληρονόμος → συγκληρονόμος.

Topics: Baptism, Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.18.1 (Funk 1:213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-18-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.18.2Funk 1:213

,, Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὃ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου· ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου· γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς᾽ τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον᾽ καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν· καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ“, ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας" ἀμήν.

,, Pater hēmōn ho en tois ouranois, hagiasthētō to onoma sou; elthetō hē basileia sou; genēthētō to thelēma sou hōs en ouranǭ kai epi tēs gēs᾽ ton arton hēmōn ton epiousion dos hēmin sēmeron᾽ kai aphes hēmin ta opheilēmata hēmōn, hōs kai hēmeis aphiemen tois opheiletais hēmōn; kai mē eisenenkę̄s hēmas eis peirasmon, alla rhysai hēmas apo tou ponērou“, hoti sou estin hē basileia kai hē dynamis kai hē doxa eis tous aiōnas" amēn.

“Our Father who are in heaven, hallowed be your name; your kingdom come; your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth; give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one”; for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Matt 6:9–13 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The Lord’s Prayer with its doxology.

Matt 6:9–13, with the doxology (cf. Did. 8.2).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): cov: ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία cov' → σου· ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου·; ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν" → ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν·.

Extrabiblical texts: Did. 8.2 (Didache; allusion)

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.18.2 (Funk 1:213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-18-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 3, chapter 19

3.19.1Funk 1:213–215

Ἔστωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ διάκονοι ἐν πᾶσιν ἄμωμοι ὡς καὶ ὃ ἐπίσκοπος, μόνον δὲ εὐσκυλτότεροι, ἀνάλογοι πρὸς τὸ πλῆθος τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ἵνα καὶ τοῖς ἀδυνάτοις ὑπηρετεῖσθαι δύνωνται ὡς ,,ἐργάται ἀνεπαίσχυντοι“· καὶ ἡ μὲν γυνὴ τὰς γυναῖκας σπουδάζουσα θεραπεύειν, ἀμφότεροι δὲ τὰ πρὸς ἀγγελίαν, ἐκδημίαν, ὑπηρεσίαν, δουλείαν, ὡς καὶ περὶ τοῦ κυρίου Ἡσαΐας ἔλεγεν φάσκων· ,,Δικαιῶσαι δίκαιον εὖ δουλεύοντα πολλοῖς“.

Estōsan de kai hoi diakonoi en pasin amōmoi hōs kai ho episkopos, monon de euskyltoteroi, analogoi pros to plēthos tēs ekklēsias, hina kai tois adynatois hypēreteisthai dynōntai hōs ,,ergatai anepaischyntoi“; kai hē men gynē tas gynaikas spoudazousa therapeuein, amphoteroi de ta pros angelian, ekdēmian, hypēresian, douleian, hōs kai peri tou kyriou Hēsaïas elegen phaskōn; ,,Dikaiōsai dikaion eu douleuonta pollois“.

Let the deacons too be blameless in all things, like the bishop, only more active, in number proportioned to the size of the church, so that they can serve the infirm too, as “workers who need not be ashamed”; and let the woman be eager to care for the women; and let both be ready for carrying messages, for journeys, for service and ministry, as Isaiah said of the Lord: “to justify the righteous one who serves many well.”

2 Tim 2:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 53:11 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Deacons and deaconesses must be blameless and active in serving the church.

“The woman” is the deaconess. 2 Tim 2:15; Isa 53:11 (LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): μόνον ὁὲ → μόνον δὲ; ἐχκλησίας → ἐκκλησίας; ἀνεπαίσχυντοι““ → ἀνεπαίσχυντοι“·; σπουδαζουσα θεραπείειν → σπουδάζουσα θεραπεύειν; rà πρὸς ἀγγελίαν, ἐκδημίαν, ὑπηρεσία» → τὰ πρὸς ἀγγελίαν, ἐκδημίαν, ὑπηρεσίαν; φάσχων" → φάσκων·.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.19.1 (Funk 1:213–215; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-19-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.19.2Funk 1:215

ἕκαστος οὖν τὸν ἴδιον γνωριζέτω τόπον καὶ ἐκτελείτω αὐτὸν σπουδαίως, ὁμοφρόνως, ὁμοψύχως, γινώσκοντες τὸν τῆς διακονίας μισθόν.

hekastos oun ton idion gnōrizetō topon kai ekteleitō auton spoudaiōs, homophronōs, homopsychōs, ginōskontes ton tēs diakonias misthon.

Let each, then, know his own place and fulfil it zealously, with one mind and one soul, knowing the reward of the ministry.

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Summary: Each minister must fulfil his own role with zeal.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἕχαστος → ἕκαστος; ἐχτελείτω → ἐκτελείτω; γινώσχοντες → γινώσκοντες.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.19.2 (Funk 1:215; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-19-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.19.3Funk 1:215

ἔστωσαν δὲ καὶ ἀνεπαίσχυντοι εἰς τὸ ὑπηρετεῖσθαι τοῖς δεομένοις, ὡς καὶ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς ὃ Χριστὸς ,,οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν“· οὕτως οὖν καὶ αὐτοὺς δεῖ ποιεῖν. κἂν δέῃ ψυχὴν ὑπὲρ ἀδελφοῦ ἀποθέσθαι, μὴ διστάσωσιν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ὃ κύριος καὶ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς ὃ Χριστὸς ἐδίστασεν ,,τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θείς“, ὡς αὐτὸς ἔφη, ,,ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ“.

estōsan de kai anepaischyntoi eis to hypēreteisthai tois deomenois, hōs kai ho kyrios hēmōn Iēsous ho Christos ,,ouk ēlthen diakonēthēnai, alla diakonēsai kai dounai tēn psychēn autou lytron anti pollōn“; houtōs oun kai autous dei poiein. kan deę̄ psychēn hyper adelphou apothesthai, mē distasōsin; oude gar ho kyrios kai sōtēr hēmōn Iēsous ho Christos edistasen ,,tēn psychēn autou theis“, hōs autos ephē, ,,hyper tōn philōn autou“.

And let them not be ashamed to serve those in need, as our Lord Jesus the Christ “came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many”; so they too must do. And if they must lay down their life for a brother, let them not hesitate; for neither did our Lord and Saviour Jesus the Christ hesitate, “laying down his life,” as he himself said, “for his friends.”

Matt 20:28 (quotation, high confidence) · John 15:13 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 John 3:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Deacons must serve without shame, even to death, as Christ did.

Matt 20:28; John 10:11; John 15:13.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἔστωσαν Ó καὶ → ἔστωσαν δὲ καὶ; ἠλθεν → ἦλθεν; πολλῶν“ οὕτως → πολλῶν“· οὕτως; διστάσωσιν᾽" → διστάσωσιν·; ,,vnv ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θείς“, ὡς αὐτὸς ἔφη, ὑπὲρ → ,,τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θείς“, ὡς αὐτὸς ἔφη, ,,ὑπὲρ.

Topics: Church office, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.19.3 (Funk 1:215; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-19-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.19.4Funk 1:215

εἰ οὖν ὃ κύριος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς πάντα ὑπέμεινεν δι᾽ ἡμᾶς, πῶς ἂν ὑμεῖς διακονῆσαι τοῖς δεομένοις ἐνδοιάσητε, μιμηταὶ ὀφείλοντες αὐτοῦ εἶναι τοῦ καὶ δουλείαν καὶ ἔνδειαν καὶ πληγὰς καὶ σταυρὸν δι᾽ ἡμᾶς ὑπομείναντος; χρὴ οὖν καὶ ὑμᾶς δουλεύειν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὡς Χριστοῦ μιμητάς· ,,Ὁ θέλων“ γάρ, φησίν, ,,ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι μέγας ἔστω ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὁ θέλων ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος ἔστω ὑμῶν δοῦλος“.

ei oun ho kyrios tou ouranou kai tēs gēs panta hypemeinen di᾽ hēmas, pōs an hymeis diakonēsai tois deomenois endoiasēte, mimētai opheilontes autou einai tou kai douleian kai endeian kai plēgas kai stauron di᾽ hēmas hypomeinantos? chrē oun kai hymas douleuein tois adelphois hōs Christou mimētas; ,,Ho thelōn“ gar, phēsin, ,,en hymin einai megas estō hymōn diakonos, kai ho thelōn en hymin einai prōtos estō hymōn doulos“.

If, then, the Lord of heaven and earth endured all things for us, how could you hesitate to serve those in need, you who ought to be imitators of him who endured slavery and want and blows and the cross for us? You too, then, must serve the brothers as imitators of Christ; for “whoever wishes,” he says, “to be great among you, let him be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you, let him be your slave.”

Matt 20:26–27 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: As Christ endured all for us, deacons must serve the brothers.

Matt 20:26–27.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δί ἡμᾶς → δι᾽ ἡμᾶς; μιμητάς" ,(Ὁ θέλων“ γάρ, φησίν, ,àv ὑμῖν → μιμητάς· ,,Ὁ θέλων“ γάρ, φησίν, ,,ἐν ὑμῖν; ἔστο ὑμῶν δοῦλος“ → ἔστω ὑμῶν δοῦλος“..

Topics: Church office, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.19.4 (Funk 1:215; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-19-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.19.5Funk 1:215–217

οὕτω γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔργῳ πεπλήρωκεν τὸ ,,εὖ δουλεύειν πολλοῖς“, καὶ οὐ λόγῳ. ,,λαβὼν“ γὰρ ,,λέντιον διεζώσατο, εἶτα βάλλει ὕδωρ εἰς τὸν νιπτῆρα“ καὶ ἡμῶν ἀνακειμένων ἐπελθὼν πάντων ἡμῶν ,,ἔνιψεν τοὺς πόδας καὶ τῷ λεντίῳ ἐξέμαξεν“· τοῦτο δὲ ποιῶν ἐπεδείκνυεν ἡμῖν τὸ τῆς φιλαδελφίαἀγαπητικόν, ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς ἀλλήλους αὐτὸ ποιῶμεν“. εἰ οὖν ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν καὶ διδάσκαλος οὕτως ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν, πῶς ἂν ὑμεῖς ἐπαισχυνθήσεσθε τοῦτο ποιῆσαι τοῖς ἀδυνάτοις καὶ ἀσθενέσιν τῶν ἀδελφῶν, ἐργάται ὄντες ἀληθείας καὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας προστάται;

houtō gar kai autos ergǭ peplērōken to ,,eu douleuein pollois“, kai ou logǭ. ,,labōn“ gar ,,lention diezōsato, eita ballei hydōr eis ton niptēra“ kai hēmōn anakeimenōn epelthōn pantōn hēmōn ,,enipsen tous podas kai tǭ lentiǭ exemaxen“; touto de poiōn epedeiknyen hēmin to tēs philadelphiaagapētikon, hina kai hēmeis eis allēlous auto poiōmen“. ei oun ho kyrios hēmōn kai didaskalos houtōs etapeinōsen heauton, pōs an hymeis epaischynthēsesthe touto poiēsai tois adynatois kai asthenesin tōn adelphōn, ergatai ontes alētheias kai tēs eusebeias prostatai?

For so he himself fulfilled “serving many well” in deed and not in word. For “taking a towel he girded himself; then he poured water into the basin”; and while we were reclining he came to all of us and “washed our feet and wiped them with the towel”; and in doing this he showed us his brotherly love, “so that we too might do this for one another.” If, then, our Lord and Teacher so humbled himself, how will you be ashamed to do this for the infirm and weak among the brothers, you who are workers of truth and champions of piety?

John 13:4–5 (quotation, high confidence) · John 13:14–15 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Christ washed the apostles’ feet, so deacons must humbly serve the weak.

John 13:4–5, 14–15. A phrase for “brotherly love” is garbled in the digital text and is translated by sense; stray marks removed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks removed): ,,εὖ δουλεύει» πολλοῖς“ → ,,εὖ δουλεύειν πολλοῖς“; yàg ,,λέντιον διεζοῦσατο → γὰρ ,,λέντιον διεζώσατο; νιπτῆρα““ xci → νιπτῆρα“ καὶ; ,ἔνιψεν → ,,ἔνιψεν; ἐξέμαξενκ → ἐξέμαξεν“·; εἰ οὖν I4 , H - ΝΜ , e 2 H c , - ὁ κύριος → εἰ οὖν ὁ κύριος; bavtOv → ἑαυτόν.

Topics: Church office, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.19.5 (Funk 1:215–217; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-19-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.19.6Funk 1:217

ἐξυπηρετεῖτε οὖν ἀγαπητικῶς, μὴ ἐπιγογγύζοντες μηδὲ διαστασιάζοντες· οὐ γὰρ δι᾽ ἄνθρωπον ποιεῖτε, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν θεόν, καὶ τὸν μισθὸν τῆς διακονίας παρ᾽ ἐκείνου ἀπολήψεσθε ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπισκοπῆς ὑμῶν.

exypēreteite oun agapētikōs, mē epigongyzontes mēde diastasiazontes; ou gar di᾽ anthrōpon poieite, alla dia ton theon, kai ton misthon tēs diakonias par᾽ ekeinou apolēpsesthe en hēmerą episkopēs hymōn.

Serve, then, lovingly, without murmuring or quarrelling; for you do it not for man’s sake but for God’s, and you will receive the reward of your ministry from him in the day of your visitation.

Phil 2:14 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eph 6:7 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Service must be given lovingly, for God’s sake.

Phil 2:14; Eph 6:7. Stray marks removed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks removed): ἐπιγογγύζοντες UÓÍB Oa. v ? » Η͂ 2o» - 2 ^ * Y μηδὲ → ἐπιγογγύζοντες μηδὲ; διαστασιάζοντες" ov yàg δὲ ἄνθρωπον → διαστασιάζοντες· οὐ γὰρ δι᾽ ἄνθρωπον; iv ἡμέρᾳ → ἐν ἡμέρᾳ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.19.6 (Funk 1:217; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-19-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.19.7Funk 1:217

χρὴ οὖν ὑμᾶς τοὺς διακόνους ἐπισκέπτεσθαι πάντας τοὺς δεομένους ἐπισκέψεως, καὶ περὶ τῶν θλιβομένων ἀναγγέλλετε τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ὑμῶν· ψυχὴ γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἴσθησις εἶναι ὀφείλετε, εὔσκυλτοι καὶ εὐήκοοι εἰς πάντα ὄντες αὐτῷ ὡς ἐπισκόπῳ ὑμῶν καὶ πατρὶ καὶ διδασκάλῳ.

chrē oun hymas tous diakonous episkeptesthai pantas tous deomenous episkepseōs, kai peri tōn thlibomenōn anangellete tǭ episkopǭ hymōn; psychē gar autou kai aisthēsis einai opheilete, euskyltoi kai euēkooi eis panta ontes autǭ hōs episkopǭ hymōn kai patri kai didaskalǭ.

You deacons, then, must visit all who need visiting, and report about the afflicted to your bishop; for you ought to be his soul and his senses, active and obedient to him in everything, as to your bishop and father and teacher.

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Summary: Deacons visit the needy and report to the bishop, serving as his eyes and ears.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὑμῶν" φυχὴ γὰρ αὐτοῦ xci → ὑμῶν· ψυχὴ γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.19.7 (Funk 1:217; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-19-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 3, chapter 20

3.20.1Funk 1:217

Ἐπίσκοπον δὲ προστάσσομεν χειροτονεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τριῶν ἐπισκόπων ἢ τὸ γοῦν ἔλαττον ὑπὸ δύο, μὴ ἐξεῖναι δὲ ὑπὸ ἑνὸς ὑμῖν καθίστασθαι, ,,ἡ γὰρ τῶν δύο καὶ τριῶν μαρτυρία“ βεβαιοτέρα καὶ ἀσφαλής· πρεσβύτερον δὲ καὶ διάκονον ὑπὸ ἑνὸς ἐπισκόπου καὶ τὸν λοιπὸν κλῆρον·

Episkopon de prostassomen cheirotoneisthai hypo triōn episkopōn ē to goun elatton hypo dyo, mē exeinai de hypo henos hymin kathistasthai, ,,hē gar tōn dyo kai triōn martyria“ bebaiotera kai asphalēs; presbyteron de kai diakonon hypo henos episkopou kai ton loipon klēron;

We command that a bishop be ordained by three bishops, or at the least by two, and that you are not permitted to appoint one by a single bishop; for “the testimony of two or three” is firmer and safer. But a presbyter and a deacon are to be ordained by one bishop, and so the rest of the clergy.

Deut 19:15 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 18:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: A bishop must be ordained by at least two or three bishops; presbyters, deacons and other clergy by one.

Deut 19:15; Matt 18:16.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπισχόπων → ἐπισκόπων; ,7 γὰρ τῶν δύο → ,,ἡ γὰρ τῶν δύο; καὶ, ἀσφαλής" → καὶ ἀσφαλής·; ἐπισχόπου → ἐπισκόπου; κλῆρον᾽ → κλῆρον·.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.20.1 (Funk 1:217; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-20-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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3.20.2Funk 1:217

μήτε δὲ πρεσβύτερον μήτε διάκονον χειροτονεῖν ἐκ λαϊκῶν κληρικούς, ἀλλὰ μόνον τὸν μὲν πρεσβύτερον διδάσκειν, ἀναφέρειν, βαπτίζειν, εὐλογεῖν τὸν λαόν, τὸν δὲ διάκονον ἐξυπηρετεῖσθαι τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι διακονεῖν, οὐ μὴν καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐνεργεῖν.

mēte de presbyteron mēte diakonon cheirotonein ek laïkōn klērikous, alla monon ton men presbyteron didaskein, anapherein, baptizein, eulogein ton laon, ton de diakonon exypēreteisthai tǭ episkopǭ kai tois presbyterois, tout᾽ esti diakonein, ou mēn kai ta loipa energein.

Neither a presbyter nor a deacon may ordain clergy from among the laity; but the presbyter only teaches, offers, baptizes and blesses the people, and the deacon assists the bishop and the presbyters, that is, he serves, but does not perform the other functions.

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Summary: Presbyters teach, offer, baptize and bless but do not ordain; deacons only serve.

“Offers” renders ἀναφέρειν, the offering of the Eucharist.

Topics: Church office, Eucharist, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 3.20.2 (Funk 1:217; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-3-20-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 1

4.1.1Funk 1:219

Ὀρφανοῦ δέ τινος γενομένου Χριστιανοῦ ἤτοι παιδὸς ἢ παρθένου, καλὸν μέν, ἐάν τις τῶν ἀδελφῶν οὐκ ἔχων τέκνον προσλαβόμενος τοῦτο ἔχῃ εἰς παιδὸς τόπον, τὴν δὲ παρθένον ὁ ἔχων υἱὸν δυνάμενον αὐτῇ ταῖς τοῦ γάμου ὥραις συγχρονίσαι συζεύξῃ· τοῦτο γὰρ οἱ ποιοῦντες ἔργον μέγα ἐπιτελοῦσιν, ὀρφανῶν πατέρες ὑπάρξαντες, καὶ παρὰ κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ λήψονται τὸν μισθὸν τῆς διακονίας ταύτης.

Orphanou de tinos genomenou Christianou ētoi paidos ē parthenou, kalon men, ean tis tōn adelphōn ouk echōn teknon proslabomenos touto echę̄ eis paidos topon, tēn de parthenon ho echōn huion dynamenon autę̄ tais tou gamou hōrais synchronisai syzeuxę̄; touto gar hoi poiountes ergon mega epitelousin, orphanōn pateres hyparxantes, kai para kyriou tou theou lēpsontai ton misthon tēs diakonias tautēs.

When a Christian child is orphaned, whether a boy or a girl, it is good if one of the brothers who has no child takes the boy and keeps him in place of a son; and as for the girl, let one who has a son of an age to match her at the time of marriage join them together. For those who do this accomplish a great work, becoming fathers of orphans, and they will receive from the Lord God the reward of this service.

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Summary: Childless believers should adopt orphan boys, and families should take orphan girls as brides for their sons.

Books 1–6 of the Constitutions rework the Didascalia; book 4 reworks Didascalia book 4 (the chapter divisions of the two works do not always coincide).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τέχνον → τέκνον; συγχφονίσαι συξεύξῃ" → συγχρονίσαι συζεύξῃ·; ἐπιτελοῦσιν», → ἐπιτελοῦσιν,.

Extrabiblical texts: Did. Apost. 4 (Didascalia Apostolorum; quotation)

Topics: Ethics, Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.1.1 (Funk 1:219; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.1.2Funk 1:219

εἰ δέ τινες οὐκ εἰσὶ τοιοῦτοι, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ἀνθρωπαρέσκειαν περιπατῶν ἐπαισχύνοιτο πλούσιος ὢν τὰ τῆς ὀρφανίας μέλη, τοῦ μὲν ὀρφανοῦ πρόνοιαν ποιήσεται ,,ὁ πατὴρ τῶν ὀρφανῶν καὶ κριτὴς τῶν χηρῶν“, αὐτῷ δὲ ἐμπεσεῖται τοιοῦτος, ὅστις αὐτοῦ δαπανήσει τὴν φειδώ, καὶ γενήσεται ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ τὸ εἰρημένον· ,,Ἃ οὐκ ἔφαγον ἅγιοι, ταῦτα φάγονται Ἀσσύριοι“, καθὼς καὶ Ἡσαΐας λέγει· ,,Τὴν χώραν ὑμῶν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ἀλλότριοι κατεσθίουσιν αὐτήν“

ei de tines ouk eisi toioutoi, alla kata anthrōpareskeian peripatōn epaischynoito plousios ōn ta tēs orphanias melē, tou men orphanou pronoian poiēsetai ,,ho patēr tōn orphanōn kai kritēs tōn chērōn“, autǭ de empeseitai toioutos, hostis autou dapanēsei tēn pheidō, kai genēsetai ep᾿ autǭ to eirēmenon; ,,Ha ouk ephagon hagioi, tauta phagontai Assyrioi“, kathōs kai Hēsaïas legei; ,,Tēn chōran hymōn enōpion hymōn allotrioi katesthiousin autēn“

But if some are not so minded, but one walking in man-pleasing, being rich, is ashamed of the members of the orphans, “the Father of orphans and judge of widows” will provide for the orphan; but upon that man there will fall someone who will squander what he has spared, and the saying will be fulfilled in him: “What the holy did not eat, the Assyrians will eat,” as Isaiah too says: “Your land — strangers devour it before you.”

Ps 68:5 (67:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 1:7 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God will provide for orphans neglected by the rich, whose savings strangers will consume.

Ps 68:5 (LXX 67:6); Isa 1:7. The saying about the Assyrians is not in the Old Testament in this form (unidentified).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀνθρωπαρέσχειαν → ἀνθρωπαρέσκειαν; πλούσιος ὧν → πλούσιος ὢν; »ὗ πατὴρ → ,,ὁ πατὴρ; χηρῶν", → χηρῶν“,; ὁαπανήσει → δαπανήσει; εἰρημένον. ,/4 οὐκ → εἰρημένον· ,,Ἃ οὐκ; Ἀσσύριοι", → Ἀσσύριοι“,; xa90c → καθὼς; λέγει", Τὴν → λέγει· ,,Τὴν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.1.2 (Funk 1:219; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 2

4.2.1Funk 1:219

Ὑμεῖς οὖν, ὦ ἐπίσκοποι, μεριμνήσατε περὶ τῆς ἀνατροφῆς αὐτῶν, μηδὲν ἐλλείποντες αὐτοῖς, τοῖς μὲν ὀρφανοῖς παρέχοντες τὰ γονέων, ταῖς δὲ χήραις τὰ ἀνδρῶν, τοῖς ἀκμαίοις τοὺς γάμους, τεχνίτῃ ἔργον, ἀδρανεῖ ἔλεος, ξένοις στέγος, πεινῶσι ψωμόν, διψῶσι ποτόν, γυμνοῖς ἔνδυμα, νοσοῦσι θέαν, φυλακίταις βοήθειαν.

Hymeis oun, ō episkopoi, merimnēsate peri tēs anatrophēs autōn, mēden elleipontes autois, tois men orphanois parechontes ta goneōn, tais de chērais ta andrōn, tois akmaiois tous gamous, technitę̄ ergon, adranei eleos, xenois stegos, peinōsi psōmon, dipsōsi poton, gymnois endyma, nosousi thean, phylakitais boētheian.

You, then, O bishops, take care of their upbringing, letting them lack nothing: giving the orphans what parents give, the widows what husbands give, marriage to those of marriageable age, work to the craftsman, compassion to the infirm, shelter to strangers, bread to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, clothing to the naked, visits to the sick, help to prisoners.

Matt 25:35–36 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Bishops must provide for orphans, widows and all in need.

Cf. Matt 25:35–36.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ἡμεῖς οὖν → Ὑμεῖς οὖν; “παρέχοντες → παρέχοντες; ταῖς cb χήραις τὰ τὰ ἀνδρῶν → ταῖς δὲ χήραις τὰ ἀνδρῶν; δι- : ψῶσι → διψῶσι; ἔγδυμα → ἔνδυμα.

Topics: Church office, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.2.1 (Funk 1:219; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.2.2Funk 1:219–221

πρὸς τούτοις πλείων μὲν ἔστω φροντὶς περὶ τῶν ἐν ὀρφανίᾳ, ὅπως αὐτοῖς μηδὲν ἐνδέῃ, τῇ μὲν παρθένῳ, μέχρις ἂν ἔλθῃ εἰς ὥραν γάμου καὶ ἐκδῶτε αὐτὴν ἀδελφῷ, τῷ δὲ παιδὶ χορηγίαν πρὸς τὸ καὶ τέχνην ἐκμαθεῖν καὶ διατρέφεσθαι ἐκ τῆς ἐπιχορηγίας, ἵνα, ὅταν δεξιῶς τὴν τέχνην κατορθώσῃ, τὸ τηνικαῦτα δύνηται καὶ τὰ τῆς τέχνης ἐργαλεῖα ἑαυτῷ πρίασθαι, ὅπως μηκέτι βαρύνῃ τὴν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἀνυπόκριτον εἰς αὐτὸν ἀγάπην, ἀλλ᾽ ἑαυτῷ ἐπιχορηγῇ.

pros toutois pleiōn men estō phrontis peri tōn en orphanią, hopōs autois mēden endeę̄, tę̄ men parthenǭ, mechris an elthę̄ eis hōran gamou kai ekdōte autēn adelphǭ, tǭ de paidi chorēgian pros to kai technēn ekmathein kai diatrephesthai ek tēs epichorēgias, hina, hotan dexiōs tēn technēn katorthōsę̄, to tēnikauta dynētai kai ta tēs technēs ergaleia heautǭ priasthai, hopōs mēketi barynę̄ tēn tōn adelphōn anypokriton eis auton agapēn, all᾽ heautǭ epichorēgę̄.

Besides this, let there be greater care for those who are orphans, that they may lack nothing: for the girl, until she reaches the age of marriage and you give her to a brother; for the boy, provision for him to learn a trade and be maintained from the support, so that when he has skilfully mastered the trade he may then be able to buy himself the tools of the trade, and so no longer burden the brothers’ sincere love for him, but provide for himself.

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Summary: Orphan girls are supported until marriage, and orphan boys until they learn a trade.

Stray marks from the printed page removed.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks removed): πλείων piv i ἔστω → πλείων μὲν ἔστω; εἰς o - - - ^ ὥραν γάμου xoi ἐκδῶτε → εἰς ὥραν γάμου καὶ ἐκδῶτε; τῷ ὁὲ παιδὶ χορηγίαν ^ ' , - - πρὸς → τῷ δὲ παιδὶ χορηγίαν πρὸς; ἐπιχορηγίας, €t, ce - , - tra, ὅταν → ἐπιχορηγίας, ἵνα, ὅταν; βαρύνῃ a - H - 2 , H 2 8 AA 2 2 ς - τὴν → βαρύνῃ τὴν.

Topics: Ethics, Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.2.2 (Funk 1:219–221; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 3

4.3.1Funk 1:221

Καὶ γὰρ ἀληθῶς μακάριός ἐστιν, ὃς ἂν δυνάμενος βοηθεῖν ἑαυτῷ μὴ θλίβῃ τόπον ὀρφανοῦ ξένου τε καὶ χήρας, ἐπεὶ καὶ ὁ κύριος ,,μακάριον εἶπεν εἶναι τὸν διδόντα ἤπερ τὸν λαμβάνοντα“.

Kai gar alēthōs makarios estin, hos an dynamenos boēthein heautǭ mē thlibę̄ topon orphanou xenou te kai chēras, epei kai ho kyrios ,,makarion eipen einai ton didonta ēper ton lambanonta“.

For truly blessed is he who, being able to help himself, does not encroach on the place of the orphan, the stranger and the widow; since the Lord too said that “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Acts 20:35 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Those who can support themselves should not take what belongs to the needy.

Acts 20:35. The digital text has “(III)”, the older chapter number; removed.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; older chapter number removed; stray marks removed): βοηθεῖν ς νι ; - ! ἑαυτῷ → βοηθεῖν ἑαυτῷ; χήρας, (IIT) ἐπεὶ → χήρας, ἐπεὶ; ὃ κύριος ,μακάριον → ὁ κύριος ,,μακάριον.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.3.1 (Funk 1:221; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.3.2Funk 1:221

καὶ γὰρ εἴρηται πάλιν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ,,Οὐαὶ τοῖς ἔχουσιν καὶ ἐν ὑποκρίσει λαμβάνουσιν, ἢ δυναμένοις βοηθεῖν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ λαμβάνειν παρ᾽ ἑτέρων βουλομένοις· ἑκάτερος γὰρ ἀποδώσει λόγον κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως“.

kai gar eirētai palin hypʼ autou ,,Ouai tois echousin kai en hypokrisei lambanousin, ē dynamenois boēthein heautois kai lambanein par᾽ heterōn boulomenois; hekateros gar apodōsei logon kyriǭ tǭ theǭ en hēmerą kriseōs“.

For again it has been said by him: “Woe to those who have and receive in hypocrisy, or who are able to help themselves and wish to receive from others; for each will give account to the Lord God in the day of judgment.”

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Summary: Woe to those who take alms when they could support themselves.

A saying attributed to the Lord but not in the Gospels (an agraphon); cf. Did. 1.5.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks removed; stray marks removed; OCR slips): τοῖς M 2 ς , , » , -, ἔχουσιν καὶ &v ὑποχρίσει → τοῖς ἔχουσιν καὶ ἐν ὑποκρίσει; βουλομένοις" → βουλομένοις·; ἑκάτερος γὰρ ) ^ - - ^ ἀποδώσει → ἑκάτερος γὰρ ἀποδώσει; iv ἡμέρᾳ → ἐν ἡμέρᾳ.

Extrabiblical texts: Did. 1.5 (Didache; allusion)

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.3.2 (Funk 1:221; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.3.3Funk 1:221–223

ὁ μὲν γὰρ δι᾽ ἡλικίαν ὀρφανίας ἢ γήρως ἀτονίαν ἢ νόσου πρόσπτωσιν ἢ τέκνων πολυτροφίαν λαμβάνων, ὃ τοιοῦτος οὐ μόνον οὐ μεμφθήσεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπαινεθήσεται᾽ θυσιαστήριον γὰρ τῷ θεῷ λελογισμένος ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ τιμηθήσεται ἀόκνως ὑπὲρ τῶν διδόντων αὐτῷ διηνεκῶς προσευχόμενος, οὐκ ἀργῶς λαμβάνων, ἀλλὰ τῆς δόσεως αὐτοῦ, ὅση δύναμις, τὸν μισθὸν διδοὺς διὰ τῆς προσευχῆς· ὃ τοιοῦτος οὖν ἐν τῇ αἰωνίῳ ζωῇ ὑπὸ θεοῦ μακαρισθήσεται.

ho men gar di᾽ hēlikian orphanias ē gērōs atonian ē nosou prosptōsin ē teknōn polytrophian lambanōn, ho toioutos ou monon ou memphthēsetai, alla kai epainethēsetai᾽ thysiastērion gar tǭ theǭ lelogismenos hypo tou theou timēthēsetai aoknōs hyper tōn didontōn autǭ diēnekōs proseuchomenos, ouk argōs lambanōn, alla tēs doseōs autou, hosē dynamis, ton misthon didous dia tēs proseuchēs; ho toioutos oun en tę̄ aiōniǭ zōę̄ hypo theou makaristhēsetai.

For one who receives because of orphaned youth, or the weakness of old age, or the onset of sickness, or the feeding of many children, such a one will not only not be blamed but will be praised; for, being reckoned an altar to God, he will be honoured by God, praying without slackness and continually for those who give to him, not receiving idly, but repaying the gift, as far as he can, through his prayer. Such a one will be blessed by God in eternal life.

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Summary: Those who receive out of real need are honoured as God’s altar and repay donors by prayer.

Stray marks removed.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks removed): ὃ uiv γὰρ δ ἡλικίαν → ὁ μὲν γὰρ δι᾽ ἡλικίαν; τέχνων → τέκνων; αὐτᾷ διηνεκῶς → αὐτῷ διηνεκῶς; λαμβάνων, 2 M - , 2 - eo , ' ^ M ' - ἀλλὰ → λαμβάνων, ἀλλὰ; προσευχῆς" → προσευχῆς·; uaxaguθήσεται → μακαρισθήσεται.

Topics: Prayer, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.3.3 (Funk 1:221–223; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 4

4.4.1Funk 1:223

Ὁ δὲ ἔχων καὶ ἐν ὑποκρίσει λαμβάνων ἢ δι᾽ ἀργίαν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐργαζόμενον βοηθεῖν καὶ ἑτέροις, δίκην ὀφλήσει τῷ θεῷ, ὅτι ,,πενήτων ἥρπασε ψωμόν“.

Ho de echōn kai en hypokrisei lambanōn ē di᾽ argian, anti tou ergazomenon boēthein kai heterois, dikēn ophlēsei tǭ theǭ, hoti ,,penētōn hērpase psōmon“.

But one who has, and receives in hypocrisy or through idleness instead of working and helping others too, will be liable to punishment from God, because “he has snatched the bread of the poor.”

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Summary: Those who take alms through idleness or pretence rob the poor.

The quotation is unidentified.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ὁ δὲ ἔχων xoi ἐν ὑποχρίσει λαμβάνων ἢ δὲ ἀργίαιʼ, → Ὁ δὲ ἔχων καὶ ἐν ὑποκρίσει λαμβάνων ἢ δι᾽ ἀργίαν,; θεῶ → θεῷ; »πενήτων → ,,πενήτων.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.4.1 (Funk 1:223; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.4.2Funk 1:223

ὃ γὰρ ἔχων ἀργύρια καὶ μὴ μεταδιδοὺς ἑτέροις μήτε μὴν αὐτὸς χρώμενος τόπον ὄφεως κεκλήρωται, ὅν φασιν ἐπὶ τοῖς θησαυροῖς καθεύδειν, καὶ ἔστιν καὶ ἐπὶ αὐτῷ ἀληθὴς ἡ γραφὴ ἡ φάσκουσα ,,Συνήγαγεν πλοῦτον, ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται“, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῷ ὄφελος ὀλλυμένῳ παρὰ τῆς δίκης· ,,Οὐκ ὠφελήσει“ γάρ, φησίν ,,ὑπάρχοντα ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς“.

ho gar echōn argyria kai mē metadidous heterois mēte mēn autos chrōmenos topon opheōs keklērōtai, hon phasin epi tois thēsaurois katheudein, kai estin kai epi autǭ alēthēs hē graphē hē phaskousa ,,Synēgagen plouton, ex hou ou geusetai“, kai ouden autǭ ophelos ollymenǭ para tēs dikēs; ,,Ouk ōphelēsei“ gar, phēsin ,,hyparchonta en hēmerą orgēs“.

For one who has money and neither shares it with others nor uses it himself has taken the place of the serpent which, they say, sleeps on treasures; and true of him is the Scripture which says, “He gathered wealth of which he will not taste,” and there is no profit for him when he perishes from justice; for “possessions will not profit,” it says, “in the day of wrath.”

Eccl 6:2 (allusion, low confidence) · Prov 11:4 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The miser is like a serpent guarding treasure, and his wealth will not help him on the day of wrath.

The first quotation is unidentified (cf. Eccl 6:2); the second is Prov 11:4.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀληθὴς 5 γραφὴ → ἀληθὴς ἡ γραφὴ; οΣυνήγαγεν → ,,Συνήγαγεν; γεύσεται““ → γεύσεται“; δίκης" Οὐκ → δίκης· ,,Οὐκ.

Topics: Ethics, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.4.2 (Funk 1:223; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.4.3Funk 1:223

ὃ γὰρ τοιοῦτος οὐ τῷ θεῷ πεπίστευκεν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ χρυσίῳ, θεὸν τοῦτο ἡγούμενος καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ πεποιθώς· ὑποκριτὴς ἀληθείας ὁ τοιοῦτος, προσωπολήπτης, ἄπιστος, εἴρων, δειλός, ἄνανδρος, κοῦφος, εὐχερής, μεμψίμοιρος, ἐπώδυνος, ἑαυτοῦ ἐχθρὸς καὶ οὐδενὸς φίλος.

ho gar toioutos ou tǭ theǭ pepisteuken, alla tǭ heautou chrysiǭ, theon touto hēgoumenos kai epʼ autǭ pepoithōs; hypokritēs alētheias ho toioutos, prosōpolēptēs, apistos, eirōn, deilos, anandros, kouphos, eucherēs, mempsimoiros, epōdynos, heautou echthros kai oudenos philos.

For such a one has not believed in God but in his own gold, regarding it as God and trusting in it; such a one is a counterfeiter of the truth, a respecter of persons, faithless, a dissembler, cowardly, unmanly, light-minded, fickle, a grumbler, miserable, an enemy to himself and a friend to no one.

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Summary: The miser trusts in gold as his god and is everyone’s enemy, his own included.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πεπίστευχεν → πεπίστευκεν; ἡγούμενο: καὶ → ἡγούμενος καὶ; πεποιθώς" → πεποιθώς·; ἄνarógoc → ἄνανδρος.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.4.3 (Funk 1:223; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.4.4Funk 1:223

τούτου τὰ χρήματα ὀλεῖται καὶ ,,ἀνὴρ ξένος ἔδεται αὐτά“, ἢ ζῶντος ὑφελόμενος ἢ θανόντος καρπωσάμενος· ,,πλοῦτος“ γὰρ ,,ἀδίκως συναγόμενος ἐξεμεθήσεται“.

toutou ta chrēmata oleitai kai ,,anēr xenos edetai auta“, ē zōntos hyphelomenos ē thanontos karpōsamenos; ,,ploutos“ gar ,,adikōs synagomenos exemethēsetai“.

His possessions will perish, and “a stranger will eat them,” either taking them from him while he lives or enjoying them when he is dead; for “wealth unjustly gathered will be vomited up.”

Eccl 6:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 20:15 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ill-gotten wealth will be lost to strangers.

Eccl 6:2; Job 20:15 (LXX).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; stray letter removed): ,(ἀνὴρ ξένος → ,,ἀνὴρ ξένος; καρπωσάμενος" πλοῦτος“ γὰρ, ἀδίκως → καρπωσάμενος· ,,πλοῦτος“ γὰρ ,,ἀδίκως; ἐξεμεθήσεται". m → ἐξεμεθήσεται“..

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.4.4 (Funk 1:223; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 5

4.5.1Funk 1:223

Παραινοῦμεν οὖν ταῖς χήραις καὶ τοῖς ὀρφανοῖς μετὰ παντὸς φόβου καὶ πάσης εὐλαβείας μεταλαμβάνειν τῶν αὐτοῖς χορηγουμένων καὶ εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ θεῷ ,,τῷ διδόντι τοῖς πεινῶσι τροφὴν“ καὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκτείνειν.

Parainoumen oun tais chērais kai tois orphanois meta pantos phobou kai pasēs eulabeias metalambanein tōn autois chorēgoumenōn kai eucharistein tǭ theǭ ,,tǭ didonti tois peinōsi trophēn“ kai ep᾽ autǭ tous ophthalmous ekteinein.

We exhort, then, the widows and the orphans to partake of what is supplied to them with all fear and all reverence, and to give thanks to God, “who gives food to the hungry,” and to lift up their eyes to him.

Ps 146:7 (145:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Widows and orphans should receive gifts with reverence and thank God.

Ps 146:7 (LXX 145:7).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xoi roig → καὶ τοῖς; χορ χουμέμων. xai | εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ 9:9 ,tÓ διδόντι → χορηγουμένων καὶ εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ θεῷ ,,τῷ διδόντι; xai éx αὐτῷ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκτείνει». → καὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκτείνειν..

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.5.1 (Funk 1:223; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.5.2Funk 1:223

,,Τίς“ γάρ, φησίν, ,,φάγεται ἢ τίς πίεται παρὲξ αὐτοῦ“; αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀνοίγει τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐμπιπλᾷ πᾶν ζῷον εὐδοκίας, σῖτον νεανίσκοις καὶ οἶνον παρθένοις καὶ ἔλαιον εἰς εὐφροσύνην τῶν ζώντων, χόρτον τοῖς κτήνεσιν καὶ χλόην τῇ δουλείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων“, κρέα τοῖς θηρίοις, σπέρματα τοῖς ὀρνέοις καὶ πᾶσι τὴν πρόσφορον τροφήν.

,,Tis“ gar, phēsin, ,,phagetai ē tis pietai parex autou“? autos gar anoigei tēn cheira autou kai empiplą pan zǭon eudokias, siton neaniskois kai oinon parthenois kai elaion eis euphrosynēn tōn zōntōn, chorton tois ktēnesin kai chloēn tę̄ douleią tōn anthrōpōn“, krea tois thēriois, spermata tois orneois kai pasi tēn prosphoron trophēn.

“For who,” it says, “will eat or who will drink apart from him?” For he opens his hand and fills every living thing with good pleasure: grain for young men and wine for maidens, and oil for the gladness of the living, grass for the cattle and green plants for the service of men, flesh for the wild beasts, seeds for the birds, and for all their proper food.

Eccl 2:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 145:16 (144:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Zech 9:17 (quotation, medium confidence) · Ps 104:14–15 (103:14-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: God feeds every creature.

Eccl 2:25; Ps 145:16 (LXX 144:16); Zech 9:17; Ps 104:14–15 (LXX 103:14–15).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,,Tig^ γάρ, φησίν, ,óudw φάγεται → ,,Τίς“ γάρ, φησίν, ,,φάγεται; ξῶον εὐδοχίας → ζῷον εὐδοκίας; reavíoxoig → νεανίσκοις; παρθέροις → παρθένοις; πεβεσιν → κτήνεσιν.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.5.2 (Funk 1:223; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.5.3Funk 1:223

διό φησιν καὶ ὁ κύριος᾽,, Καταμάθετε τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν οὐδὲ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν τρέφει αὐτά" οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν; μὴ οὖν μεριμνήσητε λέγοντες" τί φάγομεν ἢ τί πίομεν; οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν, ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων ἁπάντων“.

dio phēsin kai ho kyrios᾽,, Katamathete ta peteina tou ouranou, hoti ou speirousin oude therizousin oude synagousin eis apothēkas, kai ho patēr hymōn trephei auta" ouch hymeis mallon diapherete autōn? mē oun merimnēsēte legontes" ti phagomen ē ti piomen? oiden gar ho patēr hymōn, hoti chrę̄zete toutōn hapantōn“.

Therefore the Lord too says: “Consider the birds of the sky, that they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and your Father feeds them; are you not of more value than they? Do not, then, be anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink? For your Father knows that you need all these things.”

Matt 6:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 6:31–32 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Christ teaches trust in the Father who feeds the birds.

Matt 6:26, 31–32.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): οὐχ ἑμεῖς → οὐχ ὑμεῖς; οἷδεν yàg ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν», → οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν,; χρήξζετε → χρῄζετε; ἁπάντων". → ἁπάντων“..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.5.3 (Funk 1:223; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.5.4Funk 1:223–225

τοσαύτης οὖν τῆς παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ προνοίας ἀπολαύοντες καὶ τῶν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ μεταλαμβάνοντες ἀγαθῶν, αἶνον ἀναπέμπειν ὀφείλετε τῷ ,,ὀρφανὸν καὶ χήραν ἀναλαμβάνοντι“ παντοκράτορι θεῷ διὰ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, δι᾽ οὗ ἡ δόξα τῷ θεῷ ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθεία εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας" ἀμήν.

tosautēs oun tēs par᾽ autou pronoias apolauontes kai tōn par᾽ autou metalambanontes agathōn, ainon anapempein opheilete tǭ ,,orphanon kai chēran analambanonti“ pantokratori theǭ dia tou ēgapēmenou huiou autou Iēsou Christou tou kyriou hēmōn, di᾽ hou hē doxa tǭ theǭ en pneumati kai alētheia eis tous aiōnas" amēn.

Since, then, you enjoy so great a providence from him and partake of the good things that come from him, you ought to send up praise to him “who receives the orphan and the widow,” the almighty God, through his beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom be glory to God in spirit and truth forever. Amen.

Ps 146:9 (145:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Those who receive should praise God for his providence.

Ps 146:9 (LXX 145:9).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray letter removed): τοσαύτης: οὖν → τοσαύτης οὖν; xai τῶν → καὶ τῶν; ,00goróv → ,,ὀρφανὸν; ἀναλαμβάνοντι" παντοχράτορι → ἀναλαμβάνοντι“ παντοκράτορι; [7600 Χριστοῦ → Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ; δι᾽ οὐ ἡ → δι᾽ οὗ ἡ; ἀμήν. m → ἀμήν..

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.5.4 (Funk 1:223–225; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 6

4.6.1Funk 1:225

Χρὴ δὲ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον εἰδέναι, τίνων ὀφείλει δέχεσθαι καρποφορίας καὶ τίνων οὐκ ὀφείλει.

Chrē de ton episkopon eidenai, tinōn opheilei dechesthai karpophorias kai tinōn ouk opheilei.

The bishop must know whose offerings he ought to receive and whose he ought not.

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop must discern which offerings to accept.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Δρὴ δὲ → Χρὴ δὲ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.6.1 (Funk 1:225; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.6.2Funk 1:225

φυλακτέοι γὰρ αὐτῷ πρὸς δόσιν κάπηλοι· ,,οὐ δικαιωθήσεται“ γὰρ ,,κάπηλος ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας“. περὶ αὐτῶν γάρ που καὶ Ἡσαΐας ὀνειδίζων τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἔλεγεν· ,,Οἱ κάπηλοί σου μίσγουσιν τὸν οἶνον ὕδατι“.

phylakteoi gar autǭ pros dosin kapēloi; ,,ou dikaiōthēsetai“ gar ,,kapēlos apo hamartias“. peri autōn gar pou kai Hēsaïas oneidizōn ton ᾿Israēl elegen; ,,Hoi kapēloi sou misgousin ton oinon hydati“.

For he must beware of petty traders as givers; for “a petty trader will not be justified from sin.” For it was of them, somewhere, that Isaiah too spoke in reproach of Israel: “Your traders mix the wine with water.”

Isa 1:22 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Gifts from cheating traders are to be refused.

Sir 26:29; Isa 1:22 (LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): κἀπηλοι" ,,οὐ δικαιωθήσεται“ γὰρ, κάπηλος → κάπηλοι· ,,οὐ δικαιωθήσεται“ γὰρ ,,κάπηλος; ἔλεγεν" »Οἱ κάπηλοί → ἔλεγεν· ,,Οἱ κάπηλοί; ὕδατι. → ὕδατι“..

Extrabiblical texts: Sir 26:29 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Topics: Church office, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.6.2 (Funk 1:225; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.6.4Funk 1:225

φευκτέοι δ᾽ αὐτῷ καὶ πόρνοι, ,,Οὐ προσοίσεις“ γὰρ ,,τῷ κυρίῳ μίσθωμα πόρνης“ καὶ ἅρπαγες καὶ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἐπιθυμηταὶ καὶ μοιχοί, βδελυκταὶ γὰρ αἱ τούτων θυσίαι τῷ θεῷ. 4. ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ ἐκθλίβοντες χήραν καὶ ὀρφανὸν καταδυναστεύοντες καὶ τὰς φυλακὰς πληροῦντες ἀναιτίων ἢ καὶ τοῖς ἑαυτῶν οἰκέταις πονηρῶς χρώμενοι, πληγαῖς φημι καὶ λιμῷ καὶ κακοδουλίᾳ, ἢ καὶ πόλεις ὅλας λυμαινόμενοι φευκτέοι ἔστωσάν σοι, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, καὶ αἱ τούτων προσφοραὶ μυσαραί.

pheukteoi d᾽ autǭ kai pornoi, ,,Ou prosoiseis“ gar ,,tǭ kyriǭ misthōma pornēs“ kai harpages kai tōn allotriōn epithymētai kai moichoi, bdelyktai gar hai toutōn thysiai tǭ theǭ. 4. alla kai hoi ekthlibontes chēran kai orphanon katadynasteuontes kai tas phylakas plērountes anaitiōn ē kai tois heautōn oiketais ponērōs chrōmenoi, plēgais phēmi kai limǭ kai kakodoulią, ē kai poleis holas lymainomenoi pheukteoi estōsan soi, ō episkope, kai hai toutōn prosphorai mysarai.

He must also avoid the sexually immoral — for “you shall not bring to the Lord the hire of a prostitute” — and the rapacious, those who covet what belongs to others, and adulterers; for their sacrifices are abominable to God. [4] But also those who oppress the widow and overpower the orphan and fill the prisons with the innocent, or treat their own servants wickedly — with blows, I mean, and hunger and cruel servitude — or even ravage whole cities: let them be avoided by you, O bishop, and their offerings are abominable.

Deut 23:18 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Offerings from the sexually immoral, adulterers, oppressors and cruel masters are to be refused.

This staged ref begins with Funk’s section 3 (numeral lost); section 4 is marked [4]. Deut 23:18. “The sexually immoral” renders πόρνοι.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): φευχτέοι → φευκτέοι; ,,0v προσοίσεις“ yàg ,τῷ κυρίῳ μίσθωμα πόρνης → ,,Οὐ προσοίσεις“ γὰρ ,,τῷ κυρίῳ μίσθωμα πόρνης“; ἐκθʼλίβοντες → ἐκθλίβοντες.

Topics: Church office, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.6.4 (Funk 1:225; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.6.5Funk 1:225–227

παραιτήσῃ δὲ καὶ ῥᾳδιουργοὺς καὶ ῥήτορας ἀδικίᾳ συναγωνιζομένους καὶ εἰδωλοποιοὺς καὶ κλέπτας καὶ τελώνας ἀδίκους καὶ ζυγοκρούστας καὶ δολομέτρας, καὶ στρατιώτην συκοφάντην, μὴ ,,ἀρκούμενον τοῖς ὀψωνίοις, ἀλλὰ τοὺς πένητας διασείοντα“, φονέα τε καὶ δήμιον καὶ δικαστὴν παράνομον, πραγμάτων ἀνατροπέα, ἀνθρώπων ἐπίβουλον, μιαρῶν ἐργάτην, μέθυσον, βλάσφημον, κίναιδον, τοκογλύφον, καὶ παντὸς ἑτέρου πονηροῦ καὶ τῇ γνώμῃ τοῦ θεοῦ διαμαχομένου, ὅτι λέγει ἡ γραφὴ ,,βδελυκτοὺς εἶναι παρὰ θεῷ πάντας τοὺς τοιούτους“.

paraitēsę̄ de kai rhądiourgous kai rhētoras adikią synagōnizomenous kai eidōlopoious kai kleptas kai telōnas adikous kai zygokroustas kai dolometras, kai stratiōtēn sykophantēn, mē ,,arkoumenon tois opsōniois, alla tous penētas diaseionta“, phonea te kai dēmion kai dikastēn paranomon, pragmatōn anatropea, anthrōpōn epiboulon, miarōn ergatēn, methyson, blasphēmon, kinaidon, tokoglyphon, kai pantos heterou ponērou kai tę̄ gnōmę̄ tou theou diamachomenou, hoti legei hē graphē ,,bdelyktous einai para theǭ pantas tous toioutous“.

You shall also refuse rogues, and advocates who fight on the side of injustice, makers of idols, thieves, unjust tax collectors, those who cheat with balances and false measures, and a soldier who is a false accuser, “not content with his wages, but extorting from the poor”; a murderer and an executioner and an unjust judge, an overturner of causes, a plotter against men, a worker of abominations, a drunkard, a blasphemer, a catamite, a usurer, and everyone else who is wicked and fights against the will of God; for the Scripture says that “all such are abominable before God.”

Luke 3:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 25:16 (allusion, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A long list of wrongdoers whose offerings must be refused.

Luke 3:14. “Catamite” renders κίναιδος. The final quotation is a summary of passages such as Deut 25:16 and Prov 16:5 (uncertain).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,ἀἀρκούμενον → ,,ἀρκούμενον; πραγμάτῶν → πραγμάτων; τοχογλύφον → τοκογλύφον; βδελυχτοὺς εἶναι παρὰ $t0* πάντας τοὺς τοιούτους. → βδελυκτοὺς εἶναι παρὰ θεῷ πάντας τοὺς τοιούτους“..

Topics: Church office, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.6.5 (Funk 1:225–227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.6.6Funk 1:227

οἱ γὰρ παρὰ τοιούτων δεχόμενοι καὶ τρέφοντες χήρας καὶ ὀρφανοὺς ὑπεύθυνοι τῷ κριτηρίῳ τοῦ θεοῦ γενήσονται, ὥσπερ καὶ ᾿Αδωνίας ὃ ἐν ταῖς Βασιλείοις προφήτης παρακούσας θεοῦ καὶ φαγὼν ἄρτον καὶ πιὼν ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ᾧ ἀπεῖπεν αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος διὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἱεροβοὰμ ἀσέβειαν, καὶ ὑπὸ λέοντος ἀναιρεθείς.

hoi gar para toioutōn dechomenoi kai trephontes chēras kai orphanous hypeuthynoi tǭ kritēriǭ tou theou genēsontai, hōsper kai ᾿Adōnias ho en tais Basileiois prophētēs parakousas theou kai phagōn arton kai piōn hydōr en tǭ topǭ hǭ apeipen autǭ ho kyrios dia tēn tou Hieroboam asebeian, kai hypo leontos anairetheis.

For those who receive from such people and feed widows and orphans with it will be answerable to the judgment seat of God, as Adonias the prophet in the books of the Kingdoms, who disobeyed God and ate bread and drank water in the place where the Lord had forbidden him to because of Jeroboam’s impiety, was also killed by a lion.

1 Kgs 13:7–24 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Those who feed the poor from wicked gifts will be judged, like the disobedient prophet killed by a lion.

1 Kgs 13:7–24, where the man of God is unnamed; the name Adonias is the author’s.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τοιούτῶν → τοιούτων; τόπῳ o ἀπεῖπεν → τόπῳ ᾧ ἀπεῖπεν.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.6.6 (Funk 1:227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.6.7Funk 1:227

ὁ γὰρ ἐκ κόπου διακονούμενος ἄρτος χήραις δίκαιος μᾶλλον, κἂν ᾖ βραχὺς καὶ ὀλίγος, ἢ ὁ ἐξ ἀδικίας καὶ συκοφαντίας, κἂν ᾖ πολὺς καὶ ἐξησκημένος᾽ λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· ,, Κρεῖσσον ὀλίγον τῷ δικαίῳ ὑπὲρ πλοῦτον ἁμαρτωλῶν πολύν“.

ho gar ek kopou diakonoumenos artos chērais dikaios mallon, kan ę̄ brachys kai oligos, ē ho ex adikias kai sykophantias, kan ę̄ polys kai exēskēmenos᾽ legei gar hē graphē; ,, Kreisson oligon tǭ dikaiǭ hyper plouton hamartōlōn polyn“.

For the bread supplied to widows from honest labour is more just, even if it is short and little, than that from injustice and false accusation, even if it is plentiful and fine; for the Scripture says: “Better is a little for the righteous than the great wealth of sinners.”

Ps 37:16 (36:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Little bread honestly earned is better than much from injustice.

Ps 37:16 (LXX 36:16).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): κἂν ἢ βραχὺς → κἂν ᾖ βραχὺς; συχοφαντίας, κἂν ἢ πολὺς → συκοφαντίας, κἂν ᾖ πολὺς; λέγει γὰρ 7) γραφή" → λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή·.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.6.7 (Funk 1:227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.6.8Funk 1:227

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐξ ἀσεβῶν φαγοῦσα χήρα καὶ ἐμπλησθεῖσα προσεύξεται ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν, οὐκ εἰσακουσθήσεται, ὅτι ὁ καρδιογνώστης θεὸς μετὰ κρίσεως ἀπεφήνατο περὶ τῶν ἀσεβῶν λέγων" ,,Ἐὰν στῇ Μωσῆς καὶ Σαμουὴλ πρὸ προσώπου μου ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν, οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι αὐτῶν᾽ καὶ σὺ μὴ προσεύχου ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου καὶ μὴ ἀξίου ἐλεηθῆναι αὐτοὺς καὶ μὴ προσέλθῃς μοι περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσακούσομαί σου“.

ei de kai ex asebōn phagousa chēra kai emplēstheisa proseuxetai hyper autōn, ouk eisakousthēsetai, hoti ho kardiognōstēs theos meta kriseōs apephēnato peri tōn asebōn legōn" ,,Ean stę̄ Mōsēs kai Samouēl pro prosōpou mou hyper autōn, ouk eisakousomai autōn᾽ kai sy mē proseuchou hyper tou laou toutou kai mē axiou eleēthēnai autous kai mē proselthę̄s moi peri autōn, hoti ouk eisakousomai sou“.

And if a widow who has eaten and been filled from the ungodly prays for them, she will not be heard; for God, who knows the heart, has declared with judgment concerning the ungodly, saying: “If Moses and Samuel stand before my face for them, I will not hear them”; and: “And you, do not pray for this people, and do not ask that they be shown mercy, and do not come to me about them, for I will not hear you.”

Jer 15:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 7:16 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayers of widows fed by the ungodly for their benefactors are not heard.

Jer 15:1; Jer 7:16.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): οὐχ εἰσακουσθήσεται → οὐκ εἰσακουσθήσεται; ,Eàv στῇ → ,,Ἐὰν στῇ.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.6.8 (Funk 1:227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.6.9Funk 1:227

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις γενόμενοι καὶ μὴ μεταγνόντες οὐ μόνον οὐκ εἰσακουσθήσονται προσευχόμενοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν θεὸν παροξυνοῦσιν ὑπομιμνήσκοντες αὐτὸν τῆς ἑαυτῶν μοχθηρίας.

ou mēn de alla kai hoi en hamartiais genomenoi kai mē metagnontes ou monon ouk eisakousthēsontai proseuchomenoi, alla kai ton theon paroxynousin hypomimnēskontes auton tēs heautōn mochthērias.

And not only that, but those who are in sins and have not repented will not only not be heard when they pray, but will provoke God, reminding him of their own wickedness.

Notes and citation

Summary: The prayers of unrepentant sinners provoke God.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.6.9 (Funk 1:227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 7

4.7.1Funk 1:227

Περιίστασθε οὖν τὰς τοιαύτας διακονίας ὡς ,,ἄλλαγμα κυνὸς καὶ μίσθωμα πόρνης“· ἑκάτερα γὰρ τοῖς νόμοις ἀπηγόρευται.

Periistasthe oun tas toiautas diakonias hōs ,,allagma kynos kai misthōma pornēs“; hekatera gar tois nomois apēgoreutai.

Avoid, then, such contributions, as “the price of a dog and the hire of a prostitute”; for both are forbidden by the laws.

Deut 23:18 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Tainted gifts are like the forbidden price of a dog and wages of a prostitute.

Deut 23:18.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): »ἄλλαγμα → ,,ἄλλαγμα; πόρνης“ ἑκάτερα → πόρνης“· ἑκάτερα; ἀπηγόQevrat → ἀπηγόρευται.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.7.1 (Funk 1:227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.7.2Funk 1:227–229

οὔτε γὰρ Ἐλισσαῖος τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Ἀζαὴλ προσκομισθέντα ἐδέξατο, οὔτε Ἀχίας τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Ἱεροβοάμ· εἰ δὲ οἱ τοῦ θεοῦ προφῆται τὰ παρὰ τῶν ἀσεβῶν οὐ προσήκαντο ξένια, δίκαιον μήτε ὑμᾶς, ὦ ἐπίσκοποι. ἀλλὰ καὶ ,,Σίμων“ ὁ μάγος ἐμοὶ Πέτρῳ καὶ Ἰωάννῃ ,,χρήματα προσενεγκὼν“ ἐπειρᾶτο ὠνητὴν τὴν ἀτίμητον χάριν λήψεσθαι᾽ ἅπερ μὴ προσηκάμενοι ἀραῖς αἰωνίοις αὐτὸν ἐδησάμεθα, ὅτι ,,τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ θεοῦ“ οὐκ εὐνοίᾳ τῇ πρὸς θεόν, ἀλλὰ ,,χρημάτων ἐναλλαγῇ ἐνόμισεν κτᾶσθαι“.

oute gar Elissaios ta para tou Azaēl proskomisthenta edexato, oute Achias ta para tou Hieroboam; ei de hoi tou theou prophētai ta para tōn asebōn ou prosēkanto xenia, dikaion mēte hymas, ō episkopoi. alla kai ,,Simōn“ ho magos emoi Petrǭ kai Iōannę̄ ,,chrēmata prosenenkōn“ epeirato ōnētēn tēn atimēton charin lēpsesthai᾽ haper mē prosēkamenoi arais aiōniois auton edēsametha, hoti ,,tēn dōrean tou theou“ ouk eunoią tę̄ pros theon, alla ,,chrēmatōn enallagę̄ enomisen ktasthai“.

For neither did Elisha accept what was brought by Hazael, nor Ahijah what came from Jeroboam; and if the prophets of God did not accept gifts from the ungodly, it is right that neither should you, O bishops. Moreover, “Simon” the magician, “offering money” to me, Peter, and to John, tried to obtain the priceless grace by purchase; we did not accept it, but bound him with eternal curses, “because he thought he could acquire the gift of God” not by good will toward God but “by an exchange of money.”

2 Kgs 8:8–9 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Kgs 14:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 8:18–20 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Prophets refused gifts from the ungodly, and Peter and John rejected Simon’s money.

The work speaks in the voice of Peter here. 2 Kgs 8:8–9; 1 Kgs 14:3; Acts 8:18–20. The refusals of Elisha and Ahijah are the author’s reading of these stories.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ᾿ζαὴλ → Ἀζαὴλ; Ayíac → Ἀχίας; Ἱεροβοάμʼ → Ἱεροβοάμ·; ἀλλὰ xol , Σίμων“ → ἀλλὰ καὶ ,,Σίμων“; ο,χρήματα προσενεγκὼν». → ,,χρήματα προσενεγκὼν“; οὕτι τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ θεοῦ"“ → ὅτι ,,τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ θεοῦ“; ἀλλὰ, χρημάτων → ἀλλὰ ,,χρημάτων.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.7.2 (Funk 1:227–229; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.7.3Funk 1:229

φεύγετε οὖν τὰς δυσσυνειδήτους εἰς τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσφοράς· ,,Ἀπέχου“ γάρ, φησίν, ,,ἀπὸ ἀδίκου, καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσῃ καὶ τρόμος οὐχ ἐγγιεῖ σοι“.

pheugete oun tas dyssyneidētous eis to thysiastērion tou theou eisphoras; ,,Apechou“ gar, phēsin, ,,apo adikou, kai ou phobēthēsę̄ kai tromos ouch engiei soi“.

Flee, then, offerings brought to the altar of God with a bad conscience; for “Keep away,” it says, “from injustice, and you will not fear, and trembling will not come near you.”

Isa 54:14 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Offerings from a bad conscience must be refused.

Isa 54:14 (LXX).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): εἰσφοράς" »Anz£yov' γάρ, φησίν, ἀπὸ → εἰσφοράς· ,,Ἀπέχου“ γάρ, φησίν, ,,ἀπὸ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.7.3 (Funk 1:229; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 8

4.8.1Funk 1:229

Ἀλλ᾽ ἐὰν λέγητε, ὅτι οἱ διδόντες τὰς ἐλεημοσύνας οὗτοί εἰσιν, κἂν μὴ λάβωμεν παρ᾽ αὐτῶν, πόθεν αἱ χῆραι ὑπηρετηθήσονται παρ᾽ ἡμῶν καὶ οἱ ἐνδεεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ; ἀκούσεσθε παρ᾽ ἡμῶν, ὅτι διὰ τοῦτο ἐλάβετε δόματα λευιτῶν, τὴν καρποφορίαν τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν λαοῦ, ἵνα ἐπαρκῆτε καὶ ἑαυτοῖς καὶ τοῖς δεομένοις, καὶ μὴ ἐνδείᾳ συνεχόμενοι παρὰ πονηρῶν λαμβάνητε.

All᾽ ean legēte, hoti hoi didontes tas eleēmosynas houtoi eisin, kan mē labōmen par᾽ autōn, pothen hai chērai hypēretēthēsontai par᾽ hēmōn kai hoi endeeis tou laou? akousesthe par᾽ hēmōn, hoti dia touto elabete domata leuitōn, tēn karpophorian tou en hymin laou, hina eparkēte kai heautois kai tois deomenois, kai mē endeią synechomenoi para ponērōn lambanēte.

But if you say, “These are the ones who give alms, and if we do not receive from them, from where will the widows and the needy among the people be served by us?”, you shall hear from us that it is for this that you received the gifts of the Levites, the offerings of the people among you: so that you might provide both for yourselves and for those in need, and not, pressed by want, receive from the wicked.

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Summary: The people’s offerings exist so that the church need not take from the wicked.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ἀλλ ἐὰν → Ἀλλ᾽ ἐὰν; ἀχούσεσθε παρ ἡμῶν → ἀκούσεσθε παρ᾽ ἡμῶν.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.8.1 (Funk 1:229; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.8.2Funk 1:229

εἰ δὲ οὕτως ἀποροῦσιν αἱ ἐκκλησίαι, λυσιτελεῖ διαφθαρῆναι, ἢ παρ᾽ ἐχθρῶν τοῦ θεοῦ λαβεῖν τι ἐφ᾽ ὕβρει καὶ χλεύῃ τῶν αὐτοῦ φίλων· περὶ γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων καὶ ὃ προφήτης λέγειʼ ,, Ἔλαιον ἁμαρτωλοῦ μὴ λιπανάτω τὴν κεφαλήν μου“.

ei de houtōs aporousin hai ekklēsiai, lysitelei diaphtharēnai, ē par᾽ echthrōn tou theou labein ti eph᾽ hybrei kai chleuę̄ tōn autou philōn; peri gar tōn toioutōn kai ho prophētēs legeiʼ ,, Elaion hamartōlou mē lipanatō tēn kephalēn mou“.

And if the churches are so poor, it is better to perish than to receive anything from the enemies of God, to the insult and mockery of his friends; for of such the prophet too says: “Let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head.”

Ps 141:5 (140:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: It is better for a church to perish than to take gifts from God’s enemies.

Ps 141:5 (LXX 140:5).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): φίλων περὶ γὰρ → φίλων· περὶ γὰρ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.8.2 (Funk 1:229; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.8.3Funk 1:229

δοκιμασταὶ οὖν γίνεσθε τῶν τοιούτων" καὶ παρὰ μὲν τῶν ὁσίως περιπατούντων λαμβάνετε καὶ τοῖς θλιβομένοις χορηγεῖτε, παρὰ δὲ ἀποσυναγώγων μὴ λαμβάνετε, πρὶν ἂν τῆς ἐκκλησίας εἶναι μέλη καταξιωθῶσιν.

dokimastai oun ginesthe tōn toioutōn" kai para men tōn hosiōs peripatountōn lambanete kai tois thlibomenois chorēgeite, para de aposynagōgōn mē lambanete, prin an tēs ekklēsias einai melē kataxiōthōsin.

Be, then, examiners of such people: receive from those who walk in holiness and supply the afflicted, but do not receive from the excommunicated until they are counted worthy to be members of the church.

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Summary: Gifts are accepted from the holy and refused from the excommunicated.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.8.3 (Funk 1:229; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.8.4Funk 1:229

εἰ δὲ ἐπιλείποι δόμα, προσάγγελλε τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν συλλογὴν ποιησάμενος διακόνει τοῖς ὀρφανοῖς καὶ ταῖς χήραις ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ.

ei de epileipoi doma, prosangelle tois adelphois, kai ex autōn syllogēn poiēsamenos diakonei tois orphanois kai tais chērais en dikaiosynę̄.

And if the gifts fall short, tell the brothers, and making a collection from them, minister to the orphans and the widows in righteousness.

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Summary: Shortfalls are met by collections among the brothers.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.8.4 (Funk 1:229; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 9

4.9.1Funk 1:229

Λέγε δὲ τῷ ὑπὸ σὲ λαῷ ἃ καὶ Σολομὼν ὁ σοφός· ,,Τίμα τὸν κύριον ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων καὶ ἀπάρχου αὐτῷ ἀπὸ σῶν καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης, ἵνα πιμπλᾶται τὰ ταμιεῖά σου πλησμονῆς σίτου, οἴνῳ δὲ αἱ ληνοί σου ἐκβλύζωσιν“.

Lege de tǭ hypo se laǭ ha kai Solomōn ho sophos; ,,Tima ton kyrion apo sōn dikaiōn ponōn kai aparchou autǭ apo sōn karpōn dikaiosynēs, hina pimplatai ta tamieia sou plēsmonēs sitou, oinǭ de hai lēnoi sou ekblyzōsin“.

Tell the people under you what Solomon the wise also said: “Honour the Lord from your just labours, and give him the first fruits of your fruits of righteousness, so that your storehouses may be filled with plenty of grain, and your winepresses overflow with wine.”

Prov 3:9–10 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The people should honour God with first fruits from honest labour.

Prov 3:9–10 (LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Aéys δὲ → Λέγε δὲ; σοφός" ,Tiua → σοφός· ,,Τίμα; οἴνῳ ὁὲ → οἴνῳ δὲ.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.9.1 (Funk 1:229; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.9.2Funk 1:229–231

ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου οὖν κόπου τῶν πιστῶν τρέφετε καὶ ἀμφιέννυτε τοὺς ὑστερουμένους, καὶ τὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν, ὡς προειρήκαμεν, ἀθροιζόμενα χρήματα διατάσσετε διακονοῦντες εἰς τοὺς ἀγορασμοὺς τῶν ἁγίων, ῥυόμενοι δούλους, αἰχμαλώτους, δεσμίους, ἐπηρεαζομένους, ἥκοντας ἐκ καταδίκης διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὑπὸ τυράννων εἰς μονομαχίαν καὶ θάνατον· λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· ,,Ῥῦσαι ἀγομένους εἰς θάνατον καὶ ἐκπρίου κτεινομένους, μὴ φείσῃ“.

ek tou dikaiou oun kopou tōn pistōn trephete kai amphiennyte tous hysteroumenous, kai ta ex autōn, hōs proeirēkamen, athroizomena chrēmata diatassete diakonountes eis tous agorasmous tōn hagiōn, rhyomenoi doulous, aichmalōtous, desmious, epēreazomenous, hēkontas ek katadikēs dia to onoma tou Christou hypo tyrannōn eis monomachian kai thanaton; legei gar hē graphē; ,,Rhysai agomenous eis thanaton kai ekpriou kteinomenous, mē pheisę̄“.

From the just labour of the faithful, then, feed and clothe those in want; and the money collected from them, as we said before, assign to the ransom of the saints, rescuing slaves, captives, prisoners, those who are mistreated, and those condemned by tyrants to gladiatorial combat and death for the name of Christ; for the Scripture says: “Rescue those who are led to death and redeem those about to be killed; do not spare.”

Prov 24:11 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Honest offerings feed the poor and ransom captives and those condemned for Christ.

Prov 24:11 (LXX). The last words are garbled in the digital text (“μὴ iion”) and are restored from the LXX by a logged correction.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; last word garbled, restored by sense from the LXX): προειρήχαμεν → προειρήκαμεν; δυόμενοι → ῥυόμενοι; θάνατον" λέγει → θάνατον· λέγει; γραφή" , Poet ἀγομένους → γραφή· ,,Ῥῦσαι ἀγομένους; ἐχπρίου χτεινομένους, μὴ iion → ἐκπρίου κτεινομένους, μὴ φείσῃ“..

Topics: Ethics, Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.9.2 (Funk 1:229–231; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 10

4.10.1Funk 1:231

Ἐὰν δέ ποτε ἀνάγκη γένηται παρά τινος δέξασθαι ἀνοσίου ἄκοντας ἀργύριον, εἰς ξύλα καὶ ἀνθρακιὰν αὐτὸ δαπανήσατε, ἵνα μὴ λαβοῦσα ἡ χήρα ἐξ αὐτοῦ τι ἢ ὃ ὀρφανὸς ἀναγκασθῇ ὠνήσασθαι τροφὴν ἢ πόμα παρὰ τὸ προσῆκον· δίκαιον γὰρ τὰ παρὰ τῶν ἀσεβῶν ταῦτα πυρὸς εἶναι κατανάλωμα, οὐκ εὐσεβῶν βρῶμα.

Ean de pote anankē genētai para tinos dexasthai anosiou akontas argyrion, eis xyla kai anthrakian auto dapanēsate, hina mē labousa hē chēra ex autou ti ē ho orphanos anankasthę̄ ōnēsasthai trophēn ē poma para to prosēkon; dikaion gar ta para tōn asebōn tauta pyros einai katanalōma, ouk eusebōn brōma.

And if at some time you are forced against your will to receive money from some impious person, spend it on wood and charcoal, so that the widow or the orphan may not receive any of it and be forced to buy food or drink with it, against what is fitting; for it is right that such things from the ungodly should be fuel for the fire, not food for the godly.

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Summary: Money forced on the church by the impious should be spent on fuel, not on food for the poor.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): 'Eàv δέ → Ἐὰν δέ; οἰνήσασθαι → ὠνήσασθαι; προσῆκον δίκαιον → προσῆκον· δίκαιον.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.10.1 (Funk 1:231; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.10.2Funk 1:231

ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ὃ νόμος διαγορεύει, θυσίαν ὀψισθεῖσαν ἄβρωτον ἀποκαλῶν καὶ πυρὶ ταύτην ἀναλίσκεσθαι κελεύων.

tauta de kai ho nomos diagoreuei, thysian opsistheisan abrōton apokalōn kai pyri tautēn analiskesthai keleuōn.

And the Law too prescribes this, calling a sacrifice left over too late inedible and ordering it to be consumed by fire.

Lev 7:17–18 (allusion, medium confidence) · Lev 19:6 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: The Law ordered stale sacrifices to be burned.

Lev 7:17–18; 19:6.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.10.2 (Funk 1:231; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.10.3Funk 1:231

οὐ γὰρ τῇ φύσει φαῦλα τὰ προσφερόμενα, ἀλλὰ τῇ γνώμῃ τῶν προσκομιζόντων αὐτά.

ou gar tę̄ physei phaula ta prospheromena, alla tę̄ gnōmę̄ tōn proskomizontōn auta.

For the things offered are not evil by nature, but by the intention of those who bring them.

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Summary: Gifts are tainted by the giver’s intention, not by their nature.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.10.3 (Funk 1:231; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.10.4Funk 1:231

τοῦτο δὲ προστάσσομεν ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ ἀποστρέφειν τοὺς πλησιάζοντας ὑμῖν, εἰδότες καὶ τὴν συντυχίαν πολλάκις ἐπωφελῆ τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν γεγενῆσθαι τὴν πρὸς τοὺς εὐσεβεῖς, ἐπιβλαβῆ δὲ μόνην τὴν κατὰ τὴν θρησκείαν κοινωνίαν.

touto de prostassomen epi tǭ mē apostrephein tous plēsiazontas hymin, eidotes kai tēn syntychian pollakis epōphelē tois asebesin gegenēsthai tēn pros tous eusebeis, epiblabē de monēn tēn kata tēn thrēskeian koinōnian.

And we command this so that you may not turn away those who come near you, knowing that association with the godly has often been beneficial to the ungodly, and that only fellowship in worship is harmful.

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Summary: Contact with the ungodly is allowed; only sharing worship with them is harmful.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.10.4 (Funk 1:231; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.10.5Funk 1:231

ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, ἀγαπητοί, εἰρήσθω ὑμῖν πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν ὑμῶν.

tauta men oun epi tosouton, agapētoi, eirēsthō hymin pros asphaleian hymōn.

Let this much, then, be said to you, beloved, for your safety.

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Summary: Conclusion of the instruction on gifts.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.10.5 (Funk 1:231; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-10-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 11

4.11.1Funk 1:231

Οἱ μέντοι πατέρες παιδεύετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἐν κυρίῳ, ,,ἐκτρέφοντες αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ κυρίου“, καὶ διδάσκετε αὐτὰ ἐπιτηδείους καὶ ἁρμοζούσας τῷ λόγῳ τέχνας, ἵνα μὴ διὰ τῆς εὐκαιρίας στρηνιάσαντα καὶ ἀνεπιτίμητα ὑπὸ τῶν γονέων μείναντα, πρὸ ὥρας ἀνέσεως τυχόντα, ἀφηνιάσωσιν τοῦ καλοῦ.

Hoi mentoi pateres paideuete ta tekna hymōn en kyriǭ, ,,ektrephontes auta en paideią kai nouthesią kyriou“, kai didaskete auta epitēdeious kai harmozousas tǭ logǭ technas, hina mē dia tēs eukairias strēniasanta kai anepitimēta hypo tōn goneōn meinanta, pro hōras aneseōs tychonta, aphēniasōsin tou kalou.

You fathers, educate your children in the Lord, “bringing them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord,” and teach them trades that are suitable and befitting the word, lest through having leisure they grow wanton and, remaining unrebuked by their parents and gaining freedom before the time, break away from what is good.

Eph 6:4 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Fathers must raise their children in the Lord and teach them a fitting trade.

Eph 6:4.

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Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.11.1 (Funk 1:231; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-11-1). (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.

4.11.2Funk 1:231–233

διὸ μὴ εὐλαβεῖσθε αὐτοῖς ἐπιπλήσσειν, σωφρονίζοντες αὐτὰ μετὰ ἐμβριθείας᾽ οὐ γὰρ ἀποκτενεῖτε αὐτὰ παιδεύοντες, μᾶλλον δὲ σώσετε αὐτά, καθώς που καὶ ὃ Σολομὼν ἐν τῇ Σοφίᾳ φησίν" »Παίδευε υἱόν σου, καὶ ἀναπαύσει σε· οὕτως γὰρ ἔσται σοι εὔελπις· σὺ μὲν γὰρ ῥάβδῳ πατάξεις αὐτόν, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ῥύσῃ ἐκ θανάτου“. 3. καὶ πάλιν λέγει ὁ αὐτὸς οὕτως" ,,Ὃς φείδεται τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βακτηρίας, μισεῖ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ υἱόν“, καὶ ἑξῆς· ,,Κλάσον τὰς πλευρὰς αὑτοῦ, ὡς ἐστὶν νήπιος, μήποτε σκληρυνθεὶς ἀπειθήσῃ σοι“. ὃς φείδεται οὖν παραινεῖν καὶ σωφρονίζειν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ υἱόν, μισεῖ τὸν ἴδιον παῖδα.

dio mē eulabeisthe autois epiplēssein, sōphronizontes auta meta embritheias᾽ ou gar apokteneite auta paideuontes, mallon de sōsete auta, kathōs pou kai ho Solomōn en tę̄ Sophią phēsin" »Paideue huion sou, kai anapausei se; houtōs gar estai soi euelpis; sy men gar rhabdǭ pataxeis auton, tēn de psychēn autou rhysę̄ ek thanatou“. 3. kai palin legei ho autos houtōs" ,,Hos pheidetai tēs heautou baktērias, misei ton heautou huion“, kai hexēs; ,,Klason tas pleuras hautou, hōs estin nēpios, mēpote sklēryntheis apeithēsę̄ soi“. hos pheidetai oun parainein kai sōphronizein ton heautou huion, misei ton idion paida.

Therefore do not be afraid to rebuke them, correcting them with seriousness; for you will not kill them by disciplining them, but rather save them, as Solomon too says somewhere in Wisdom: “Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; so he will be a good hope to you; for you will strike him with the rod, but you will deliver his soul from death.” [3] And again the same says thus: “Whoever spares his staff hates his son”; and next: “Break his ribs while he is a child, lest he become hardened and disobey you.” So whoever refrains from admonishing and correcting his own son hates his own child.

Prov 29:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 19:18 (quotation, medium confidence) · Prov 23:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 13:24 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Parents must discipline their children firmly, as Proverbs and Sirach teach.

Funk’s section 3 sits inside this staged ref (numeral misread); marked [3]. “Wisdom” is Proverbs: Prov 29:17; 19:18; 23:14; 13:24. “Break his ribs while he is a child” is Sir 30:12, here attributed to Solomon. A block of Funk’s apparatus inside the quotation is removed.

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Extrabiblical texts: Sir 30:12 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.11.2 (Funk 1:231–233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.11.4Funk 1:233

ἐκδιδάσκετε οὖν ὑμῶν τὰ τέκνα τὸν λόγον κυρίου, στύφετε δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ δαρμοῖς καὶ ποιεῖτε ὑποτακτικά, ἀπὸ βρέφους διδάσκοντες αὐτὰ ,,ἱερὰ γράμματα“, ἡμέτερά τε καὶ θεῖα, καὶ πᾶσαν γραφὴν θείαν παραδιδόντες αὐτοῖς, ἄνεσιν αὐτοῖς μὴ διδόντες κατεξουσιάζειν ὑμῶν παρὰ τὴν ὑμετέραν γνώμην, μετὰ ὁμηλίκων εἰς συμπόσιον μὴ ἐῶντες αὐτὰ συμβάλλειν· οὕτω γὰρ εἰς ἀταξίαν ἐκτραπήσονται καὶ εἰς πορνείαν περιπεσοῦνται.

ekdidaskete oun hymōn ta tekna ton logon kyriou, styphete de auta kai darmois kai poieite hypotaktika, apo brephous didaskontes auta ,,hiera grammata“, hēmetera te kai theia, kai pasan graphēn theian paradidontes autois, anesin autois mē didontes katexousiazein hymōn para tēn hymeteran gnōmēn, meta homēlikōn eis symposion mē eōntes auta symballein; houtō gar eis ataxian ektrapēsontai kai eis porneian peripesountai.

Teach your children, then, the word of the Lord; restrain them even with beatings and make them submissive, teaching them from infancy “the sacred letters,” both ours and the divine, and handing on to them all divine Scripture; not giving them licence to lord it over you against your will, nor letting them meet their companions for drinking parties; for so they will turn aside to disorder and fall into sexual immorality.

2 Tim 3:15 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Children must be taught Scripture, kept under discipline and away from carousing.

2 Tim 3:15. “Sexual immorality” renders πορνεία.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐκδιδάσχετε οὖν ὑμῶν τὰ τέχνα → ἐκδιδάσκετε οὖν ὑμῶν τὰ τέκνα; ὗὑποtaxtixá, ἀπὸ βρέφους διδάσκοντες αὐτὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα“ → ὑποτακτικά, ἀπὸ βρέφους διδάσκοντες αὐτὰ ,,ἱερὰ γράμματα“; συμβάλλειν" → συμβάλλειν·; ἐχτραπήσονται → ἐκτραπήσονται.

Topics: Ethics, Scripture and canon

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.11.4 (Funk 1:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-11-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.11.5Funk 1:233

καὶ ἐὰν παρὰ τὴν τῶν γονέων ἀμέλειαν τοῦτο πάθωσιν, ἔνοχοι τῶν ψυχῶν αὐτῶν οἱ γεννήσαντες ὑπάρξουσιν᾽ εἰ γὰρ τῇ τῶν γονέων ῥᾳθυμίᾳ σύνεισιν ἀκολάστοις, οἱ παῖδες ἁμαρτήσαντες οὐκ αὐτοὶ μόνοι κολασθήσονται, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτῶν κριθήσονται.

kai ean para tēn tōn goneōn ameleian touto pathōsin, enochoi tōn psychōn autōn hoi gennēsantes hyparxousin᾽ ei gar tę̄ tōn goneōn rhąthymią syneisin akolastois, hoi paides hamartēsantes ouk autoi monoi kolasthēsontai, alla kai hyper autōn hoi goneis autōn krithēsontai.

And if they suffer this through their parents’ negligence, those who begot them will be guilty of their souls; for if through their parents’ carelessness they keep company with the dissolute, when the children sin they will not be punished alone, but their parents too will be judged on their account.

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Summary: Negligent parents share the guilt of their children’s sins.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πάθοωσιν → πάθωσιν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.11.5 (Funk 1:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-11-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.11.6Funk 1:233

διὰ τοῦτο σπουδάζετε ὥρᾳ γάμου ζευγνύναι καὶ συναλλάσσειν αὐτά, ἵνα μὴ τῆς ἡλικίας ἐν τῇ ἀκμῇ ζεούσης ἔθη πορνοκόπα ἀποβῇ, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπαιτηθήσεσθε τὸν λόγον ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως ὑπὸ κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ.

dia touto spoudazete hōrą gamou zeugnynai kai synallassein auta, hina mē tēs hēlikias en tę̄ akmę̄ zeousēs ethē pornokopa apobę̄, kai hymeis apaitēthēsesthe ton logon en tę̄ hēmerą tēs kriseōs hypo kyriou tou theou.

Therefore be eager to join them in marriage at the right age and to unite them, lest, when their youth is at its height and boiling over, habits of fornication result, and you be required to give account on the day of judgment by the Lord God.

Notes and citation

Summary: Parents should arrange their children’s marriages in good time to prevent sexual sin.

“Habits of fornication” renders ἔθη πορνοκόπα.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xoi συναλλάσσειν → καὶ συναλλάσσειν; ἵνα μὲ τῆς → ἵνα μὴ τῆς.

Topics: Marriage, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.11.6 (Funk 1:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-11-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 12

4.12.1Funk 1:233

Περὶ δὲ οἰκετῶν τί ἂν εἴποιμεν πλεῖον, ἢ ὅτι καὶ ὃ δοῦλος εὔνοιαν εἰσφερέτω πρὸς τὸν δεσπότην μετὰ φόβου θεοῦ, κἂν ἀσεβὴς κἂν πονηρὸς ὑπάρχῃ, οὐκέτι μέντοι καὶ ὁμόνοιαν κατὰ τὴν θρησκείαν.

Peri de oiketōn ti an eipoimen pleion, ē hoti kai ho doulos eunoian eispheretō pros ton despotēn meta phobou theou, kan asebēs kan ponēros hyparchę̄, ouketi mentoi kai homonoian kata tēn thrēskeian.

Concerning servants, what more can we say than that the slave should bring goodwill to his master with the fear of God, even if the master is impious or wicked, but not, however, agreement with him in religion?

Eph 6:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 2:18 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Slaves must serve even pagan masters with goodwill, but not share their religion.

Cf. Eph 6:5; 1 Pet 2:18.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): θρησχείαν → θρησκείαν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.12.1 (Funk 1:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.12.2Funk 1:233

καὶ ὃ δεσπότης ἀγαπάτω τὸν οἰκέτην, κἂν διάφορος ᾖ, τὸ ἴσον κρινέτω, ᾗ ἄνθρωπος ὑπάρχει.

kai ho despotēs agapatō ton oiketēn, kan diaphoros ę̄, to ison krinetō, hę̄ anthrōpos hyparchei.

And let the master love the servant, even if he differs from him in rank, and let him regard what is equal between them, inasmuch as the servant is a human being.

Col 4:1 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Masters must love their servants and treat them fairly as fellow human beings.

The clause τὸ ἴσον κρινέτω, ᾗ ἄνθρωπος is compressed; it may also mean “let him judge fairly, because he is a human being”. Cf. Col 4:1.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): κἂν διάφορος ἢ, τὸ ἴσον κρινέτω, j ἄνθρωπος → κἂν διάφορος ᾖ, τὸ ἴσον κρινέτω, ᾗ ἄνθρωπος.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.12.2 (Funk 1:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.12.3Funk 1:233

ὁ δὲ πιστὸν ἔχων δεσπότην, σωζομένης αὐτῷ τῆς κυρίας, ἀγαπάτω καὶ ὡς δεσπότην καὶ ὡς ὁμόπιστον καὶ ὡς πατέρα, μὴ ὡς ὀφθαλμόδουλος, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς φιλοδέσποτος, εἰδώς, ὅτι ὁ θεὸς αὐτῷ τὴν μισθαποδοσίαν ἀποτίσει τῆς ὑπηρεσίας.

ho de piston echōn despotēn, sōzomenēs autǭ tēs kyrias, agapatō kai hōs despotēn kai hōs homopiston kai hōs patera, mē hōs ophthalmodoulos, all᾽ hōs philodespotos, eidōs, hoti ho theos autǭ tēn misthapodosian apotisei tēs hypēresias.

And one who has a believing master, while his master’s authority is kept intact, should love him as master, as fellow believer and as father, not as an eye-servant but as one who loves his master, knowing that God will pay him the reward of his service.

Eph 6:6 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 6:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 3:24 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A slave with a Christian master should love him as master, brother in faith and father.

Eph 6:6; 1 Tim 6:2; Col 3:24.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὀφθαλμόὅουλος → ὀφθαλμόδουλος.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.12.3 (Funk 1:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.12.4Funk 1:233

ὡσαύτως καὶ ὁ κύριος ὁ πιστὸν ἔχων οἰκέτην, σωζομένης αὐτῷ τῆς θεραπείας, ἀγαπάτω ὡς υἱὸν ἢ ὡς ἀδελφὸν διὰ τὴν τῆς πίστεως κοινωνίαν.

hōsautōs kai ho kyrios ho piston echōn oiketēn, sōzomenēs autǭ tēs therapeias, agapatō hōs huion ē hōs adelphon dia tēn tēs pisteōs koinōnian.

Likewise let the master who has a believing servant, while the service is kept intact, love him as a son or as a brother, because of the fellowship of faith.

Phlm 1:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A Christian master should love a believing slave as a son or brother.

Cf. Phlm 16.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.12.4 (Funk 1:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 13

4.13.1Funk 1:233–235

Πάσῃ βασιλείᾳ καὶ ἀρχῇ ὑποτάγητε ἐν οἷς ἀρέσκει θεῷ, ὡς ,,θεοῦ διακόνοις καὶ τῶν ἀσεβῶν τιμωροῖς“· πάντα φόβον τὸν ὀφειλόμενον αὐτοῖς ἀποπληρώσατε, πᾶσαν εἰσφοράν, πᾶν τέλος, πᾶσαν τιμήν, δόσιν, κῆνσον.

Pasę̄ basileią kai archę̄ hypotagēte en hois areskei theǭ, hōs ,,theou diakonois kai tōn asebōn timōrois“; panta phobon ton opheilomenon autois apoplērōsate, pasan eisphoran, pan telos, pasan timēn, dosin, kēnson.

Be subject to every kingdom and authority in whatever is pleasing to God, as to “ministers of God and punishers of the wicked”; render to them all the fear that is owed them, every contribution, every tax, every honour, gift and poll tax.

Rom 13:1–7 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Pet 2:13–14 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christians must obey rulers in what pleases God and pay all their dues.

Rom 13:1–7; 1 Pet 2:13–14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,,ΑἙθεοῦ διακόνοις → ,,θεοῦ διακόνοις; τιμωροῖς“ πάντα φόβον “τὸν → τιμωροῖς“· πάντα φόβον τὸν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.13.1 (Funk 1:233–235; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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4.13.2Funk 1:235

θεοῦ γὰρ τοῦτο διάταγμα, ,,μηδενί τι χρεωστεῖν, εἰ μὴ τὸ τῆς φιλίας σύμβολον“, ὃ ὁ θεὸς διετάξατο διὰ Χριστοῦ.

theou gar touto diatagma, ,,mēdeni ti chreōstein, ei mē to tēs philias symbolon“, ho ho theos dietaxato dia Christou.

For this is God’s ordinance, “to owe nothing to anyone except the token of love,” which God ordained through Christ.

Rom 13:8 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Christians should owe nothing but love.

Rom 13:8, freely.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): »μηδενί → ,,μηδενί; δ ὃ θεὸς → ὃ ὁ θεὸς.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.13.2 (Funk 1:235; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 4, chapter 14

4.14.1Funk 1:235

Περὶ δὲ παρθενίας ἐντολὴν οὐκ ἐλάβομεν, τῇ δὲ τῶν βουλομένων ἐξουσίᾳ τοῦτο ἐπιτρέπομεν ὡς εὐχήν, ἐκεῖνο μόνον αὐτοῖς παραινοῦντες, μὴ προχείρως τι ἐπαγγείλασθαι, ἐπείπερ ὃ Σολομών φησιν ,,Ἀγαθὸν τὸ μὴ εὔξασθαι, ἢ τὸ εὔξασθαι καὶ μὴ ἀποδοῦναι“.

Peri de parthenias entolēn ouk elabomen, tę̄ de tōn boulomenōn exousią touto epitrepomen hōs euchēn, ekeino monon autois parainountes, mē procheirōs ti epangeilasthai, epeiper ho Solomōn phēsin ,,Agathon to mē euxasthai, ē to euxasthai kai mē apodounai“.

Concerning virginity we have received no commandment, but we leave it to the free choice of those who wish it, as a vow, exhorting them only in this: not to promise anything rashly; for Solomon says: “It is good not to vow, rather than to vow and not pay.”

1 Cor 7:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Eccl 5:5 (5:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Virginity is a free vow, not a command, and must not be undertaken rashly.

1 Cor 7:25; Eccl 5:5 (LXX 5:4).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,AyaSórv τὸ μὴ → ,,Ἀγαθὸν τὸ μὴ.

Topics: Ethics, Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.14.1 (Funk 1:235; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-14-1). (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.

4.14.2Funk 1:235

ἡ παρθένος οὖν αὕτη ἔστω ἁγία σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ, ὡς ναὸς θεοῦ, ὡς οἶκος Χριστοῦ, ὡς πνεύματος ἁγίου καταγώγιον. δεῖ γὰρ τὴν ἐπαγγειλαμένην, ἄξια τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἔργα διαπρασσομένην, δεικνύειν τὸ ἐπάγγελμα αὐτῆς, ὅτι ἔστιν ἀληθὲς καὶ διὰ σχολὴν εὐσεβείας, οὐ κατὰ διαβολὴν γάμου γινόμενον.

hē parthenos oun hautē estō hagia sōmati kai psychę̄, hōs naos theou, hōs oikos Christou, hōs pneumatos hagiou katagōgion. dei gar tēn epangeilamenēn, axia tēs epangelias erga diaprassomenēn, deiknyein to epangelma autēs, hoti estin alēthes kai dia scholēn eusebeias, ou kata diabolēn gamou ginomenon.

Let such a virgin, then, be holy in body and soul, as a temple of God, as a house of Christ, as a dwelling of the Holy Spirit. For she who has made the promise must, by doing works worthy of the promise, show that her profession is genuine and made for the sake of leisure for piety, not in disparagement of marriage.

1 Cor 6:19 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 7:34 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A vowed virgin must be holy in body and soul, choosing virginity for devotion, not out of contempt for marriage.

1 Cor 6:19; 1 Cor 7:34.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἣ παρθένος → ἡ παρθένος; οἶχος → οἶκος; γινόμεvor. → γινόμενον..

Topics: Ethics, Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.14.2 (Funk 1:235; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-14-2). (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.

4.14.3Funk 1:235

ἔστω δὲ μὴ ῥεμβὰς μηδὲ ἀκαιροπεριπάτητος, μὴ δίγνωμος, ἀλλὰ σεμνή, ἐγκρατής, σώφρων, ἁγνή, φεύγουσα τὰς τῶν πολλῶν συντυχίας καὶ μάλιστα τὰς τῶν do£urov.

estō de mē rhembas mēde akairoperipatētos, mē dignōmos, alla semnē, enkratēs, sōphrōn, hagnē, pheugousa tas tōn pollōn syntychias kai malista tas tōn do£urov.

Let her not be a gadabout, nor one who walks about at unsuitable times, nor double-minded, but dignified, self-controlled, sober, chaste, avoiding the company of the many, and especially of the disreputable.

Notes and citation

Summary: The virgin must live soberly and avoid bad company.

The last word is garbled in the digital text (“do£urov”); “the disreputable” is by sense.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 4.14.3 (Funk 1:235; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/3-11-1/#p-4-14-3). (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.