Apostolic Constitutions 6.5.1–6.17.4

Anonymous · Apostolic Constitutions · ca. 380 · Antioch (probably) · 72 passages

Pseudonymous: Presented as the teaching of the apostles, handed down by Clement of Rome; the compiler is anonymous (often linked with the interpolator of the long recension of Ignatius).

Greek text: Funk 1905.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Apostolic 6, chapter 5

6.5.1Funk 1:309–311

Φευκτέοι γάρ εἰσιν ὡς ἀληθῶς οἱ βλασφημοῦντες θεόν· οἱ μὲν γὰρ πλεῖστοι τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἄγνοιαν ἔχουσιν θεοῦ, οὗτοι δὲ κακόνοιαν ὡς θεομάχοι νοσοῦσιν ἐκ γὰρ τῆς κακίας τῶν αἱρεσιωτῶν ἐξῆλθεν μόλυσμα ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ὥς φησιν Ἱερεμίας ὁ προφήτης.

Pheukteoi gar eisin hōs alēthōs hoi blasphēmountes theon; hoi men gar pleistoi tōn asebōn agnoian echousin theou, houtoi de kakonoian hōs theomachoi nosousin ek gar tēs kakias tōn hairesiōtōn exēlthen molysma epi pasan tēn gēn, hōs phēsin Hieremias ho prophētēs.

For those who blaspheme God are truly to be shunned; for most of the ungodly have ignorance of God, but these are sick with malice as fighters against God; for from the wickedness of the heretics “pollution has gone forth over all the earth,” as Jeremiah the prophet says.

Jer 23:15 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Heretics, who blaspheme God out of malice, are to be shunned.

Quotation: Jer 23:15. A block of Funk's apparatus that the OCR placed in the middle of the word “heretics” is removed.

Notes on the original text

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Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.5.1 (Funk 1:309–311; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-5-1). (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.

6.5.2Funk 1:311

ἀποβληθείσης γὰρ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῆς πονηρᾶς ὑπὸ κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἀπορριφέντος ὑπ αὐτοῦ, καθώς πού φησιν, Ἐγκαταλέλοιπα τὸν οἶκόν μου, ἀφῆκα τὴν κληρονομίαν μου, καὶ πάλιν. Ἀνήσω τὸν ἀμπελῶνά μου, καὶ οὐ μὴ τμηθῇ οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ σκαφῇ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται εἰς αὐτὸν ὡς εἰς χέρσον ἄκανθα, καὶ ταῖς νεφέλαις ἐντελοῦμαι τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι εἰς αὐτὸν ὑετόν

apoblētheisēs gar tēs synagōgēs tēs ponēras hypo kyriou tou theou kai tou oikou aporriphentos hyp autou, kathōs pou phēsin, Enkataleloipa ton oikon mou, aphēka tēn klēronomian mou, kai palin. Anēsō ton ampelōna mou, kai ou mē tmēthę̄ oud᾽ ou mē skaphę̄, kai anabēsetai eis auton hōs eis cherson akantha, kai tais nephelais enteloumai tou mē brexai eis auton hyeton

For since the wicked synagogue has been cast off by the Lord God and the house rejected by him, as he says somewhere, “I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance,” and again, “I will abandon my vineyard, and it shall not be pruned nor dug, and thorns shall come up on it as on waste land, and I will command the clouds not to rain rain upon it”;

Jer 12:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 5:6 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God has rejected the synagogue as he foretold through the prophets.

The sentence continues in the next ref. Quotations: Jer 12:7; Isa 5:6. The polemic is the work's own.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): χκαθώς → καθώς; οἶχόν → οἶκόν; υ“, → υ,; , ,Ανήσω → Ἀνήσω; όν“ → όν.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.5.2 (Funk 1:311; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.5.3Funk 1:311–313

ἐγκαταλιπὼν οὖν τὸν λαὸν ὡς σκηνὴν ἐν ἀμπελῶνι καὶ ὡς ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἐν σικυηλάτῳ, ὡς πόλιν πολιορκουμένην, περιελὼν δὲ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καὶ τὸν προφητικὸν ὑετόν, ἐπλήρωσεν τὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίαν πνευματικῆς χάριτος ὡς ποταμὸν Αἰγύπτου ἐν ἡμέραις νέων, καὶ ὑπερὕψωσεν αὐτὴν ὡς οἶκον ἐπὶ ὄρους ἢ ὡς ὄρος ὑπερφερές, ὡς ὄρος τετυρωμένον καὶ ὄρος πῖον, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησεν ὃ θεὸς κατοικεῖν ἐν αὐτῷ᾽ καὶ γὰρ ὁ κύριος κατασκηνώσει εἰς τέλος, καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ λέγει· Θρόνος δόξης ὑψωμένος ἁγίασμα ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐν Ἡσαΐᾳ λέγει, Ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐμφανὲς τὸ ὄρος κυρίου, καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπ᾿ ἄκρων τῶν ὀρέων, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὑπεράνω τῶν βουνῶν.

enkatalipōn oun ton laon hōs skēnēn en ampelōni kai hōs opōrophylakion en sikyēlatǭ, hōs polin poliorkoumenēn, perielōn de ap᾿ autōn kai to pneuma to hagion kai ton prophētikon hyeton, eplērōsen tēn autou ekklēsian pneumatikēs charitos hōs potamon Aigyptou en hēmerais neōn, kai hyperypsōsen autēn hōs oikon epi orous ē hōs oros hyperpheres, hōs oros tetyrōmenon kai oros pion, en hǭ eudokēsen ho theos katoikein en autǭ᾽ kai gar ho kyrios kataskēnōsei eis telos, kai en tǭ Hieremią legei; Thronos doxēs hypsōmenos hagiasma hēmōn, kai en Hēsaïą legei, Estai en tais eschatais hēmerais emphanes to oros kyriou, kai ho oikos tou theou ep᾿ akrōn tōn oreōn, kai hypsōthēsetai hyperanō tōn bounōn.

having therefore forsaken the people “like a booth in a vineyard and like a hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city,” and having taken from them also the Holy Spirit and the prophetic rain, he filled his own church with spiritual grace like the river of Egypt in the days of new produce, and exalted it like a house on a mountain, or like a towering mountain, a curdled mountain, a fat mountain, in which God was pleased to dwell; “for the Lord will dwell there to the end”; and in Jeremiah he says, “A throne of glory exalted is our sanctuary,” and in Isaiah he says, “In the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be manifest, and the house of God on the tops of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills.”

Isa 1:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 68:15–16 (67:16-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 17:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 2:2 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God took his Spirit from Israel and filled and exalted his church.

Isa 1:8; Ps 68:15–16 (67:16–17 LXX); Jer 17:12; Isa 2:2.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks; word rejoined; OCR: ἐν; repeated word): ,,(ὡς σχηνὴν → ὡς σκηνὴν; ὀπωροφυλάχιον → ὀπωροφυλάκιον; ην“, → ην, ; oixov → οἶκον; οὖρος → ὄρος; iv ᾧ ᾧ → ἐν ᾧ; κατοιΡ 3 - € κεῖν → κατοικεῖν; yàg → γὰρ; “΄, → ,; " ,, → · ; ῶν“, → ῶν, ; ι", → ι,; οἶχος → οἶκος; ν“. → ν..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.5.3 (Funk 1:311–313; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.5.4Funk 1:313

ἐπεὶ οὖν καὶ τὸν λαὸν ἐγκατἔλιπεν, καὶ τὸν ναὸν ἀφῆκεν ἔρημον, σχίσας τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ λαβὼν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· Ἰδοὺ γάρ, φησίν, ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὃ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος, καὶ δοὺς ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς τοὺς ἐξ ἐθνῶν τὴν πνευματικὴν χάριν, ὡς λέγει διὰ Ἰωήλ᾽ Καὶ ἔσται μετὰ ταῦτα, λέγει ὃ θεός, καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα, καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνύπνια ἐνυπνιασθήσονται πᾶσαν γὰρ δύναμιν λόγου καὶ ἐνέργειαν καὶ τὴν τοιάνδε ἐπισκοπὴν ἀπάρας ὃ θεὸς ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ, εἰς ὑμᾶς τοὺς ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἔθετο.

epei oun kai ton laon enkatelipen, kai ton naon aphēken erēmon, schisas to katapetasma tou naou kai labōn ap᾽ autōn to pneuma to hagion; Idou gar, phēsin, aphietai hymin ho oikos hymōn erēmos, kai dous eph᾽ hymas tous ex ethnōn tēn pneumatikēn charin, hōs legei dia Iōēl᾽ Kai estai meta tauta, legei ho theos, kai ekcheō apo tou pneumatos mou epi pasan sarka, kai prophēteusousin hoi huioi hymōn, kai hai thygateres hymōn horaseis opsontai, kai hoi presbyteroi hymōn enypnia enypniasthēsontai pasan gar dynamin logou kai energeian kai tēn toiande episkopēn aparas ho theos ek tou laou, eis hymas tous ex ethnōn etheto.

Since, then, he forsook the people and left the temple desolate, “having torn the veil of the temple” and taken the Holy Spirit from them (“for behold,” he says, “your house is left to you desolate”), and gave the spiritual grace to you of the Gentiles, as he says through Joel, “And it shall be after these things,” says God, “I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons will prophesy, and your daughters will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams”: for God took away from that people every power of the word and of working, and such oversight, and placed it in you of the Gentiles.

Matt 27:51 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 23:38 (quotation, high confidence) · Joel 2:28 (3:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 2:17 (quotation, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The Spirit and its gifts passed from Israel to the Gentile church.

Matt 27:51; 23:38; Joel 2:28 (3:1 LXX), in the form of Acts 2:17.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,σ → σ; ῦ“ → ῦ ; dx → ἀπ᾽ ; " ,Ιδοὺ“ → · Ἰδοὺ; ς“, → ς,; » Κ → Κ; α“, → α,; καὶ, , ἐκχεῶ → καὶ ἐκχεῶ; xal → καὶ; "““ → ; ἐνέρyear → ἐνέργειαν.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.5.4 (Funk 1:313; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.5.5Funk 1:313

διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο ζηλώσας καὶ ὁ διάβολος τὴν ἁγίαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίαν μετέστη εἰς ὑμᾶς, ἐπεγείρας ὑμῖν θλίψεις, διωγμούς, ἀκαταστασίας, βλασφημίας, σχίσματα, αἱρέσεις· ἐκεῖνον γὰρ τὸν λαὸν διὰ τῆς χριστοκτονίας εἰς ἑαυτὸν ὑπηγάγετο, ὑμᾶς δὲ ἀποστάντας αὐτοῦ τῆς ματαιότητος ἄλλοτε ἄλλως πειράζει, ὡς καὶ τὸν μακάριον Ἰώβ.

dia gar touto zēlōsas kai ho diabolos tēn hagian tou theou ekklēsian metestē eis hymas, epegeiras hymin thlipseis, diōgmous, akatastasias, blasphēmias, schismata, haireseis; ekeinon gar ton laon dia tēs christoktonias eis heauton hypēgageto, hymas de apostantas autou tēs mataiotētos allote allōs peirazei, hōs kai ton makarion Iōb.

For because of this the devil too, envious of the holy church of God, moved over to you, raising against you afflictions, persecutions, disorders, blasphemies, schisms, heresies. For that people he brought under his power through the killing of Christ, but you, who have departed from his vanity, he tempts at different times in different ways, as he did the blessed Job.

Job 1:12 (allusion, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The devil now attacks the church with persecutions and heresies, as he tempted Job.

Job 1–2. The charge of the killing of Christ is the work's own.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἐχκλησία» → ἐκκλησίαν; ἐπἐγείρας → ἐπεγείρας; ς" → ς· ; εἶς ἑαυτὸν → εἰς ἑαυτὸν.

Topics: Heresy, Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.5.5 (Funk 1:313; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.5.6Funk 1:313

καὶ γὰρ τῷ μεγάλῳ ἀρχιερεῖ Ἰησοῦ τῷ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ ἀντέκειτο, καὶ ἡμᾶς πολλάκις ἐξητήσατο ἐξυδαρωθῆναι, ὅπως ἐκλείπῃ ἡ πίστις ἡμῶν.

kai gar tǭ megalǭ archierei Iēsou tǭ tou Iōsedek antekeito, kai hēmas pollakis exētēsato exydarōthēnai, hopōs ekleipę̄ hē pistis hēmōn.

For he opposed the great high priest Joshua the son of Jozadak, and he has often demanded to have us watered down, that our faith may fail.

Zech 3:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 22:31–32 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Satan opposed the high priest Joshua and seeks to weaken the apostles' faith.

Zech 3:1; Luke 22:31–32. ἐξυδαρωθῆναι, “to be watered down,” stands where Luke has “to sift.”

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.5.6 (Funk 1:313; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-5-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.5.7Funk 1:313

ἀλλ᾽ ὃ ἡμέτερος κύριος καὶ διδάσκαλος, ἐν δίκῃ καταστήσας αὐτόν, ἔλεγεν αὐτῷ Ἐπιτιμήσαι ἐν σοὶ κύριος, διάβολε, καὶ ἐπιτιμήσαι κύριος ἐν σοὶ ὃ ἐκλεξάμενος τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ· οὐκ ἰδοὺ τοῦτο ἐξεσπασμένον ὡς δαλός; καὶ ὁ εἰπὼν τότε τοῖς παρεστῶσιν τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ, Περιέλετε τὰ ἱμάτια τὰ ῥυπαρὰ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπειπών· Ἰδοὺ ἀφήρηκα τὰς ἀνομίας σου ἀπὸ σοῦ, οὗτος ἐρεῖ καὶ νῦν, ὡς καὶ πάλαι συνηθροισμένων ἡμῶν ἔλεγεν περὶ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐδεήθην, ἵνα μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν.

all᾽ ho hēmeteros kyrios kai didaskalos, en dikę̄ katastēsas auton, elegen autǭ Epitimēsai en soi kyrios, diabole, kai epitimēsai kyrios en soi ho eklexamenos tēn Hierousalēm; ouk idou touto exespasmenon hōs dalos? kai ho eipōn tote tois parestōsin tǭ archierei, Perielete ta himatia ta rhypara ap᾽ autou, kai epeipōn; Idou aphērēka tas anomias sou apo sou, houtos erei kai nyn, hōs kai palai synēthroismenōn hēmōn elegen peri hēmōn, hoti edeēthēn, hina mē eklipę̄ hē pistis hymōn.

But our Lord and Teacher, bringing him to judgment, said to him, “The Lord rebuke you, devil, and the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you; is not this a brand plucked from the fire?” And he who then said to those standing by the high priest, “Take the filthy garments off him,” and added, “Behold, I have taken away your iniquities from you,” he will say now too, as he said of old about us when we were gathered together, “I have prayed that your faith may not fail.”

Zech 3:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Zech 3:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 22:32 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ, who rebuked Satan for Joshua, prays for the faith of his apostles.

The speaker in Zechariah is identified with Christ. Quotations: Zech 3:2, 4; Luke 22:32.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,,Επιτιμήσαι → Ἐπιτιμήσαι; “Ιερουσαλήμ᾽ → Ἱερουσαλήμ·; ς“; → ς;; ", xai → , καὶ; " ,, → · ; ῦ“, → ῦ,; ὅτι, → ὅτι; ν“. → ν..

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.5.7 (Funk 1:313; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-5-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 6

6.6.1Funk 1:313

Εἶχεν μὲν οὖν καὶ ὃ ἰουδαϊκὸς ὄχλος αἱρέσεις κακίας.

Eichen men oun kai ho ioudaïkos ochlos haireseis kakias.

The Jewish multitude too, then, had wicked heresies.

Notes and citation

Summary: There were heresies among the Jews too.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.6.1 (Funk 1:313; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.6.2Funk 1:313

καὶ γὰρ καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι ἐξ αὐτῶν οἱ μὴ ὁμολογοῦντες νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν᾽

kai gar kai Saddoukaioi ex autōn hoi mē homologountes nekrōn anastasin᾽

For the Sadducees were of them, who do not confess the resurrection of the dead;

Acts 23:8 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The Sadducees deny the resurrection.

Cf. Acts 23:8.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.6.2 (Funk 1:313; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.6.3Funk 1:313–315

καὶ Φαρισαῖοι οἱ τύχῃ καὶ εἱμαρμένῃ ἐπιγράφοντες τὴν τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων πρᾶξιν·

kai Pharisaioi hoi tychę̄ kai heimarmenę̄ epigraphontes tēn tōn hamartanontōn praxin;

and the Pharisees, who ascribe the conduct of sinners to chance and fate;

Notes and citation

Summary: The Pharisees ascribe sin to chance and fate.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ιν" → ιν·.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.6.3 (Funk 1:313–315; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.6.4Funk 1:315

καὶ Μασβωθαῖοι οἱ πρόνοιαν ἀρνούμενοι, ἐξ αὐτομάτου δὲ φορᾶς λέγοντες τὰ ὄντα συνεστάναι καὶ ψυχῆς τὴν ἀθανασίαν περικόπτοντες·

kai Masbōthaioi hoi pronoian arnoumenoi, ex automatou de phoras legontes ta onta synestanai kai psychēs tēn athanasian perikoptontes;

and the Masbothaeans, who deny providence and say that things exist by spontaneous motion, and cut away the immortality of the soul;

Notes and citation

Summary: The Masbothaeans deny providence and the soul's immortality.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): xci → καὶ; ὁὲ → δὲ ; ες" → ες·.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.6.4 (Funk 1:315; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.6.5Funk 1:315

καὶ Ἡμεροβαπτισταί, οἵτινες, καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἐὰν μὴ βαπτίσωνται, οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς κλίνας καὶ τοὺς πίνακας ἤτοι κρατῆρας καὶ ποτήρια καὶ καθίσματα, ἐὰν μὴ καθάρωσιν ὕδατι, οὐδενὶ χρῶνται·

kai Hēmerobaptistai, hoitines, kathʼ hekastēn hēmeran ean mē baptisōntai, ouk esthiousin, alla kai tas klinas kai tous pinakas ētoi kratēras kai potēria kai kathismata, ean mē katharōsin hydati, oudeni chrōntai;

and the Hemerobaptists, who do not eat unless they bathe every day, and use none of their beds and dishes, bowls and cups and seats unless they cleanse them with water;

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Summary: The Hemerobaptists bathe and wash their vessels every day.

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Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): αι" → αι·.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.6.5 (Funk 1:315; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.6.6Funk 1:315

καὶ οἱ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῶν νῦν φανέντες Ἐβιωναῖοι, τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ψιλὸν ἄνθρωπον εἶναι βουλόμενοι, ἐξ ἡδονῆς ἀνδρὸς καὶ συμπλοκῆς Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Μαρίας αὐτὸν γεννῶντες·

kai hoi eph᾽ hēmōn nyn phanentes Ebiōnaioi, ton huion tou theou psilon anthrōpon einai boulomenoi, ex hēdonēs andros kai symplokēs Iōsēph kai Marias auton gennōntes;

and the Ebionites, who have appeared among us now, who would have the Son of God be a mere man, making him born of the pleasure of a man and the union of Joseph and Mary;

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Summary: The Ebionites hold that Christ was a mere man, the son of Joseph and Mary.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): oi íq ἡμῶν → οἱ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῶν; συμπλοχῆς → συμπλοκῆς; ες" → ες·.

Topics: Heresy, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.6.6 (Funk 1:315; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.6.7Funk 1:315

οἱ δὲ τούτων πάντων ἑαυτοὺς χωρίσαντες καὶ τὰ πάτρια φυλάσσοντές εἰσιν Ἔσσαῖοι.

hoi de toutōn pantōn heautous chōrisantes kai ta patria phylassontes eisin Essaioi.

but those who have separated themselves from all these and keep the ancestral customs are the Essenes.

Notes and citation

Summary: The Essenes keep apart from all these and keep the ancestral customs.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.6.7 (Funk 1:315; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.6.8Funk 1:315

ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ λαῷ, καὶ νῦν ὃ πονηρός, σοφὸς ὧν τοῦ κακοποιῆσαι καὶ τὸ καλὸν ὅ,τι ποτέ ἐστιν ἀγνοῶν, ἐξ ἡμῶν τινας ἐκβαλὼν ἐνήργησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς αἱρέσεις καὶ σχίσματα.

tauta men oun en tǭ proterǭ laǭ, kai nyn ho ponēros, sophos hōn tou kakopoiēsai kai to kalon ho,ti pote estin agnoōn, ex hēmōn tinas ekbalōn enērgēsen en autois haireseis kai schismata.

These things, then, were among the former people; and now the evil one, being wise to do evil and ignorant of whatever is good, has cast out some from among us and worked heresies and schisms in them.

Jer 4:22 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The devil now works heresies and schisms in some who have gone out from the church.

Cf. Jer 4:22.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): và → τῷ ; αἷρέσεις → αἱρέσεις.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.6.8 (Funk 1:315; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 7

6.7.1Funk 1:315

Ἡ δὲ καταρχὴ τῶν νέων αἱρέσεων γέγονεν οὕτως. Σίμωνά τινα ἀπὸ Γιτθῶν οὕτω καλουμένης κώμης Σαμαρέα, τῇ τέχνῃ μάγον, ἐνδυσάμενος ὃ διάβολος ὑπηρέτην αὐτοῦ τῆς μοχθηρᾶς γνώμης ἐποιήσατο.

Hē de katarchē tōn neōn haireseōn gegonen houtōs. Simōna tina apo Gitthōn houtō kaloumenēs kōmēs Samarea, tę̄ technę̄ magon, endysamenos ho diabolos hypēretēn autou tēs mochthēras gnōmēs epoiēsato.

The beginning of the new heresies came about as follows. A certain Simon, a Samaritan from a village called Gitthae, a magician by trade, the devil put on and made the servant of his wicked purpose.

Notes and citation

Summary: The new heresies began with Simon the magician of Samaria.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.7.1 (Funk 1:315; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.7.2Funk 1:315–317

ἡνίκα δὲ Φίλιππος ὃ συναπόστολος ἡμῶν τῇ τοῦ κυρίου δόσει καὶ τῇ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ ἐνεργείᾳ δυνάμεις ἰαμάτων ἐπετέλει ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, ὡς καταπλαγέντας τοὺς Σαμαρεῖς εἰς πίστιν ἐλθεῖν τοῦ τῶν ὅλων θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ καὶ βαπτίσασθαι εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, ἤδη δὲ καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Σίμωνος σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα θεασαμένου ἄνευ μαγγανείας τινὸς γοητικῆς ἐπιτελούμενα καὶ εἰς θαῦμα καταπεσόντος, καὶ πιστεύσαντος καὶ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσκαρτεροῦντος τῇ νηστείᾳ καὶ τῇ προσευχῇ ἀκούσαντες ἡμεῖς τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν ὑπάρξασαν Σαμαρεῦσι διὰ Φιλίππου, παρεγενόμεθα πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ πολὺ συμβαλλόμενοι τῷ λόγῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας, πᾶσι τοῖς βεβαπτισμένοις ἐπιτιθέντες τὰς χεῖρας εὐχαῖς τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος μετουσίαν ἐδωρούμεθα. ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Σίμων, ὅτι διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν nA τὸ πνεῦμα τοῖς πιστεύουσιν, λαβὼν χρήματα προσήνεγκεν ἡμῖν λέγων· Δότε κἀμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην, ἵνα κἀγὼ ᾧ ἂν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας λαμβάνῃ πνεῦμα ἅγιον, βουλόμενος, ὡς τὸν Ἀδὰμ τῇ γεύσει τοῦ ξύλου τῆς κατ᾽ ἐπαγγελίαν ἀθανασίας ἐστέρησεν, οὕτως καὶ ἡμᾶς τῇ λήψει τῶν χρημάτων θέλξας τῆς δόσεως τοῦ θεοῦ περιγράψαι, ὅπως ἀντικαταλλαξάμενοι ἀποδώμεθα αὐτῷ χρημάτων τὴν ἀτίμητον τοῦ πνεύματος δωρεάν.

hēnika de Philippos ho synapostolos hēmōn tę̄ tou kyriou dosei kai tę̄ tou pneumatos autou energeią dynameis iamatōn epetelei en Samareią, hōs kataplagentas tous Samareis eis pistin elthein tou tōn holōn theou kai tou kyriou Iēsou kai baptisasthai eis to onoma autou, ēdē de kai autou tou Simōnos sēmeia kai terata theasamenou aneu manganeias tinos goētikēs epiteloumena kai eis thauma katapesontos, kai pisteusantos kai baptisthentos kai proskarterountos tę̄ nēsteią kai tę̄ proseuchę̄ akousantes hēmeis tēn charin tou theou tēn hyparxasan Samareusi dia Philippou, paregenometha pros autous kai poly symballomenoi tǭ logǭ tēs didaskalias, pasi tois bebaptismenois epitithentes tas cheiras euchais ton tou pneumatos metousian edōroumetha. idōn de ho Simōn, hoti dia tēs epitheseōs tōn cheirōn hēmōn nA to pneuma tois pisteuousin, labōn chrēmata prosēnenken hēmin legōn; Dote kamoi tēn exousian tautēn, hina kagō hǭ an epithō tas cheiras lambanę̄ pneuma hagion, boulomenos, hōs ton Adam tę̄ geusei tou xylou tēs kat᾽ epangelian athanasias esterēsen, houtōs kai hēmas tę̄ lēpsei tōn chrēmatōn thelxas tēs doseōs tou theou perigrapsai, hopōs antikatallaxamenoi apodōmetha autǭ chrēmatōn tēn atimēton tou pneumatos dōrean.

When Philip our fellow apostle, by the gift of the Lord and the working of his Spirit, was performing powerful deeds of healing in Samaria, so that the Samaritans were astonished and came to faith in the God of all and the Lord Jesus and were baptized into his name; and when Simon himself too had seen signs and wonders performed without any magical trickery, and had fallen into amazement, and had believed and been baptized and continued in fasting and prayer: we, having heard of the grace of God that had come to the Samaritans through Philip, came to them, and contributing much in the word of teaching, we laid our hands on all the baptized and with prayers gave them a share in the Spirit. [3] And Simon, seeing that the Spirit was given to those who believed through the laying on of our hands, took money and offered it to us, saying, “Give me also this authority, so that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit”; wishing, as he had deprived Adam by the tasting of the tree of the immortality that had been promised, so also to bewitch us by the receiving of money and cut us off from the gift of God, so that, making an exchange, we might sell to him for money the priceless gift of the Spirit.

Acts 8:5–17 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 8:18–19 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 3:6 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Simon, baptized by Philip, tried to buy from the apostles the power to give the Spirit.

The section number 3 was lost in the OCR; “[3]” marks where it begins.
Philip the evangelist is called a fellow apostle. Acts 8:5–24. The verb in “was given” is garbled in the scan; translated after Acts 8:18. Adam's fall is ascribed to the devil, whose servant Simon is.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray mark where the section number (3) stood): συναπόατολος → συναπόστολος; προσχαρτεροῦντος → προσκαρτεροῦντος; ἐδωρούμεθα. . ἰδὼν → ἐδωρούμεθα. ἰδὼν; " ,, → · ; xdyo → κἀγὼ; ν“, → ν,.

Topics: Heresy, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.7.2 (Funk 1:315–317; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.7.4Funk 1:317

πάντων δὲ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τούτῳ ταραχθέντων, ἀτενίσας ἐγὼ Πέτρος εἰς τὸν ἐν αὐτῷ κακοῦργον ὄφιν εἶπον τῷ Σίμωνι· Τὸ ἀργύριόν σου σὺν σοὶ εἴη εἰς ἀπώλειαν, ὅτι τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐνόμισας διὰ χρημάτων κτᾶσθαι᾽ οὐκ ἔστι σοι μερὶς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῇ πίστει ταύτῃ, ἡ γὰρ καρδία σου οὐκ ἔστιν εὐθεῖα ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ᾽ μετανόησον οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας σου ταύτης καὶ δεήθητι τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰ ἄρα ἀφεθήσεταί σοι ἡ ἐπίνοια τῆς καρδίας σου· εἰς γὰρ χολὴν πικρίας καὶ σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας θεωρῶ σε ὄντα.

pantōn de hēmōn epi toutǭ tarachthentōn, atenisas egō Petros eis ton en autǭ kakourgon ophin eipon tǭ Simōni; To argyrion sou syn soi eiē eis apōleian, hoti tēn dōrean tou theou enomisas dia chrēmatōn ktasthai᾽ ouk esti soi meris en tǭ logǭ toutǭ oude klēros en tę̄ pistei tautę̄, hē gar kardia sou ouk estin eutheia enōpion tou theou᾽ metanoēson oun apo tēs kakias sou tautēs kai deēthēti tou theou, ei ara aphethēsetai soi hē epinoia tēs kardias sou; eis gar cholēn pikrias kai syndesmon adikias theōrō se onta.

And when we were all troubled at this, I, Peter, fixing my eyes on the wicked serpent in him, said to Simon, “Your silver perish with you, because you thought to acquire the gift of God through money; you have no part in this word nor lot in this faith, for your heart is not right before God. Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours and pray to God, if perhaps the intent of your heart may be forgiven you; for I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity.”

Acts 8:20–23 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Peter rebuked Simon and called him to repentance.

Quotation: Acts 8:20–23.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ,,ἸΤὸ → · Τὸ; οὐχ ἔστι → οὐκ ἔστι; 5 γὰρ → ἡ γὰρ; καρόΐας oov: → καρδίας σου·; 6s Orta" → σε ὄντα.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.7.4 (Funk 1:317; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.7.5Funk 1:317

ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν ὃ Σίμων ἔμφοβος γενόμενός φησιν᾽ Παρακαλῶ, δεήθητε ὑμεῖς ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ πρὸς τὸν κύριον, ὅπως μηδὲν ἐπέλθῃ ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ ὧν εἰρήκατε

alla tote men ho Simōn emphobos genomenos phēsin᾽ Parakalō, deēthēte hymeis hyper emou pros ton kyrion, hopōs mēden epelthę̄ ep᾽ eme hōn eirēkate

Then indeed Simon, becoming afraid, said, “I beseech you, pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things you have said may come upon me.”

Acts 8:24 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Simon, afraid, asked the apostles to pray for him.

Quotation: Acts 8:24.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,, → ; εἰρήχατε → εἰρήκατε.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.7.5 (Funk 1:317; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-7-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 8

6.8.1Funk 1:317–319

Ἡνίκα δὲ ἐξήλθομεν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν κηρύσσειν εἰς τὸν κόσμον τὸν λόγον τῆς ζωῆς, τότε ἐνήργησεν ὃ διάβολος εἰς τὸν λαόν, ἀποστεῖλαι ὀπίσω ἡμῶν ψευδαποστόλους εἰς βεβήλωσιν τοῦ λόγου· καὶ προεβάλοντο Κλεόβιόν τινα καὶ παρέζευξαν τῷ Σίμωνι, οὗτοι δὲ μαθητεύουσιν Δοσιθέῳ τινί, ὃν καὶ παρευδοκιμήσαντες ἐξώσαντο τῆς ἀρχῆς· εἶτα καὶ ἕτεροι ἑτέρων κατῆρξαν ἐκτόπων δογμάτων, Κήρινθος καὶ Μάρκος καὶ Μένανδρος καὶ Βασιλείδης καὶ Σατορνῖλος.

Hēnika de exēlthomen en tois ethnesin kēryssein eis ton kosmon ton logon tēs zōēs, tote enērgēsen ho diabolos eis ton laon, aposteilai opisō hēmōn pseudapostolous eis bebēlōsin tou logou; kai proebalonto Kleobion tina kai parezeuxan tǭ Simōni, houtoi de mathēteuousin Dositheǭ tini, hon kai pareudokimēsantes exōsanto tēs archēs; eita kai heteroi heterōn katērxan ektopōn dogmatōn, Kērinthos kai Markos kai Menandros kai Basileidēs kai Satornilos.

But when we went out among the Gentiles to preach the word of life in the world, then the devil worked in the people to send false apostles after us for the profanation of the word; and they put forward a certain Cleobius and joined him with Simon. And these become disciples of a certain Dositheus, whom they also outdid and thrust out of the leadership. Then others again began other strange doctrines: Cerinthus and Marcus and Menander and Basilides and Saturninus.

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Summary: The devil raised up false apostles: Cleobius, Simon, Dositheus, Cerinthus, Marcus, Menander, Basilides and Saturninus.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): 0b → δὲ ; υ" → υ· ; ς" → ς· ; ἐχτόπων → ἐκτόπων; Μάρχος → Μάρκος.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.8.1 (Funk 1:317–319; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.8.2Funk 1:319

τούτων οἱ μὲν πολλοὺς θεούς, οἱ δὲ τρεῖς ἐναντίους, ἀνάρχους, ἀεὶ συνόντας ἑαυτοῖς, οἱ δὲ ἀπείρους καὶ ἀγνώστους δοξάζουσιν᾽ καὶ οἱ μὲν τὸν γάμον ἀθετοῦσιν, οὐκ εἶναι τοῦ θεοῦ ἔργον δοξάζοντες, ἄλλοι δέ τινα τῶν βρωμάτων βδελύσσονται, οἱ δὲ ἀναίδην ἐκπορνεύουσιν, οἷοι οἱ νῦν ψευδώνυμοι Νικολαῖται.

toutōn hoi men pollous theous, hoi de treis enantious, anarchous, aei synontas heautois, hoi de apeirous kai agnōstous doxazousin᾽ kai hoi men ton gamon athetousin, ouk einai tou theou ergon doxazontes, alloi de tina tōn brōmatōn bdelyssontai, hoi de anaidēn ekporneuousin, hoioi hoi nyn pseudōnymoi Nikolaitai.

Of these, some glorify many gods, others three that are opposed, without beginning, ever coexisting with one another, others infinite and unknown ones; and some reject marriage, holding that it is not the work of God, and others abhor certain foods, while others shamelessly commit sexual immorality, like the falsely named Nicolaitans of the present.

Rev 2:6 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The heretics teach many gods, reject marriage or foods, or live in immorality.

Cf. Rev 2:6, 15.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἕαυτοῖς → ἑαυτοῖς; φευδώνυμοι → ψευδώνυμοι.

Topics: Heresy, Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.8.2 (Funk 1:319; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 9

6.9.1Funk 1:319–321

Ὁ μέντοι Σίμων ἐμοὶ Πέτρῳ πρῶτον μὲν ἐν Καισαρείᾳ τῇ Στράτωνος, ἔνθα Κορνήλιος ὃ πιστὸς ἐπίστευσεν ὧν ἐθνικὸς ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν δι᾿ ἐμοῦ, συντυχών μοι ἐπειρᾶτο διαστρέφειν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ, συμπαρόντων μοι τῶν ἱερῶν τέκνων, Ζακχαίου τοῦ ποτε τελώνου καὶ Βαρνάβα, καὶ Νικήτου καὶ Ἀκύλα ἀδελφῶν Κλήμεντος τοῦ Ῥωμαίων ἐπισκόπου τε καὶ πολίτου, μαθητευθέντος δὲ καὶ Παύλῳ τῷ συναποστόλῳ ἡμῶν καὶ συνεργῷ ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ: καὶ τρίτον ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν διαλεχθεὶς αὐτῷ εἰς τὸν περὶ προφήτου λόγον καὶ περὶ θεοῦ μοναρχίας, ἡττήσας αὐτὸν δυνάμει τοῦ κυρίου καὶ εἰς ἀφωνίαν καταβαλὼν φυγάδα κατέστησα εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν.

Ho mentoi Simōn emoi Petrǭ prōton men en Kaisareią tę̄ Stratōnos, entha Kornēlios ho pistos episteusen hōn ethnikos epi ton kyrion Iēsoun di᾿ emou, syntychōn moi epeirato diastrephein ton logon tou theou, symparontōn moi tōn hierōn teknōn, Zakchaiou tou pote telōnou kai Barnaba, kai Nikētou kai Akyla adelphōn Klēmentos tou Rhōmaiōn episkopou te kai politou, mathēteuthentos de kai Paulǭ tǭ synapostolǭ hēmōn kai synergǭ en tǭ euangeliǭ: kai triton ep᾽ autōn dialechtheis autǭ eis ton peri prophētou logon kai peri theou monarchias, hēttēsas auton dynamei tou kyriou kai eis aphōnian katabalōn phygada katestēsa eis tēn Italian.

Simon, then, first met me, Peter, in Caesarea of Strato, where the faithful Cornelius, being a Gentile, believed in the Lord Jesus through me, and he tried to pervert the word of God, there being present with me the holy children, Zacchaeus, once a tax collector, and Barnabas, and Nicetes and Aquila, brothers of Clement, bishop and citizen of the Romans, who was a disciple also of Paul our fellow apostle and fellow worker in the gospel; and having disputed with him a third time in their presence, concerning the word about the prophet and concerning the monarchy of God, I defeated him by the power of the Lord, and having reduced him to silence I put him to flight into Italy.

Acts 10:1–48 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Peter defeated Simon in debate at Caesarea and drove him to Italy.

The companions and the debate at Caesarea follow the Pseudo-Clementine tradition (cf. the Recognitions and Homilies). Acts 10.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): συμπαρύντων → συμπαρόντων; Zaxyalov → Ζακχαίου; xoi → καὶ; xia → Ἀκύλα; ἐπισχόπου → ἐπισκόπου; ὁὀὲ → δὲ; ix αὐτῶν → ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.9.1 (Funk 1:319–321; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.9.2Funk 1:321

γενόμενος δὲ ἐν Ῥώμῃ πολὺ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἔσκυλεν, πολλοὺς ἀνατρέπων καὶ ἑαυτῷ περιποιούμενος, τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ἐξιστῶν μαγικῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ δαιμόνων ἐνεργείᾳ, ὡς καί ποτε μέσης ἡμέρας προελθὼν εἰς τὸ θέατρον αὐτῶν, κελεύσας τοῖς δήμοις ἁρπαγῆναι κἀμέ, ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ ἐπηγγέλλετο πτῆναι δι᾽ ἀέρος.

genomenos de en Rhōmę̄ poly tēn ekklēsian eskylen, pollous anatrepōn kai heautǭ peripoioumenos, ta de ethnē existōn magikę̄ empeirią kai daimonōn energeią, hōs kai pote mesēs hēmeras proelthōn eis to theatron autōn, keleusas tois dēmois harpagēnai kame, en tǭ theatrǭ epēngelleto ptēnai di᾽ aeros.

And when he came to Rome, he greatly troubled the church, overturning many and winning them over to himself, and astonishing the Gentiles with magical skill and the working of demons, so that once, coming forward at midday into their theater and bidding the people to seize me too and bring me, he promised in the theater to fly through the air.

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Summary: In Rome Simon misled many and promised to fly in the theater.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ξαυτῷ → ἑαυτῷ; xaué → κἀμέ; δί ἀέρος → δι᾽ ἀέρος.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.9.2 (Funk 1:321; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.9.3Funk 1:321

πάντων δὲ ἐπὶ τούτῳ μετεώρων τυγχανόντων ἐγὼ προσηυχόμην καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, καὶ δὴ μετεωρισθεὶς ὑπὸ δαιμόνων ἵπτατο μετάρσιος εἰς ἀέρα, λέγων εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνιέναι κἀκεῖθεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἐπιχορηγήσειν· τῶν δὲ δήμων ἐπευφημούντων αὐτὸν ὡς θεόν, ἐκτείνας ἐγὼ τὰς χεῖρας εἰς οὐρανὸν σὺν αὐτῇ τῇ διανοίᾳ ἱκέτευον τὸν θεὸν διὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ῥῆξαι τὸν λυμεῶνα καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν τῶν δαιμόνων περικόψαι ἐπ ἀπάτῃ καὶ ἀπωλείᾳ ἀνθρώπων κεχρημένων αὐτῇ, ῥάξαντα δὲ μὴ θανατῶσαι, ἀλλὰ συντρῖψαι.

pantōn de epi toutǭ meteōrōn tynchanontōn egō prosēuchomēn kath᾽ heauton, kai dē meteōristheis hypo daimonōn hiptato metarsios eis aera, legōn eis ouranous anienai kakeithen autois ta agatha epichorēgēsein; tōn de dēmōn epeuphēmountōn auton hōs theon, ekteinas egō tas cheiras eis ouranon syn autę̄ tę̄ dianoią hiketeuon ton theon dia Iēsou tou kyriou rhēxai ton lymeōna kai tēn ischyn tōn daimonōn perikopsai ep apatę̄ kai apōleią anthrōpōn kechrēmenōn autę̄, rhaxanta de mē thanatōsai, alla syntripsai.

And while all were in suspense at this, I was praying by myself; and indeed, lifted up by demons, he flew aloft into the air, saying that he was ascending into the heavens and would supply good things to them from there. And as the people acclaimed him as a god, I stretched out my hands to heaven with my whole mind and besought God through the Lord Jesus to dash down the corrupter and to cut off the power of the demons, who were using it for the deceit and destruction of men, and, in dashing him down, not to kill him but to break him.

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Summary: As Simon flew with the demons' help, Peter prayed that he be brought down but not killed.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): xa" → καθ᾽; ν" → ν· ; ὁὲ → δὲ .

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.9.3 (Funk 1:321; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-9-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.9.4Funk 1:321

καὶ ὑπολαβών, ἀτενίσας εἶπον τῷ Σίμωνι: Εἰ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος ἐγώ, ἀπόστολος ὁὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀληθὴς καὶ διδάσκαλος εὐσεβείας, ἀλλ οὐ πλάνης, οἷος σὺ τρῶν; προστάσσω ταῖς πονηραῖς δυνάμεσιν τοῦ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀποστάτου, ἐφ᾽ αἷς ὀχεῖται Σίμων ὃ μάγος, ἀφεῖναι τῆς κρατήσεως, ὅπως ἐξ ὕψους κατενεχθῇ εἰς γέλωτα τῶν ἀπατηθέντων ὑπ αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἰπόντος μου ταῦτα, περικοπεὶς τῶν δυνάμεων ὁ Σίμων κατηνέχθη μετὰ μεγάλου ἤχου καὶ ῥαγεὶς ἐξαίσιον συντρίβεται τὸ ἰσχίον καὶ τῶν ποδῶν τοὺς ταρσούς.

kai hypolabōn, atenisas eipon tǭ Simōni: Ei theou anthrōpos egō, apostolos hoe Iēsou Christou alēthēs kai didaskalos eusebeias, all ou planēs, hoios sy trōn? prostassō tais ponērais dynamesin tou tēs eusebeias apostatou, eph᾽ hais ocheitai Simōn ho magos, apheinai tēs kratēseōs, hopōs ex hypsous katenechthę̄ eis gelōta tōn apatēthentōn hyp autou; kai eipontos mou tauta, perikopeis tōn dynameōn ho Simōn katēnechthē meta megalou ēchou kai rhageis exaision syntribetai to ischion kai tōn podōn tous tarsous.

And taking up the word, I fixed my eyes on Simon and said, “If I am a ‘man of God’ and a true apostle of Jesus Christ and a teacher of piety, not of error like you, Simon, I command the evil powers of the apostate from piety, by whom Simon the magician is carried, to let go their hold, so that he may be brought down from the height, to the mockery of those deceived by him.” And when I had said this, Simon, cut off from the powers, was brought down with a great crash, and being violently dashed he broke his hip and the soles of his feet.

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Summary: At Peter's word the demons let Simon fall, and he broke his hip and feet.

“Simon” in the address is a garbled word in the scan (τρῶν), read by sense.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Ei ,, → Εἰ ; ς“ → ς ; Ζριστοῦ → Χριστοῦ; xal → καὶ; προῦστάσσω → προστάσσω; ῦ" → ῦ· .

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.9.4 (Funk 1:321; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-9-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.9.5Funk 1:321

καὶ φωνὴ τῶν ὄχλων λέγουσα· Εἷς ὁ θεός, ὃν Πέτρος δικαίως καταγγέλλει τῇ ἀληθείᾳ. μόνον· καὶ πολλοὶ ἀπέστησαν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, τινὲς δὲ ἄξιοι τῆς ἀπωλείας αὐτοῦ ὄντες RETE αὐτοῦ τῇ μοχθηρᾷ διδασκαλίᾳ.

kai phōnē tōn ochlōn legousa; Heis ho theos, hon Petros dikaiōs katangellei tę̄ alētheią. monon; kai polloi apestēsan ap᾽ autou, tines de axioi tēs apōleias autou ontes RETE autou tę̄ mochthērą didaskalią.

And a voice of the crowds said, “There is one God, whom Peter rightly proclaims in truth, him alone.” And many withdrew from him; but some, being worthy of his destruction, remained in his wicked teaching.

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Summary: The crowd confessed the one God, and many left Simon.

The verb rendered “remained” is garbled in the scan (RETE); translated by sense.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " Eis ὁ → · Εἷς ὁ; ν" → ν· .

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.9.5 (Funk 1:321; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-9-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.9.6Funk 1:321–323

καὶ οὕτως πρώτη ἐπάγη ἡ τῶν Σιμωνιανῶν ἀθεωτάτη αἵρεσις ἐν Ῥώμῃ, καὶ διὰ τῶν λοιπῶν ψευδαποστόλων ἐνήργει ὁ διάβολος.

kai houtōs prōtē epagē hē tōn Simōnianōn atheōtatē hairesis en Rhōmę̄, kai dia tōn loipōn pseudapostolōn enērgei ho diabolos.

And so the most godless heresy of the Simonians was first planted in Rome, and through the rest of the false apostles the devil was at work.

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Summary: The Simonian heresy took root in Rome.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ὁ; stray line number): “Ῥώμῃ → Ῥώμῃ; Ó διάβολος. 80 → ὁ διάβολος..

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.9.6 (Funk 1:321–323; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-9-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 10

6.10.1Funk 1:323

Τούτοις δὲ πᾶσιν ἐπίσης σκοπὸς ἦν εἷς καὶ ὃ αὐτὸς ἀθεότητος, τὸν μὲν παντοχράτορα θεὸν βλασφημεῖν, ἄγνωστον δοξάζειν καὶ μὴ εἶναι πατέρα τοῦ Χριστοῦ μηδὲ τοῦ κόσμου δημιουργόν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄλεκτον, ἄρρητον, ἀκατονόμαστον, αὐτογένεθλον· Νόμῳ καὶ Προφήταις μὴ χρᾶσθαι, πρόνοιαν μὴ εἶναι, ἀνάστασιν μὴ πιστεύειν, κρίσιν μὴ εἶναι καὶ ἀνταπόδοσιν, ψυχὴν ἀθάνατον μὴ ὑπάρχειν, ἡδονῇ χαίρειν μόνῃ καὶ πρὸς πᾶσαν θρησκείαν ἀδιαφόρως ἐκκλίνειν.

Toutois de pasin episēs skopos ēn heis kai ho autos atheotētos, ton men pantochratora theon blasphēmein, agnōston doxazein kai mē einai patera tou Christou mēde tou kosmou dēmiourgon, all᾽ alekton, arrēton, akatonomaston, autogenethlon; Nomǭ kai Prophētais mē chrasthai, pronoian mē einai, anastasin mē pisteuein, krisin mē einai kai antapodosin, psychēn athanaton mē hyparchein, hēdonę̄ chairein monę̄ kai pros pasan thrēskeian adiaphorōs ekklinein.

And all these alike had one and the same aim of godlessness: to blaspheme the almighty God; to hold that he is unknown and not the Father of Christ nor the Maker of the world, but unspeakable, ineffable, unnameable, self-begotten; not to use the Law and the Prophets; that there is no providence; not to believe in the resurrection; that there is no judgment and recompense; that the soul is not immortal; to delight in pleasure alone and to turn aside indifferently to every worship.

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Summary: The heretics deny the Creator, the Scriptures, providence, the resurrection and judgment.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): tig → εἷς; δὴημιουργόν → δημιουργόν; " Nóuo → · Νόμῳ.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.10.1 (Funk 1:323; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.10.2Funk 1:323

οἱ μὲν γὰρ πλείους εἶναι θεοὺς λέγουσιν, οἱ δὲ τρεῖς ἀνάρχους, οἱ δὲ δύο ἀγεννήτους, οἱ δὲ αἰῶνας ἀπείρους· καὶ οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν ἀγαμίαν διδάσκουσιν καὶ κρεῶν ἀποχὴν καὶ οἴνου, βδελυκτὰ λέγοντες εἶναι καὶ γάμον καὶ παίδων γένεσιν καὶ βρωμάτων μετάληψιν, ἵν᾽ ὡς σεμνοὶ τινες τὴν πονηρὰν αὐτῶν γνώμην ὡς ἀξιόπιστον παραδεχθῆναι ποιήσωσιν· τινὲς δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν νομοθετοῦσι κρεῶν ἀπέχεσθαι οὐχ ὡς ἀλόγων ζῴων, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς λογικὴν ἐχόντων ψυχὴν καὶ φόνου δίκην εἰσπράσσεσθαι μελλόντων τῶν ταῦτα κατατολμώντων σφάζειν.

hoi men gar pleious einai theous legousin, hoi de treis anarchous, hoi de dyo agennētous, hoi de aiōnas apeirous; kai hoi men autōn agamian didaskousin kai kreōn apochēn kai oinou, bdelykta legontes einai kai gamon kai paidōn genesin kai brōmatōn metalēpsin, hin᾽ hōs semnoi tines tēn ponēran autōn gnōmēn hōs axiopiston paradechthēnai poiēsōsin; tines de ex autōn nomothetousi kreōn apechesthai ouch hōs alogōn zǭōn, all᾽ hōs logikēn echontōn psychēn kai phonou dikēn eisprassesthai mellontōn tōn tauta katatolmōntōn sphazein.

For some say that there are more gods, others three without beginning, others two unbegotten, others infinite aeons; and some of them teach abstinence from marriage, and from meat and wine, saying that marriage and the begetting of children and the partaking of food are abominable, so that, as holy persons, they may cause their wicked opinion to be accepted as trustworthy; and some of them legislate abstinence from meat not as from irrational animals, but as from animals that have a rational soul, and that those who dare to slaughter them will pay the penalty for murder.

1 Tim 4:3 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Some heretics forbid marriage, meat and wine, or treat animals as rational souls.

Cf. 1 Tim 4:3.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς" → ς· ; βδελυχτὰ → βδελυκτὰ; iv ὡς → ἵν᾽ ὡς; ν" → ν· ; Loc» → ζῴων.

Topics: Heresy, Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.10.2 (Funk 1:323; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.10.3Funk 1:323

ἕτεροι δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἔλεγον μόνου δεῖν χοιρείου ἀπέχεσθαι, τὰ δὲ κατὰ νόμον καθαρὰ ἐσθίειν καὶ περιτέμνεσθαι νομίμως, πιστεύειν δὲ εἰς Ἰησοῦν ὡς εἰς ὅσιον ἄνδρα καὶ προφήτην ἄλλοι δὲ ἀναίδην ἐκπορνεύειν καὶ παρα-

heteroi de ex autōn elegon monou dein choireiou apechesthai, ta de kata nomon kathara esthiein kai peritemnesthai nomimōs, pisteuein de eis Iēsoun hōs eis hosion andra kai prophētēn alloi de anaidēn ekporneuein kai para-

Others of them said that one must abstain only from pork, but eat what is clean according to the law, and be circumcised according to the law, and believe in Jesus as in a holy man and a prophet; and others taught to commit sexual immorality shamelessly and to misuse

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Summary: Some heretics keep the Jewish law and hold Jesus a mere prophet; others teach immorality.

The sentence runs on into the next ref, where the OCR split a word.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: footnote reference (1 Tim 4) removed; the word continues in the next ref): ἐσθίει»ν → ἐσθίειν; παραΙ Tim. 4, → παρα-.

Topics: Heresy, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.10.3 (Funk 1:323; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.10.4Funk 1:323–325

χρᾶσθαι τῇ σαρκὶ ἐδίδασκον καὶ διὰ πάσης ἀνοσιουργίας ἰέναι, ὡς οὕτως καὶ μόνως ἐκφεύξεσθαι τὴν ψυχὴν τοὺς κοσμικοὺς ἄρχοντας. οὗτοι δὲ πάντες τοῦ διαβόλου ὄργανα τυγχάνουσιν καὶ υἱοὶ ὀργῆς.

chrasthai tę̄ sarki edidaskon kai dia pasēs anosiourgias ienai, hōs houtōs kai monōs ekpheuxesthai tēn psychēn tous kosmikous archontas. houtoi de pantes tou diabolou organa tynchanousin kai huioi orgēs.

the flesh, and to pass through every unholy deed, as if only so would the soul escape the rulers of the world. And all these are instruments of the devil and “sons of wrath.”

Eph 2:3 (quotation, medium confidence)

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Summary: The libertine heretics are instruments of the devil.

Eph 2:3.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ἐχφεύξεσθαι → ἐκφεύξεσθαι; »υ → υ; ς“. → ς..

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.10.4 (Funk 1:323–325; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 11

6.11.1Funk 1:325

Ἡμεῖς δὲ , τέκνα θεοῦ καὶ υἱοὶ εἰρήνης, τὸν ἱερὸν καὶ εὐθῆ λόγον κηρύσσοντες τῆς εὐσεβείας, ἕνα μόνον θεὸν καταγγέλλομεν, νόμου καὶ προφητῶν κύριον, τῶν ὄντων δημιουργόν, τοῦ Χριστοῦ πατέρα, οὐκ αὐταίτιον καὶ αὐτογένεθλον, ὡς ἐκεῖνοι οἴονται, ἀλλ ἀΐδιον καὶ ἄναρχον καὶ φῶς οἰκοῦντα ἀπρόσιτον, οὐ δεύτερον ὄντα ἢ τρίτον ἢ πολλοστόν, ἀλλὰ μόνον ἀϊδίως, οὐκ ἄγνωστον ἢ ἄλεκτον, ἀλλὰ διὰ Νόμου καὶ Προφητῶν κηρυσσόμενον, παντοχράτορα, παντάρχην, παντεξούσιον.

Hēmeis de , tekna theou kai huioi eirēnēs, ton hieron kai euthē logon kēryssontes tēs eusebeias, hena monon theon katangellomen, nomou kai prophētōn kyrion, tōn ontōn dēmiourgon, tou Christou patera, ouk autaition kai autogenethlon, hōs ekeinoi oiontai, all aïdion kai anarchon kai phōs oikounta aprositon, ou deuteron onta ē triton ē polloston, alla monon aïdiōs, ouk agnōston ē alekton, alla dia Nomou kai Prophētōn kēryssomenon, pantochratora, pantarchēn, pantexousion.

But we, “children of God” and “sons of peace,” proclaiming the holy and right word of piety, announce one only God, Lord of the Law and the Prophets, Maker of all that exists, Father of Christ; not self-caused and self-begotten, as they suppose, but eternal and without beginning and “dwelling in unapproachable light”; not second or third or one of many, but alone eternally; not unknown or unspeakable, but proclaimed through the Law and the Prophets; almighty, ruler of all, all-powerful;

1 John 3:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 10:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 6:16 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The apostles proclaim one eternal God, Lord of the Law and Prophets and Father of Christ.

1 John 3:1; Luke 10:6; 1 Tim 6:16.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ῦ“ → ῦ ; ,,υ → υ; ς“, → ς,; αὐτογένεθλο» → αὐτογένεθλον; xci ,, → καὶ ; ν“, → ν,; ἄλεχτον → ἄλεκτον.

Topics: Trinity

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.1 (Funk 1:325; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.11.2Funk 1:325

θεὸν καὶ πατέρα τοῦ μονογενοῦς καὶ πρωτοτόκου πάσης δημιουργίας, ἕνα θεὸν ἑνὸς υἱοῦ πατέρα, οὐ πλειόνων, ἑνὸς παρακλήτου διὰ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ταγμάτων ποιητήν᾽

theon kai patera tou monogenous kai prōtotokou pasēs dēmiourgias, hena theon henos huiou patera, ou pleionōn, henos paraklētou dia Christou, kai tōn allōn tagmatōn poiētēn᾽

God and Father of the only-begotten and firstborn of all creation; one God, Father of one Son, not of more; maker, through Christ, of one Paraclete and of the other orders;

Col 1:15 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The one God is Father of one Son and, through Christ, maker of the Paraclete and the other orders.

The Paraclete is listed among what the Father made through Christ: translated as written. Col 1:15.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πρωτοτόχου → πρωτοτόκου; ὁημιουργίας → δημιουργίας.

Topics: Trinity

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.2 (Funk 1:325; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.11.3Funk 1:325

ἕνα δημιουργὸν διαφόρου κτίσεως διὰ Χριστοῦ ποιητήν, τὸν αὐτὸν προνοητήν, νομοθέτην δι᾽ αὐτοῦ, ἀναστάσεως αἴτιον καὶ κρίσεως καὶ ἀνταποδόσεως δι᾽ αὐτοῦ γενόμενον·

hena dēmiourgon diaphorou ktiseōs dia Christou poiētēn, ton auton pronoētēn, nomothetēn di᾽ autou, anastaseōs aition kai kriseōs kai antapodoseōs di᾽ autou genomenon;

one Creator, maker through Christ of a varied creation; the same the provider, lawgiver through him, the author, through him, of resurrection and judgment and recompense;

Notes and citation

Summary: The one Creator rules, gives law, and will raise and judge through Christ.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ÓU → δι᾽ ; ον" → ον·.

Topics: Trinity

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.3 (Funk 1:325; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.11.4Funk 1:325

τοῦτον αὐτὸν καὶ ἄνθρωπον εὐδοκήσαντα γενέσθαι καὶ πολιτευσάμενον ἄνευ ἁμαρτίας καὶ παθόντα καὶ ἀποθανόντα καὶ ἀναστάντα ἐκ νεκρῶν καὶ ἀνελθόντα πρὸς τὸν ἀποστείλαντα.

touton auton kai anthrōpon eudokēsanta genesthai kai politeusamenon aneu hamartias kai pathonta kai apothanonta kai anastanta ek nekrōn kai anelthonta pros ton aposteilanta.

and that this same one was pleased to become man, and lived without sin, and suffered and died and rose from the dead and went up to him who sent him.

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ became man, lived without sin, suffered, died, rose, and ascended.

“This same one” is Christ, named in the preceding ref.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): εὐδοχήσαντα → εὐδοκήσαντα.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.4 (Funk 1:325; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.11.5Funk 1:325

πᾶν κτίσμα θεοῦ καλόν φαμεν καὶ οὐδὲν βδελυκτόν, πᾶν τὸ πρὸς σύστασιν δικαίως μεταλαμβανόμενον ἄριστον· πάντα γὰρ κατὰ τὴν γραφὴν καλὰ λίαν.

pan ktisma theou kalon phamen kai ouden bdelykton, pan to pros systasin dikaiōs metalambanomenon ariston; panta gar kata tēn graphēn kala lian.

“Every creature of God is good,” we say, “and nothing is abominable”; everything that is rightly partaken of for sustenance is excellent; for according to the Scripture “all things” are “very good.”

1 Tim 4:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:31 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: All God's creatures are good to eat.

1 Tim 4:4; Gen 1:31.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): (πᾶν → πᾶν; ν“ → ν ; ,,κκαὶ → καὶ; ν“, → ν,; " ,, → · ; α“ → α ; ν ,,κα → ν κα; ν“. → ν..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.5 (Funk 1:325; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.11.6Funk 1:325

γάμον νόμιμον καὶ παίδων γένεσιν τίμιον καὶ ἀμόλυντον εἶναι πιστεύομεν ἐπ᾽ αὐξήσει γὰρ τοῦ γένους τῶν ἀνθρώπων διαφορὰ σχημάτων διεπλάσθη ἐν τῷ Ἀδὰμ καὶ τῇ Εὔᾳ.

gamon nomimon kai paidōn genesin timion kai amolynton einai pisteuomen ep᾽ auxēsei gar tou genous tōn anthrōpōn diaphora schēmatōn dieplasthē en tǭ Adam kai tę̄ Euą.

We believe that lawful marriage and the begetting of children are honorable and undefiled; for the difference of forms was fashioned in Adam and Eve for the increase of the human race.

Heb 13:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 1:27–28 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Lawful marriage and childbearing are honorable, for God made male and female to increase the race.

Heb 13:4; Gen 1:27–28.

Topics: Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.6 (Funk 1:325; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.11.7Funk 1:325–327

ψυχὴν ἀσώματον ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ ἀθάνατον ὁμολογοῦμεν, ἀλλ οὐ φθαρτὴν ὡς τὰ σώματα, ἀλλ᾽ ἀθάνατον ὡς λογικὴν καὶ αὐτεξούσιον.

psychēn asōmaton en hēmin kai athanaton homologoumen, all ou phthartēn hōs ta sōmata, all᾽ athanaton hōs logikēn kai autexousion.

We confess that the soul in us is incorporeal and immortal, not corruptible like bodies, but immortal, as rational and free.

Notes and citation

Summary: The soul is incorporeal, immortal, rational and free.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): iv → ἐν ; ἀλλ. → ἀλλ᾽.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.7 (Funk 1:325–327; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.11.8Funk 1:327

πᾶσαν μῖξιν παράνομον καὶ τὴν παρὰ φύσιν γινομένην ὑπό τίνων βδελυσσόμεθα ὡς ἀθέμιτον καὶ ἀνοσίαν.

pasan mixin paranomon kai tēn para physin ginomenēn hypo tinōn bdelyssometha hōs athemiton kai anosian.

Every unlawful intercourse, and that which is practiced by some contrary to nature, we abhor as unlawful and unholy.

Notes and citation

Summary: All unlawful and unnatural intercourse is abhorred.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.8 (Funk 1:327; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.11.9Funk 1:327

ἀνάστασιν γίνεσθαι ὁμολογοῦμεν δικαίων τε καὶ ἀδίκων καὶ μισθαποδοσίαν. τὸν Χριστὸν οὐ ψιλὸν ἄνθρωπον ὁμολογοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ θεὸν λόγον καὶ ἄνθρωπον, μεσίτην θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἀρχιερέα τοῦ πατρός· οὔτε μὴν μετὰ Ἰουδαίων περιτεμνόμεθα, εἰδότες, ὅτι ἐλήλυθεν ᾧ ἀπέκειτο, καὶ δι᾽ ὃν ἐφυλάσσετο τὰ γένη, ἡ προσδοκία τῶν ἐθνῶν, Ἰησοῦς ὃ Χριστὸς ὁ ἐξ Ἰούδα ἀνατείλας, ὃ ἐκ βλαστοῦ υἱός, τὸ ἐξ Ἰεσσαὶ ἄνθος, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὦμου.

anastasin ginesthai homologoumen dikaiōn te kai adikōn kai misthapodosian. ton Christon ou psilon anthrōpon homologoumen, alla theon logon kai anthrōpon, mesitēn theou kai anthrōpōn archierea tou patros; oute mēn meta Ioudaiōn peritemnometha, eidotes, hoti elēlythen hǭ apekeito, kai di᾽ hon ephylasseto ta genē, hē prosdokia tōn ethnōn, Iēsous ho Christos ho ex Iouda anateilas, ho ek blastou huios, to ex Iessai anthos, hou hē archē epi tou ōmou.

We confess that there will be a resurrection of righteous and unrighteous, and a recompense. [10] We confess that Christ is not a mere man, but God the Word and man, “mediator between God and men,” high priest of the Father. Nor yet are we circumcised with the Jews, knowing that “he has come for whom it was reserved,” and for whose sake the nations were kept, “the expectation of the nations,” Jesus the Christ, who sprang from Judah, the son from the shoot, “the flower from Jesse, whose rule is upon his shoulder.”

Acts 24:15 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 49:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 7:14 (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 11:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence)

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Summary: The church confesses the resurrection, and Christ as God the Word and man, the expected one of Genesis 49.

The section number 10 was lost in the OCR; “[10]” marks where it begins.
Acts 24:15; 1 Tim 2:5; Gen 49:10 (LXX); Heb 7:14; Isa 11:1; 9:6 (9:5 LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: section number (10) removed): IO. τὸν → τὸν; ,,μ → μ; “,, → ; ς" → ς· ; »ἐ → ἐ; ἀπέχειτο“ → ἀπέκειτο; δ ὃν → δι᾽ ὃν; ,,ῇ προσδοκία → ἡ προσδοκία; ῶν“, → ῶν, ; ,τ → τ; οὗ ἢ ἀρχὴ → οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ; υ“. → υ..

Topics: Christology, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.11.9 (Funk 1:327; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-11-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 12

6.12.1Funk 1:327

ἐπεὶ τότε αὕτη ἣ αἵρεσις ἰσχυροτέρα πρὸς πλάνην ἔδοξεν εἶναι, καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ὅλης κινδυνευούσης, ἡμεῖς οἱ δώδεκα συνελθόντες εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ· ἀντὶ γὰρ τοῦ προδότου Ματθίας σὺν ἡμῖν κατεψηφίσθη ἀπόστολος εἶναι, λαβὼν τὸν κλῆρον Ἰούδα, ὡς εἴρηται· , Τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λάβοι ἕτερος, ἐπεσκεπτόμεθα ἅμα Ἰακώβῳ τῷ τοῦ κυρίου ἀδελφῷ, τί γένηται· καὶ ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ τε καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις λόγους διδασκαλίας προσλαλῆσαι τῷ λαῷ.

epei tote hautē hē hairesis ischyrotera pros planēn edoxen einai, kai tēs ekklēsias holēs kindyneuousēs, hēmeis hoi dōdeka synelthontes eis Hierousalēm; anti gar tou prodotou Matthias syn hēmin katepsēphisthē apostolos einai, labōn ton klēron Iouda, hōs eirētai; , Tēn episkopēn autou laboi heteros, epeskeptometha hama Iakōbǭ tǭ tou kyriou adelphǭ, ti genētai; kai edoxen autǭ te kai tois presbyterois logous didaskalias proslalēsai tǭ laǭ.

When that heresy then seemed stronger for leading astray, and the whole church was in danger, we the twelve came together in Jerusalem (for in place of the traitor, Matthias was voted with us to be an apostle, receiving the lot of Judas, as it is said, “Let another take his office”), and together with James the brother of the Lord we considered what should be done; and it seemed good to him and to the presbyters to speak words of teaching to the people.

Acts 1:26 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 109:8 (108:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 1:20 (quotation, medium confidence) · Acts 15:6 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: When the Judaizing heresy threatened the church, the twelve and James met in Jerusalem.

Acts 1:20, 26; Ps 109:8 (108:8 LXX); Acts 15:6.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ᾿Ιερουσαλήμ᾽ → Ἱερουσαλήμ·; χατεψηφίσθη → κατεψηφίσθη; αι" , → αι· ,; ς“, → ς,; αι" κ → αι· κ.

Topics: Heresy, Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.1 (Funk 1:327; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.12.2Funk 1:327–329

καὶ γάρ τινες κατελθόντες ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰουδαίας εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, ἐδίδασκον τοὺς ἐκεῖ, ἀδελφούς, λέγοντες, ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περιτέμνησθε τῷ ἔθει Μωσέως καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔθεσιν οἷς διετάξατο περιπατῆτε, οὐ δύνασθε σωθῆναι.

kai gar tines katelthontes apo tēs Ioudaias eis Antiocheian, edidaskon tous ekei, adelphous, legontes, hoti ean mē peritemnēsthe tǭ ethei Mōseōs kai tois allois ethesin hois dietaxato peripatēte, ou dynasthe sōthēnai.

For “some who came down from Judea” to Antioch “were teaching the brothers there, saying that unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses” and walk in the other customs which he commanded, “you cannot be saved.”

Acts 15:1 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Men from Judea taught the Gentile believers at Antioch that they must be circumcised to be saved.

Acts 15:1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,, → ; ας“ ε → ας ε; ὺς“ ἐ → ὺς ἐ; ως“ κ → ως κ; ,ο → ο.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.2 (Funk 1:327–329; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.12.3Funk 1:329

γενομένης οὖν στάσεως καὶ ζητήσεως οὐχ ὀλίγης, οἱ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἀδελφοί, γνόντες, ὅτι συνεληλύθαμεν πάντες περὶ τούτου ζητήσοντες, ἐξαπέστειλαν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἄνδρας πιστοὺς καὶ τῶν γραφῶν εἰδήμονας, μαθεῖν περὶ τοῦ ζητήματος τούτου. οἱ δέ, παραγενόμενοι εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἀνήγγειλαν ἡμῖν τὰ ζητηθέντα καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀντιοχέων ἐκκλησίᾳ, ὡς ὅτι τινὲς ἔλεγον, ὅτι δεῖ περιτέμνεσθαι καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ἁγνείας παραφυλάττειν.

genomenēs oun staseōs kai zētēseōs ouch oligēs, hoi en Antiocheią adelphoi, gnontes, hoti synelēlythamen pantes peri toutou zētēsontes, exapesteilan pros hēmas andras pistous kai tōn graphōn eidēmonas, mathein peri tou zētēmatos toutou. hoi de, paragenomenoi eis Hierousalēm, anēngeilan hēmin ta zētēthenta kai en tę̄ Antiocheōn ekklēsią, hōs hoti tines elegon, hoti dei peritemnesthai kai tas allas hagneias paraphylattein.

“And when there had been no small dissension and debate,” the brothers in Antioch, learning that we had all come together to inquire about this, sent to us faithful men, versed in the Scriptures, to learn about this question. “And they, having come to Jerusalem, reported” to us what had been debated in the church of the Antiochenes too, namely that some “were saying that one must be circumcised and keep” the other purifications.

Acts 15:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 15:4–5 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The church at Antioch sent men to the apostles in Jerusalem about circumcision.

Acts 15:2, 4–5.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ς“, → ς,; ,.οἱ → οἱ; Ιερουσαλήμ, ἀνήγγειλαν“. → Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἀνήγγειλαν; ᾿ἀντιοχέων ἐχκλησίᾳ → Ἀντιοχέων ἐκκλησίᾳ; ,,ἔ → ἔ; ὶ“ → ὶ ; ,π → π; ιν“. → ιν..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.3 (Funk 1:329; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.12.4Funk 1:329

ἄλλων δὲ ἄλλο τι λεγόντων, ἐγὼ Πέτρος ἀναστὰς εἶπον πρὸς αὐτούς· Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε, ὅτι ἀφ᾽ ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων ἐν ὑμῖν ἐξελέξατο ὃ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ στόματός μου ἀκοῦσαι τὰ ἔθνη τὸν λόγον τοῦ εὐαγγελίου καὶ πιστεῦσαι· καὶ ὃ καρδιογνώστης θεὸς ἐμαρτύρησεν αὐτοῖς.

allōn de allo ti legontōn, egō Petros anastas eipon pros autous; Andres adelphoi, hymeis epistasthe, hoti aph᾽ hēmerōn archaiōn en hymin exelexato ho theos dia tou stomatos mou akousai ta ethnē ton logon tou euangeliou kai pisteusai; kai ho kardiognōstēs theos emartyrēsen autois.

And when others were saying other things, I, “Peter, stood up and said to them: Brothers, you know that from early days God chose among you that through my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe; and God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them.”

Acts 15:7–8 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Peter reminded the council that God chose him to bring the gospel to the Gentiles.

Peter speaks. Acts 15:7–8.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,, → ; " “ἅνδρες → · Ἄνδρες; dq → ἀφ᾽ ; ι" → ι· ; ς“. → ς..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.4 (Funk 1:329; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.12.5Funk 1:329

Κορνηλίῳ γάρ ποτε ἑκατοντάρχῃ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχῆς ὥφθη ἄγγελος κυρίου καὶ περὶ ἐμοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ὅπως μεταστείληταί μὲ καὶ ἀκούσῃ ῥήματα ζωῆς ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου· ὁ δὲ μετεπέμψατό μὲ ἀπὸ Ἰόππης εἰς Καισάρειαν τὴν Στράτωνος.

Kornēliǭ gar pote hekatontarchę̄ Rhōmaïkēs archēs hōphthē angelos kyriou kai peri emou eipen autǭ, hopōs metasteilētai me kai akousę̄ rhēmata zōēs ek tou stomatos mou; ho de metepempsato me apo Ioppēs eis Kaisareian tēn Stratōnos.

For once an angel of the Lord appeared to Cornelius, a centurion of the Roman command, and spoke to him about me, that he should send for me and hear words of life from my mouth; and he sent for me from Joppa to Caesarea of Strato.

Acts 10:3–8 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: An angel told Cornelius to send for Peter.

Acts 10:3–8.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.5 (Funk 1:329; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.12.6Funk 1:329

ὁπότε δὲ ἔμελλον πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκπορεύεσθαι, ἐβουλήθην τροφῆς μεταλαβεῖν· καὶ παρασκευαζόντων, ἤμην ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ προσευχόμενος, καὶ θεωρῶ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεωγότα καὶ τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς δεδεμένον σκεῦός τι ὡς ὀθόνην λαμπρὰν καὶ καθιέμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐν ᾧ ὑπῆρχεν πάντα τὰ τετράποδα καὶ τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ ἐγένετο φωνὴ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πρὸς μὲ λέγουσα Ἀναστάς, Πέτρε, θῦσον καὶ φάγε. κἀγὼ εἶπον· Μηδαμῶς, κύριε, ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἔφαγον πᾶν κοινὸν καὶ ἀκάθαρτον. καὶ ἐγένετο πάλιν φωνὴ ἔκ δευτέρου λέγουσα· Ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν, σὺ μὴ κοίνου. τοῦτο δὲ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τρίς, καὶ ἀνελήφθη τὸ σκεῦος εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.

hopote de emellon pros auton ekporeuesthai, eboulēthēn trophēs metalabein; kai paraskeuazontōn, ēmēn en tǭ hyperǭǭ proseuchomenos, kai theōrō ton ouranon aneōgota kai tessarsin archais dedemenon skeuos ti hōs othonēn lampran kai kathiemenon epi tēs gēs, en hǭ hypērchen panta ta tetrapoda kai ta herpeta tēs gēs kai ta peteina tou ouranou; kai egeneto phōnē ek tou ouranou pros me legousa Anastas, Petre, thyson kai phage. kagō eipon; Mēdamōs, kyrie, hoti oudepote ephagon pan koinon kai akatharton. kai egeneto palin phōnē ek deuterou legousa; Ha ho theos ekatharisen, sy mē koinou. touto de egeneto epi tris, kai anelēphthē to skeuos eis ton ouranon.

And when I was about to go out to him, I wished to take food; and while they were preparing it, I was in the upper room praying, and I see heaven opened, and a certain vessel bound by four corners like a bright sheet, “and let down upon the earth, in which were all the four-footed beasts and the creeping things of the earth and the birds of the heaven; and there came a voice” from heaven “to me, saying: Rise, Peter, kill and eat. And I said: By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything common and unclean. And a voice came again a second time, saying: What God has cleansed, do not call common. And this happened three times, and the vessel was taken up into heaven.”

Acts 10:9–16 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 11:5–10 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Peter tells his vision of the sheet with clean and unclean animals.

Acts 10:9–16; 11:5–10.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.6 (Funk 1:329; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.12.7Funk 1:329

ὡς δὲ διηπόρουν, τί ἂν εἴη τὸ ὅραμα, εἶπέν μοι τὸ πνεῦμα᾽ Ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες ζητοῦσίν σε· ἀλλὰ ἀναστὰς πορεύθητι σὺν αὐτοῖς μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, διότι ἐγὼ ἀπέστειλα αὐτούς· οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ παρὰ τοῦ ἑκατοντάρχου.

hōs de diēporoun, ti an eiē to horama, eipen moi to pneuma᾽ Idou andres zētousin se; alla anastas poreuthēti syn autois mēden diakrinomenos, dioti egō apesteila autous; houtoi de ēsan hoi para tou hekatontarchou.

And as I was perplexed as to what the vision might be, the Spirit said to me: “Behold, men are seeking you; but rise and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.” And these were the men from the centurion.

Acts 10:19–20 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The Spirit told Peter to go with Cornelius's messengers.

Acts 10:17, 19–20.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.7 (Funk 1:329; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.12.8Funk 1:329–331

καὶ οὕτως ἀναλογισάμενος ἔγνων τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου τὸ γεγραμμένον, ὅτι πᾶς, ὃς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου, σωθήσεται, καὶ πάλιν· Μνησθήσεται καὶ ἐπιστραφήσεται πρὸς κύριον πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὅτι τοῦ κυρίου ἡ βασιλεία, καὶ αὐτὸς δεσπόζει τῶν ἐθνῶν.

kai houtōs analogisamenos egnōn to rhēma kyriou to gegrammenon, hoti pas, hos an epikalesētai to onoma kyriou, sōthēsetai, kai palin; Mnēsthēsetai kai epistraphēsetai pros kyrion panta ta perata tēs gēs, kai proskynēsousin enōpion autou pasai hai patriai tōn ethnōn, hoti tou kyriou hē basileia, kai autos despozei tōn ethnōn.

And so, reflecting, I recognized the word of the Lord that is written, that “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved,” and again, “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before him; for the kingdom is the Lord's, and he rules over the nations.”

Joel 2:32 (3:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 22:27–28 (21:28-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Peter recalled the prophecies of the Gentiles' salvation.

Quotations: Joel 2:32 (3:5 LXX); Ps 22:27–28 (21:28–29 LXX).

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.8 (Funk 1:329–331; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.12.9Funk 1:331–333

καὶ ὡς πανταχοῦ περὶ τῆς κλήσεως τῶν ἐθνῶν εἴρηται ἐννοήσας, ἀναστὰς ἐπορεύθην σὺν αὐτοῖς καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀνδρός· καὶ ἔτι μου διαγγέλλοντος τὸν λόγον, ἐπέπεσεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπὶ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς παρόντας σὺν αὐτῷ, καθὼς καὶ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἐν ἀρχῇ· καὶ οὐθὲν διέκρινεν μεταξὺ ἡμῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν, τῇ πίστει καθαρίσας τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔγνων ἐγώ, ὅτι οὐκ ἐστιν προσωπολήπτης ὃ θεός, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν παντὶ ἔθνει ὃ φοβούμενος αὐτὸν καὶ ἐργαζόμενος δικαιοσύνην δεκτὸς αὐτῷ ἐστιν᾽ ἐξέστησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τούτῳ καὶ οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοί. Νῦν οὖν τί πειράζετε τὸν θεόν, ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν βαρὺν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τῶν μαθητῶν, ὃν οὔτε ἡμεῖς οὔτε οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἰσχύσαμεν βαστάσαι; ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ κυρίου πιστεύομεν σωθῆναι, καθʼ ὃν τρόπον κἀκεῖνοι ἔλυσεν γὰρ ἡμᾶς ὃ κύριος ἐκ τῶν δεσμῶν καὶ ἠλάφρυνεν τὸ φορτίον ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν ζυγὸν τοῦ βάρους πραύτητι ἔλυσεν ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν. ταῦτα δέ μου εἰπόντος, ἐσίγησεν ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος ἀπεκρίθη δὲ Ἰάκωβος ὁ τοῦ κυρίου ἀδελφὸς λέγων· Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἀκούσατέ μου. Συμεὼν ἐξηγήσατο, καθὼς πρῶτον ὃ θεὸς ἐπεσκέψατο λαβεῖν ἐξ ἐθνῶν λαὸν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ᾽ καὶ τούτῳ συμφωνοῦσιν οἱ λόγοι τῶν προφητῶν, καθὼς γέγραπται· Μετὰ ταῦτα ἀναστρέψω καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν, καὶ τὰ κατεσκαμμένα αὐτῆς ἀνοικοδομήσω καὶ ἀνορθώσω αὐτήν, ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν κύριον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἐφ᾽ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπὶ αὐτούς, λέγει κύριος ὁ ποιῶν ταῦτα. γνωστὰ ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνός ἐστι τῷ θεῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ· διὸ ἐγὼ κρίνω μὴ παρενοχλεῖν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπιστρέφουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιστεῖλαι αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἰδωλοθύτου καὶ πορνείας καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνικτοῦ ἅπερ καὶ τοῖς παλαιοῖς νενομοθέτητο τοῖς πρὸ τοῦ νόμου φυσικοῖς, Ἐνώς, Ἐνώχ, Νῶε, Μελχισεδέκ, Ἰὼβ καὶ εἴ τίς τοιοῦτος ἐγεγόνει. τότε ἔδοξεν ἡμῖν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις καὶ τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἰακώβῳ καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις σὺν ὅλῃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας ἐξ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν πέμψαι σὺν τοῖς περὶ Βαρνάβαν καὶ Παῦλον τὸν τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀπόστολον τὸν Ταρσέα καὶ Ἰούδαν τὸν καλούμενον Βαρσαββᾶν καὶ Σίλαν, ἄνδρας ἡγουμένους ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, γράψαντες διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν τάδε· Οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν καὶ Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν χαίρειν. ἐπειδὴ ἠκούσαμεν, ὅτι τινὲς ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐτάραξαν ὑμᾶς λόγοις ἀνασκευάζοντες τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν, οἷς οὐ διεστειλάμεθα, ἔδοξεν ἡμῖν γενομένοις ὁμοθυμαδόν, ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας ἐκπέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς σὺν τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς ἡμῶν Βαρνάβᾳ καὶ Παύλῳ, ἀνθρώποις παραδεδωκόσι τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δ ὧν ἐπεστείλατε᾽ ἀπεστάλκαμεν δὲ μετ᾽ αὐτῶν Ἰούδαν καὶ Σίλαν, καὶ αὐτοὺς διὰ λόγου ἀπαγγέλλοντας τὰ αὐτά. ἔδοξεν γὰρ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι καὶ ἡμῖν μηθὲν πλέον ἐπιτίθεσθαι ὑμῖν βάρος πλὴν τούτων τῶν ἐπάναγκες, ἀπέχεσθαι εἰδωλοθύτου καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνικτοῦ καὶ πορνείας· ἐξ ὧν διατηροῦντες ἑαυτοὺς εὖ πράξετε. ἔρρωσθε.

kai hōs pantachou peri tēs klēseōs tōn ethnōn eirētai ennoēsas, anastas eporeuthēn syn autois kai eisēlthon eis ton oikon tou andros; kai eti mou diangellontos ton logon, epepesen to pneuma to hagion epi auton kai epi tous parontas syn autǭ, kathōs kai eph᾽ hēmas en archę̄; kai outhen diekrinen metaxy hēmōn te kai autōn, tę̄ pistei katharisas tas kardias autōn. kai egnōn egō, hoti ouk estin prosōpolēptēs ho theos, all᾽ en panti ethnei ho phoboumenos auton kai ergazomenos dikaiosynēn dektos autǭ estin᾽ exestēsan de epi toutǭ kai hoi ek peritomēs pistoi. Nyn oun ti peirazete ton theon, epitheinai zygon baryn epi ton trachēlon tōn mathētōn, hon oute hēmeis oute hoi pateres hēmōn ischysamen bastasai? alla dia tēs charitos tou kyriou pisteuomen sōthēnai, kathʼ hon tropon kakeinoi elysen gar hēmas ho kyrios ek tōn desmōn kai ēlaphrynen to phortion hēmōn kai ton zygon tou barous prautēti elysen aph᾽ hēmōn. tauta de mou eipontos, esigēsen hapan to plēthos apekrithē de Iakōbos ho tou kyriou adelphos legōn; Andres adelphoi, akousate mou. Symeōn exēgēsato, kathōs prōton ho theos epeskepsato labein ex ethnōn laon tǭ onomati autou᾽ kai toutǭ symphōnousin hoi logoi tōn prophētōn, kathōs gegraptai; Meta tauta anastrepsō kai anoikodomēsō tēn skēnēn Dauid tēn peptōkuian, kai ta kateskammena autēs anoikodomēsō kai anorthōsō autēn, hopōs an ekzētēsōsin hoi kataloipoi tōn anthrōpōn ton kyrion kai panta ta ethnē, eph᾽ hous epikeklētai to onoma mou epi autous, legei kyrios ho poiōn tauta. gnōsta ap᾽ aiōnos esti tǭ theǭ panta ta erga autou; dio egō krinō mē parenochlein tois apo tōn ethnōn epistrephousin epi ton theon, all᾽ episteilai autois tou apechesthai apo tōn alisgēmatōn tōn ethnōn, eidōlothytou kai porneias kai haimatos kai pniktou haper kai tois palaiois nenomothetēto tois pro tou nomou physikois, Enōs, Enōch, Nōe, Melchisedek, Iōb kai ei tis toioutos egegonei. tote edoxen hēmin tois apostolois kai tǭ episkopǭ Iakōbǭ kai tois presbyterois syn holę̄ tę̄ ekklēsią, eklexamenous andras ex hēmōn autōn pempsai syn tois peri Barnaban kai Paulon ton tōn ethnōn apostolon ton Tarsea kai Ioudan ton kaloumenon Barsabban kai Silan, andras hēgoumenous en tois adelphois, grapsantes dia cheiros autōn tade; Hoi apostoloi kai hoi presbyteroi kai hoi adelphoi tois kata tēn Antiocheian kai Syrian kai Kilikian adelphois tois ex ethnōn chairein. epeidē ēkousamen, hoti tines ex hēmōn etaraxan hymas logois anaskeuazontes tas psychas hymōn, hois ou diesteilametha, edoxen hēmin genomenois homothymadon, eklexamenous andras ekpempsai pros hymas syn tois agapētois hēmōn Barnabą kai Paulǭ, anthrōpois paradedōkosi tas psychas autōn hyper tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, d hōn epesteilate᾽ apestalkamen de met᾽ autōn Ioudan kai Silan, kai autous dia logou apangellontas ta auta. edoxen gar tǭ hagiǭ pneumati kai hēmin mēthen pleon epitithesthai hymin baros plēn toutōn tōn epanankes, apechesthai eidōlothytou kai haimatos kai pniktou kai porneias; ex hōn diatērountes heautous eu praxete. errōsthe.

And perceiving how everywhere it is said about the calling of the Gentiles, I rose and went with them and entered the man's house; and “while I was still declaring the word, the Holy Spirit fell on him and on those present with him, as also on us at the beginning; and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.” [10] And I knew “that God is not a respecter of persons, but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him”; and “the faithful of the circumcision” were amazed at this. [11] “Now therefore why do you test God by putting a heavy yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear? But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord, in the same way as they.” For the Lord loosed us from the bonds and lightened our burden, and in his gentleness loosed from us the yoke of heaviness. [12] And when I had said this, “all the multitude kept silence”; and James the brother of the Lord answered, saying: “Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written: After these things I will return and rebuild the tent of David that has fallen, and I will rebuild its ruins and set it up, so that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, says the Lord who does these things. [13] Known from eternity to God are all his works. Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the Gentiles, from what is offered to idols and from sexual immorality and from blood and from what is strangled”; which had also been laid down by law for the ancients before the law, who lived by nature: Enos, Enoch, Noah, Melchizedek, Job, and whoever else was such. [14] Then it seemed good to us the apostles and to James the bishop “and the presbyters with the whole church, to choose men from among ourselves and send them with” Barnabas and his company and Paul the apostle of the Gentiles, the man of Tarsus, “and Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leading men among the brothers, writing by their hand as follows: [15] The apostles and the presbyters and the brothers, to the brothers of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting. Since we have heard that some from among us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, to whom we gave no instructions, it seemed good to us, having come to one mind, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have given up their lives for our Lord Jesus Christ, about the things you wrote. We have sent with them Judas and Silas, who will themselves report the same things by word. For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: to abstain from what is offered to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from sexual immorality; if you keep yourselves from these you will do well. Farewell.”

Acts 10:44–45 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 15:8–9 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 10:34–35 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 15:10–11 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:30 (echo, low confidence) · Acts 15:12–29 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 9:11–12 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Peter and James spoke at the Jerusalem council, which freed Gentile believers from circumcision and sent its decree.

The section numbers 10–15 were lost in the OCR; “[10]” etc. mark where each begins.
Acts 10:44–45; 15:8–29 (with additions, such as the yoke loosed by the Lord, and the ancients who kept these laws before Moses); Amos 9:11–12; Matt 11:30.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: section number (10) removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: κ read as χ; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: section number (15) removed; OCR: section number (11) removed; Νῦν; OCR: section number (14) removed; OCR: section number removed): oixov → οἶκον; " xol ,, → · καὶ ; iv ἀρχῆῇ᾽ → ἐν ἀρχῇ·; διέχρινεν → διέκρινεν; “. το. καὶ → . καὶ; ,,0tt → ὅτι; ἔστι» → ἐστιν; xai → καὶ; δεχτὸς → δεκτὸς; ἐξέστησαν Oi" → ἐξέστησαν δὲ; ,oi ἐκ → οἱ ἐκ; τι. »ῦν → Νῦν; ι“ → ι ; xci → καὶ; 12. ταῦτα → ταῦτα; , ἐσίγησεν → ἐσίγησεν; “,, ἀπεχρίθη → ἀπεκρίθη; 0 τοῦ κυρίου → ὁ τοῦ κυρίου; " ,,᾿Ἀνδρες → · Ἄνδρες; uov. → μου.; χαθὼς → καθὼς; ἐπεσχέψατο → ἐπεσκέψατο; ι" → ι· ; κατεσχαμμένα → κατεσκαμμένα; ἀνοἰκοδομήσω → ἀνοικοδομήσω; ig! οὖς → ἐφ᾽ οὓς; 13. γνωστὰ → γνωστὰ; ῦ" → ῦ· ; ν“ → ν ; ῦ“" → ῦ ; Ενώς, Ἐνωχ → Ἐνώς, Ἐνώχ; Io καὶ → Ἰὼβ καὶ; I4. τότε → τότε; “ Ἰαχώβῳ ,, → Ἰακώβῳ ; ἐχκλησίᾳ → ἐκκλησίᾳ; " IS. Οἱ → · Οἱ; oi πρεσβύτεροι → οἱ πρεσβύτεροι; ἀνασχευάζοντες → ἀνασκευάζοντες; ἐχπέμψαι → ἐκπέμψαι; ἀνθρόποις παραδεδωχόσι → ἀνθρώποις παραδεδωκόσι; φυχὰς → ψυχὰς; ας" ἐ → ας· ἐ; ΄΄. → ..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.12.9 (Funk 1:331–333; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-12-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 13

6.13.1Funk 1:333

Τὴν μὲν οὖν ἐπιστολὴν ἐξαπεστείλαμεν, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐν ἱκαναῖς ἡμέραις ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐπεμείναμεν· ἅμα συζητοῦντες πρὸς τὸ κοινωφελὲς εἰς διόρθωσιν.

Tēn men oun epistolēn exapesteilamen, autoi de en hikanais hēmerais en Hierosolymois epemeinamen; hama syzētountes pros to koinōpheles eis diorthōsin.

We sent the letter, then, and we ourselves remained in Jerusalem for a good number of days, inquiring together about what was for the common good, for correction.

Notes and citation

Summary: After sending the letter, the apostles stayed on in Jerusalem.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπεμείναμει" → ἐπεμείναμεν·.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.13.1 (Funk 1:333; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.13.2Funk 1:333

μετὰ δὲ χρόνον ἱκανὸν ἐπισκεψάμενοι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ στηρίξαντες αὐτοὺς τῷ λόγῳ τῆς εὐσεβείας, καὶ παρεγγυησάμενοι φεύγειν αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ καὶ Μωσέως πολεμοῦντας Χριστῷ καὶ Μωσεῖ, καὶ ἐν δορᾷ προβάτου τὸν λύκον κατακρύπτοντας·

meta de chronon hikanon episkepsamenoi tous adelphous kai stērixantes autous tǭ logǭ tēs eusebeias, kai parengyēsamenoi pheugein autous tous ep᾽ onomati Christou kai Mōseōs polemountas Christǭ kai Mōsei, kai en dorą probatou ton lykon katakryptontas;

And after a considerable time, having visited the brothers and strengthened them by the word of piety, and charged them to flee those who in the name of Christ and of Moses make war on Christ and on Moses, and hide the wolf in a sheep's skin;

Matt 7:15 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The apostles warned the churches against those who fight Christ and Moses under their names.

The sentence continues in the next refs. Cf. Matt 7:15.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπισχεψάμενοι → ἐπισκεψάμενοι; καταχρύπτοντας᾽ → κατακρύπτοντας·.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.13.2 (Funk 1:333; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.13.3Funk 1:333–335

οὗτοι γάρ εἰσι ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ ψευδαπόστολοι, πλάνοι καὶ φθορεῖς, ἀλωπέκων μερίδες καὶ χαμαιζήλων ἀμπέλων ἀφανισταί, δι᾽ οὓςψυγήσεται ἡ τῶν πολλῶν ἀγάπη ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος ἀδιάστροφος, οὗτος σωθήσεται περὶ ὧν ἀσφαλιζόμενος ἡμᾶς ὁ κύριος παρήγγειλεν λέγων, Ἐλεύσονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄνθρωποι ἐν ἐνδύμασι προβάτων, ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσιν λύκοι ἅρπαγες· ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς, προσέχετε ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν· ἀναστήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ πλανήσουσι πολλούς·

houtoi gar eisi pseudochristoi kai pseudoprophētai kai pseudapostoloi, planoi kai phthoreis, alōpekōn merides kai chamaizēlōn ampelōn aphanistai, di᾽ houspsygēsetai hē tōn pollōn agapē ho de hypomeinas eis telos adiastrophos, houtos sōthēsetai peri hōn asphalizomenos hēmas ho kyrios parēngeilen legōn, Eleusontai pros hymas anthrōpoi en endymasi probatōn, esōthen de eisin lykoi harpages; apo tōn karpōn autōn epignōsesthe autous, prosechete ap᾽ autōn; anastēsontai gar pseudochristoi kai pseudoprophētai kai planēsousi pollous;

for these are false christs and false prophets and false apostles, deceivers and corrupters, “portions of foxes” and destroyers of low-growing “vines,” through whom “the love of many will grow cold; but he who endures to the end” without being perverted, “he will be saved”; concerning whom the Lord, making us safe, gave command, saying: “Men will come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves; by their fruits you will know them; beware of them; for false christs and false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.”

Ps 63:10 (62:11 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Song 2:15 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 24:12–13 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 7:15–16 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 24:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 24:11 (quotation, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Such men are the false christs and false prophets of whom the Lord warned.

Ps 63:10 (62:11 LXX); Song 2:15; Matt 24:12–13; 7:15–16; 24:24, 11.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ες““ κ → ες κ; »ὠἀμπέλοων dgavtórai**, διʼ οὃς͵,, → ἀμπέλων ἀφανισταί, δι᾽ οὓς; ος““ ἀ → ος ἀ; “,, → ; ἀσφαλιξόμενος → ἀσφαλιζόμενος; ", Ἐλείσονται → , Ἐλεύσονται; iv ἐνδύμασι → ἐν ἐνδύμασι; εἶσιν → εἰσιν; ς" → ς· ; ν" → ν· ; ύς" → ύς·.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.13.3 (Funk 1:333–335; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-13-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 14

6.14.1Funk 1:335

Δι᾽ οὓς καὶ ἡμεῖς νῦν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γενόμενοι, Πέτρος καὶ Ἀνδρέας, Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου, Φίλιππος καὶ Βαρθολομαῖος, Θωμᾶς καὶ Ματθαῖος, Ἰάκωβος Ἀλφαίου καὶ Λεββαῖος ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Θαδδαῖος, Σίμων ὁ Κανανίτης καὶ Ματθίας ὁ ἀντὶ Ἰούδα καταψηφισθεὶς σὺν ἡμῖν, Ἰάκωβός τε ὃ τοῦ κυρίου ἀδελφὸς καὶ Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος, καὶ Παῦλος ὁ τῶν ἐθνῶν διδάσκαλος, τὸ σκεῦος τῆς ἐκλογῆς ἄμα πάντες ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γενόμενοι, ἐγράψαμεν ὑμῖν τὴν καθολικὴν ταύτην διδασκαλίαν εἰς ἐπιστηρισμὸν ὑμῶν τῶν τὴν καθόλου ἐπισκοπὴν πεπιστευμένων, ἐν ᾗ δηλοῦμεν ὑμῖν᾽

Di᾽ hous kai hēmeis nyn epi to auto genomenoi, Petros kai Andreas, Iakōbos kai Iōannēs huioi Zebedaiou, Philippos kai Bartholomaios, Thōmas kai Matthaios, Iakōbos Alphaiou kai Lebbaios ho epiklētheis Thaddaios, Simōn ho Kananitēs kai Matthias ho anti Iouda katapsēphistheis syn hēmin, Iakōbos te ho tou kyriou adelphos kai Hierosolymōn episkopos, kai Paulos ho tōn ethnōn didaskalos, to skeuos tēs eklogēs ama pantes epi to auto genomenoi, egrapsamen hymin tēn katholikēn tautēn didaskalian eis epistērismon hymōn tōn tēn katholou episkopēn pepisteumenōn, en hę̄ dēloumen hymin᾽

On their account we too, having now come together, Peter and Andrew, James and John the sons of Zebedee, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus surnamed Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean, and Matthias, who was voted in with us in place of Judas, and James the brother of the Lord and bishop of Jerusalem, and Paul, “the teacher of the Gentiles,” “the vessel of election”: all of us having come together, we have written to you this catholic teaching for the confirmation of you to whom the universal oversight has been entrusted, in which we make known to you

Matt 10:2–4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 1:26 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 2:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 9:15 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The twelve, James and Paul wrote this catholic teaching for the bishops.

The opening word is garbled in the scan (“4 ovc”, read as Δι᾽ οὓς, “on their account”). The sentence continues in the next refs. Matt 10:2–4; Acts 1:26; 1 Tim 2:7; Acts 9:15.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): 4 ovc → Δι᾽ οὓς; AAgalov → Ἀλφαίου; 4εββαῖος → Λεββαῖος; ἐπιχληθεὶς → ἐπικληθεὶς; ς““ → ς ; Táxofóc → Ἰάκωβός; ἐπίσχοπος → ἐπίσκοπος; ,,ὁ → ὁ; σχεῦος → σκεῦος; iv ἡὶ → ἐν ᾗ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.14.1 (Funk 1:335; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-14-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.14.2Funk 1:335

θεὸν παντοχράτορα ἕνα μόνον προσκυνεῖν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ παναγίῳ πνεύματι, καὶ ταῖς ἱεραῖς γραφαῖς χρῆσθαι, Νόμῳ καὶ Προφήταις, γονεῖς τιμᾶν, ἅπασαν ἔκθεσμον πρᾶξιν φεύγειν, ἀνάστασιν πιστεύειν καὶ κρίσιν καὶ ἀνταπόδοσιν προσδοκᾶν·

theon pantochratora hena monon proskynein dia Iēsou Christou tou kyriou hēmōn en tǭ panagiǭ pneumati, kai tais hierais graphais chrēsthai, Nomǭ kai Prophētais, goneis timan, hapasan ekthesmon praxin pheugein, anastasin pisteuein kai krisin kai antapodosin prosdokan;

that you are to worship one only God almighty, through Jesus Christ our Lord, in the all-holy Spirit; to use the holy Scriptures, the Law and the Prophets; to honor parents; to flee every unlawful deed; to believe in the resurrection and to expect judgment and recompense;

Notes and citation

Summary: The catholic teaching: worship the one God through Christ in the Spirit, use the Scriptures, and expect the resurrection and judgment.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: κ read as χ): τῷ, παναγίῳ → τῷ παναγίῳ; INóuo → Νόμῳ; ἔχθεσμον → ἔκθεσμον; ᾶν" → ᾶν·.

Topics: Trinity, Scripture and canon, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.14.2 (Funk 1:335; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-14-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.14.3Funk 1:335

καὶ τοῖς κτίσμασιν αὐτοῦ πᾶσιν εὐχαρίστως προσέρχεσθαι ὡς θεοῦ ἔργοις καὶ μηδὲν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἔχουσι φαῦλον, καὶ γαμεῖν νομίμως, ἄμεμπτος γὰρ ὃ τοιοῦτος γάμος, ὅτι καὶ παρὰ κυρίου ἁρμόζεται γυνὴ ἀνδρί, καὶ ὃ κύριος λέγει, Ὁ ποιήσας ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.

kai tois ktismasin autou pasin eucharistōs proserchesthai hōs theou ergois kai mēden en autois echousi phaulon, kai gamein nomimōs, amemptos gar ho toioutos gamos, hoti kai para kyriou harmozetai gynē andri, kai ho kyrios legei, Ho poiēsas ap᾽ archēs arsen kai thēly epoiēsen autous kai eipen heneken toutou kataleipsei anthrōpos ton patera autou kai tēn mētera kai proskollēthēsetai tę̄ gynaiki autou, kai esontai hoi dyo eis sarka mian.

and to approach all his creatures with thanksgiving, as works of God that have nothing evil in them; and to marry lawfully, for such marriage is blameless, since “a wife is joined to a husband by the Lord”; and the Lord says, “He who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said: For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Prov 19:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 19:4–5 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God's creatures are to be received with thanks, and lawful marriage is blameless.

Quotations: Prov 19:14 (LXX); Matt 19:4–5.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): κτίομασιν → κτίσμασιν; ,0ti. καὶ (παρὰ → ὅτι καὶ παρὰ; ί“, → ί,; ι", → ι,; ἕνεχεν → ἕνεκεν; xol → καὶ; ν“. → ν..

Topics: Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.14.3 (Funk 1:335; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-14-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.14.4Funk 1:335–337

μήτε μὴν μετὰ γάμον ἐκβάλλειν ἀκατάγνωστον ἐξέστω. Φυλάξῃ γάρ, φησίν, τῷ πνεύματί σου καὶ γυναῖκα νεότητός σου μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς, ὅτι αὐτὴ κοινωνὸς βίου σου καὶ ὑπόλειμμα πνεύματός σου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἐποίησα καὶ οὐκ ἄλλος φάσκει γὰρ ὃ κύριος, ὅτι Ὃ ὁ θεὸς ἔζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω ἡ γὰρ γυνὴ κοινωνός ἐστι βίου, ἑνουμένη εἰς ἕν σῶμα ἐκ δύο παρὰ θεοῦ· ὃ δὲ τὸ ἕν ἀνάπαλιν διαιρῶν εἰς δύο ἐχθρὸς δημιουργίας θεοῦ καὶ προνοίας τῆς ἐκείνου ἀντίπαλος, ὡσαύτως ὃ κατέχων τὴν παραφθαρεῖσαν καὶ παραφθείρασαν φύσεως θεσμὸν παράνομος, ἐπείπερ ὁ κατέχων μοιχαλίδα ἄφρων καὶ ἀσεβής· ἀπότεμνε γὰρ͵, αὐτήν΄, φησίν, ἀπὸ τῶν σαρκῶν σου οὐ γάρ ἐστι βοηθός, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπίβουλος, πρὸς ἄλλον ἀποκλίνασα τὴν διάνοιαν.

mēte mēn meta gamon ekballein akatagnōston exestō. Phylaxę̄ gar, phēsin, tǭ pneumati sou kai gynaika neotētos sou mē enkatalipę̄s, hoti autē koinōnos biou sou kai hypoleimma pneumatos sou, kai egō epoiēsa kai ouk allos phaskei gar ho kyrios, hoti Ho ho theos ezeuxen, anthrōpos mē chōrizetō hē gar gynē koinōnos esti biou, henoumenē eis hen sōma ek dyo para theou; ho de to hen anapalin diairōn eis dyo echthros dēmiourgias theou kai pronoias tēs ekeinou antipalos, hōsautōs ho katechōn tēn paraphthareisan kai paraphtheirasan physeōs thesmon paranomos, epeiper ho katechōn moichalida aphrōn kai asebēs; apotemne gar͵, autēn΄, phēsin, apo tōn sarkōn sou ou gar esti boēthos, all᾽ epiboulos, pros allon apoklinasa tēn dianoian.

Nor yet, after marriage, let it be lawful to put away a wife who is blameless. For “take heed,” it says, “to your spirit, and do not forsake the wife of your youth, for she is the partner of your life and the remnant of your spirit, and I made her, and not another.” For the Lord says, “What God has joined together, let man not separate.” For the wife is a partner of life, united by God into one body from two; and he who divides again into two what is one is an enemy of God's creation and an adversary of his providence. In the same way he who keeps a woman who has been corrupted and has committed corruption is a transgressor against the ordinance of nature, since “he who keeps an adulteress is foolish and impious”; for “cut her off,” it says, “from your flesh”; for she is not a helper but a plotter, having turned her mind to another.

Mal 2:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 19:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 18:22 (quotation, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A husband may not put away a blameless wife, for God joined them, but he must not keep a wife who has committed adultery.

On putting away a wife and keeping an adulteress: translated as written. Quotations: Mal 2:15 (LXX); Matt 19:6; Prov 18:22a (a line found only in the LXX); Sir 25:26. Stray marks in the scan inside the two quotations are removed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks; OCR: stray marks; Ὃ ὁ): ἐχβάλλειν ἀχκατάγνωστον → ἐκβάλλειν ἀκατάγνωστον; ,,Φ → Φ; “ γάρ,!: → γάρ,; «τ → τ; 60v → σου; N , M , [44 → ; ς“ → ς ; ,& c FERE - » τ 26. £ D D , 0 θεὸς → Ὃ ὁ θεὸς; ἀνθρῶπος → ἄνθρωπος; “" ἢ yag γυνὴ xouwovos → ἡ γὰρ γυνὴ κοινωνός; ῦ" → ῦ· ; ,,0 κατέyov → ὁ κατέχων; ς" → ς· ; ε““ → ε ; ,α → α; ν“΄ → ν΄; ,GXÓ τῶν σαρχῶν → ἀπὸ τῶν σαρκῶν; υ“ → υ .

Extrabiblical texts: Sir 25:26 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Topics: Marriage, Divorce, Divorce and remarriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.14.4 (Funk 1:335–337; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-14-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.14.5Funk 1:337

μήτε δὲ περιτέμνεσθαι τὴν σάρκα, ἀρκεῖσθαι δὲ πιστοῖς τὴν τῆς καρδίας περιτομὴν ἐν πνεύματι Περιτμήθητε γάρ, φησίν, τῷ θεῷ ὑμῶν καὶ περιτέμνεσθε τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν.

mēte de peritemnesthai tēn sarka, arkeisthai de pistois tēn tēs kardias peritomēn en pneumati Peritmēthēte gar, phēsin, tǭ theǭ hymōn kai peritemnesthe tēn akrobystian tēs kardias hymōn.

nor yet to circumcise the flesh, but for the faithful to be content with the circumcision of the heart in the spirit; for “be circumcised,” it says, “to your God, and circumcise the foreskin of your heart.”

Rom 2:29 (allusion, high confidence) · Jer 4:4 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Believers need only the circumcision of the heart.

Rom 2:29; quotation: Jer 4:4.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): σάρχα → σάρκα; καρόίας → καρδίας; ",, → ; ε““ → ε ; ,τ → τ; ν“. → ν..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.14.5 (Funk 1:337; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-14-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 15

6.15.1Funk 1:337

Ὁμοίως καὶ βαπτίσματι ἑνὶ ἀρκεῖσθαι μόνῳ τῷ εἰς τὸν τοῦ κυρίου θάνατον δεδομένῳ, οὐ τῷ παρὰ τῶν δυσωνύμων αἱρετικῶν, ἀλλὰ τῷ παρὰ τῶν ἀμέμπτων ἱερέων δεδομένῳ εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος.

Homoiōs kai baptismati heni arkeisthai monǭ tǭ eis ton tou kyriou thanaton dedomenǭ, ou tǭ para tōn dysōnymōn hairetikōn, alla tǭ para tōn amemptōn hiereōn dedomenǭ eis to onoma tou patros kai tou huiou kai tou hagiou pneumatos.

Likewise, to be content with one baptism only, that which is given into the death of the Lord; not that given by the abominable heretics, but that given by blameless priests “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

Rom 6:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 28:19 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: There is one baptism, given by blameless priests in the name of the Trinity, not by heretics.

Rom 6:3; Matt 28:19.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): αἷρετικῶν → αἱρετικῶν; ,,ε → ε; ς“. → ς..

Topics: Baptism, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.15.1 (Funk 1:337; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-15-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.15.2Funk 1:337

μήτε δὲ τὸ παρὰ τῶν ἀσεβῶν δεκτὸν ὑμῖν ἔστω, μήτε τὸ παρὰ τῶν ὁσίων ἀκυρούσθω διὰ δευτέρου. ὡς γὰρ εἷς ὁ θεὸς καὶ εἷς ὃ Χριστὸς καὶ εἷς ὁ παράκλητος, εἷς δὲ καὶ ὁ τοῦ κυρίου ἐν σώματι θάνατος, οὕτως ἕν ἔστω καὶ τὸ εἰς αὐτὸν διδόμενον βάπτισμαʼ οἱ δὲ παρὰ ἀσεβῶν δεχόμενοι μόλυσμα κοινωνοὶ τῆς γνώμης αὐτῶν γενήσονται.

mēte de to para tōn asebōn dekton hymin estō, mēte to para tōn hosiōn akyrousthō dia deuterou. hōs gar heis ho theos kai heis ho Christos kai heis ho paraklētos, heis de kai ho tou kyriou en sōmati thanatos, houtōs hen estō kai to eis auton didomenon baptismaʼ hoi de para asebōn dechomenoi molysma koinōnoi tēs gnōmēs autōn genēsontai.

And let neither the baptism from the ungodly be accepted by you, nor that from the holy be annulled by a second. For as there is one God and one Christ and one Paraclete, and one also the death of the Lord in the body, so let the baptism given into him be one. But those who receive pollution from the ungodly will become partners in their opinion.

Eph 4:5 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Heretical baptism is not to be accepted, nor true baptism repeated.

Cf. Eph 4:5.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δεχτὸν → δεκτὸν.

Topics: Baptism, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.15.2 (Funk 1:337; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-15-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.15.3Funk 1:337

οὐ γάρ εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι ἱερεῖς· λέγει γὰρ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ θεός· Ἐπεὶ καὶ σὺ ἀπώσω γνῶσιν, ἀπώσομαί σε κἀγὼ τοῦ ἱερατεύειν μοι. οὔτε μὴν οἱ βαπτισθέντες ὑπ αὐτῶν μεμύηνται, ἀλλὰ μεμολυσμένοι ὑπάρχουσιν, οὐκ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν λαμβάνοντες, ἀλλὰ δεσμὸν ἀσεβείας.

ou gar eisin ekeinoi hiereis; legei gar pros autous ho theos; Epei kai sy apōsō gnōsin, apōsomai se kagō tou hierateuein moi. oute mēn hoi baptisthentes hyp autōn memyēntai, alla memolysmenoi hyparchousin, ouk aphesin hamartiōn lambanontes, alla desmon asebeias.

For those men are not priests; for God says to them, “Since you have rejected knowledge, I too will reject you from serving as my priest.” Nor yet have those baptized by them been initiated, but they are defiled, receiving not forgiveness of sins but a bond of impiety.

Hos 4:6 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Heretical clergy are not priests, and their baptism defiles.

Quotation: Hos 4:6.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): εἶσιν → εἰσιν; ς" → ς· ; 0 θεός᾽, → ὁ θεός·; ι“. → ι..

Topics: Baptism, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.15.3 (Funk 1:337; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-15-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.15.4Funk 1:337

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ τοὺς μεμυημένους ἐκ δευτέρου βαπτίζειν πειρώμενοι ἀνασταυροῦσιν τὸν κύριον, ἀναιροῦσιν αὐτὸν ἐκ δευτέρου, γελῶσιν τὰ θεῖα, μυκτηρίζουσι τὰ ἅγια, ὑβρίζουσι τὸ πνεῦμα, τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἅγιον ὡς κοινὸν ἀτιμάζουσιν᾽ ἀσεβοῦσιν εἰς τὸν ἀποστείλαντα, εἰς τὸν παθόντα, εἰς τὸν μαρτυρήσαντα.

ou mēn de alla kai hoi tous memyēmenous ek deuterou baptizein peirōmenoi anastaurousin ton kyrion, anairousin auton ek deuterou, gelōsin ta theia, myktērizousi ta hagia, hybrizousi to pneuma, to haima to hagion hōs koinon atimazousin᾽ asebousin eis ton aposteilanta, eis ton pathonta, eis ton martyrēsanta.

And not only so, but those also who try to baptize a second time those who have been initiated crucify the Lord again, slay him a second time, laugh at divine things, mock holy things, insult the Spirit, dishonor the holy blood as common; they act impiously against him who sent, against him who suffered, against him who bore witness.

Heb 6:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 10:29 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Rebaptizing the baptized insults the Father, the Son and the Spirit.

Heb 6:6; 10:29.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): μυχτηρίζουσι → μυκτηρίζουσι.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.15.4 (Funk 1:337; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-15-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.15.5Funk 1:337–339

ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ ἐκ καταφρονήσεως μὴ βουλόμενος βαπτισθῆναι ὡς ἄπιστος κατακριθήσεται, καὶ ὀνειδισθήσεται ὡς ἀχάριστος καὶ ἀγνώμων· λέγει γὰρ ὃ κύριος· Ἐὰν μή τις βαπτισθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ πάλιν: Ὁ πιστεύσας καὶ βαπτισθεὶς σωθήσεται, ὃ δὲ ἀπιστήσας κατακριθήσεται.

alla kai ho ek kataphronēseōs mē boulomenos baptisthēnai hōs apistos katakrithēsetai, kai oneidisthēsetai hōs acharistos kai agnōmōn; legei gar ho kyrios; Ean mē tis baptisthę̄ ex hydatos kai pneumatos, ou mē eiselthę̄ eis tēn basileian tōn ouranōn, kai palin: Ho pisteusas kai baptistheis sōthēsetai, ho de apistēsas katakrithēsetai.

But he too who out of contempt is unwilling to be baptized will be condemned as an unbeliever, and reproached as ungrateful and senseless; for the Lord says, “Unless one is baptized of water and Spirit, he will not enter the kingdom of heaven,” and again, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who disbelieves will be condemned.”

John 3:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 16:16 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Whoever refuses baptism out of contempt will be condemned.

A block of Funk's apparatus that the OCR placed inside this sentence is removed. Quotations: John 3:5; Mark 16:16.

Notes on the original text

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Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.15.5 (Funk 1:337–339; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-15-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.15.6Funk 1:339

ὃ δὲ λέγων, ὅτι ὅταν τελευτῶ βαπτίζομαι, ἵνα μὴ ἁμαρτήσω καὶ ῥυπανῶ τὸ βάπτισμα, οὗτος ἀγνοιαν θεοῦ ἔχει καὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ φύσεως ἐπιλήσμων τυγχάνει, Μὴ ἀναβάλλου γάρ, φησίν, ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς κύριον οὐ γὰρ οἶδας, τί τέξεται ἡ ἐπιοῦσα.

ho de legōn, hoti hotan teleutō baptizomai, hina mē hamartēsō kai rhypanō to baptisma, houtos agnoian theou echei kai tēs heautou physeōs epilēsmōn tynchanei, Mē anaballou gar, phēsin, epistrepsai pros kyrion ou gar oidas, ti texetai hē epiousa.

And he who says, “When I am dying I will be baptized, so that I may not sin and soil my baptism,” is ignorant of God and forgetful of his own nature; for “do not put off,” it says, “turning to the Lord; for you do not know what the coming day will bring forth.”

Prov 27:1 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Delaying baptism until death shows ignorance of God.

Quotations: Sir 5:7 with Prov 27:1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ι", → ι,; υ“ → υ ; ,ἐ → ἐ; α“. → α..

Extrabiblical texts: Sir 5:7 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.15.6 (Funk 1:339; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-15-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.15.7Funk 1:339

βαπτίζετε δὲ ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ νήπια, καὶ ἐκτρέφετε αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ θεοῦ· ἄφετε γάρ, φησί, ,τὰ παιδία ἔρχεσθαι πρὸς μὲ καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτά.

baptizete de hymōn kai ta nēpia, kai ektrephete auta en paideią kai nouthesią theou; aphete gar, phēsi, ,ta paidia erchesthai pros me kai mē kōlyete auta.

And baptize your infants too, and “bring them up in the discipline and admonition of God”; for “let the children,” he says, “come to me, and do not hinder them.”

Eph 6:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 19:14 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Infants are to be baptized and brought up in God's discipline.

Eph 6:4; Matt 19:14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,,ἐ → ἐ; ῦ" → ῦ· ; ε“ → ε ; và παιδία → τὰ παιδία; ά“. → ά..

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.15.7 (Funk 1:339; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-15-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 16

6.16.1Funk 1:339

Ταῦτα πάντα ἐπεστείλαμεν ὑμῖν, ἵνα εἰδέναι ἔχοιτε τὴν ἡμετέραν γνώμην, οἷα τίς ἐστιν. καὶ τὰ ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματι ἡμῶν παρὰ τῶν ἀσεβῶν καττυθέντα βιβλία μὴ παραδέχεσθε᾽ οὐ γὰρ τοῖς ὀνόμασιν χρὴ ὑμᾶς προσέχειν τῶν ἀποστόλων, ἀλλὰ τῇ φύσει τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ τῇ γνώμῃ τῇ ἀδιαστρόφῳ.

Tauta panta epesteilamen hymin, hina eidenai echoite tēn hēmeteran gnōmēn, hoia tis estin. kai ta ep᾽ onomati hēmōn para tōn asebōn kattythenta biblia mē paradechesthe᾽ ou gar tois onomasin chrē hymas prosechein tōn apostolōn, alla tę̄ physei tōn pragmatōn kai tę̄ gnōmę̄ tę̄ adiastrophǭ.

All these things we have written to you, so that you may know what kind of opinion ours is. And do not accept the books patched together in our name by the ungodly; for you must not attend to the names of the apostles, but to the nature of the matters and to the undistorted opinion.

Notes and citation

Summary: Books forged in the apostles' names are not to be accepted.

Topics: Scripture and canon, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.16.1 (Funk 1:339; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.16.2Funk 1:339

οἴδαμεν γάρ, ὅτι οἱ περὶ Σίμωνα καὶ Κλεύβιον ἰώδη συντάξαντες βιβλία ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ καὶ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ περιφέρουσιν εἰς ἀπάτην ὑμῶν τῶν πεφιληκότων Χριστὸν καὶ ἡμᾶς τοὺς αὐτοῦ δούλους.

oidamen gar, hoti hoi peri Simōna kai Kleubion iōdē syntaxantes biblia ep᾽ onomati Christou kai tōn mathētōn autou peripherousin eis apatēn hymōn tōn pephilēkotōn Christon kai hēmas tous autou doulous.

For we know that the followers of Simon and Cleobius have composed poisonous books in the name of Christ and of his disciples and carry them about to deceive you who love Christ and us his servants.

Notes and citation

Summary: Simon's followers circulate poisonous books under apostolic names.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xoi → καὶ.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.16.2 (Funk 1:339; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.16.3Funk 1:339

καὶ ἐν τοῖς παλαιοῖς δέ τινες συνέγραψαν βιβλία ἀπόκρυφα Μωσέως καὶ Ἐνὼχ καὶ Ἀδάμ, Ἡσαΐου τε καὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ Ἠλία καὶ τῶν τριῶν πατριαρχῶν, φθοροποιὰ καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐχθρά· τοιαῦτα καὶ νῦν ἐκύησαν οἱ δυσώνυμοι, διαβάλλοντες δημιουργίαν, γάμον, πρόνοιαν, τεκνογονίαν, νόμον, προφήτας· βάρβαρά τινα ὀνόματα ἐγγράφοντες καὶ ὡς αὐτοί φασιν ἀγγέλων, τὸ δ᾽ ἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν δαιμόνων τῶν αὐτοῖς ὑπηχούντων.

kai en tois palaiois de tines synegrapsan biblia apokrypha Mōseōs kai Enōch kai Adam, Hēsaïou te kai Dauid kai Ēlia kai tōn triōn patriarchōn, phthoropoia kai tēs alētheias echthra; toiauta kai nyn ekyēsan hoi dysōnymoi, diaballontes dēmiourgian, gamon, pronoian, teknogonian, nomon, prophētas; barbara tina onomata engraphontes kai hōs autoi phasin angelōn, to d᾽ alēthes eipein daimonōn tōn autois hypēchountōn.

And among the ancients too some wrote apocryphal books of Moses and Enoch and Adam, of Isaiah and David and Elijah and the three patriarchs, destructive and hostile to the truth. Such things the infamous ones have now also produced, slandering creation, marriage, providence, the begetting of children, the law, the prophets; writing in certain barbarous names, of angels, as they themselves say, but, to speak the truth, of demons who prompt them.

Notes and citation

Summary: Apocryphal books under ancient names, like the heretics' books now, are hostile to the truth.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ᾿Ενὼχ → Ἐνὼχ; 'Hoolov → Ἡσαΐου; ά" → ά· ; ς" → ς· .

Topics: Scripture and canon, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.16.3 (Funk 1:339; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-16-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.16.4Funk 1:339

ὧν ἀποφεύγετε τὴν διδασκαλίαν, ἵνα μὴ μετάσχητε τῆς τιμωρίας τῶν αὐτὰ συγγραψαμένων ἐπ ἀπάτῃ καὶ ἀπωλείᾳ τῶν πιστῶν καὶ ἀμέμπτων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ μαθητῶν.

hōn apopheugete tēn didaskalian, hina mē metaschēte tēs timōrias tōn auta syngrapsamenōn ep apatę̄ kai apōleią tōn pistōn kai amemptōn tou kyriou Iēsou mathētōn.

Flee their teaching, so that you may not share in the punishment of those who composed them for the deception and destruction of the faithful and blameless disciples of the Lord Jesus.

Notes and citation

Summary: The faithful must flee the teaching of such books.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.16.4 (Funk 1:339; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 6, chapter 17

6.17.1Funk 1:339–341

᾿Επίσκοπον καὶ πρεσβύτερον καὶ διάκονον εἴπομεν μονογάμους καθίστασθαι, κἂν ζῶσιν αὐτῶν αἱ γαμεταί, κἂν τεθνήκασιν, μὴ ἐξεῖναι δὲ αὐτοῖς μετὰ χειροτονίαν ἢ ἀγάμοις οὖσιν ἔτι ἐπὶ γάμον ἔρχεσθαι, ἢ γεγαμηκόσιν ἑτέραις συμπλέκεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἀρκεῖσθαι ᾗ ἔχοντες ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὴν χειροτονίαν.

᾿Episkopon kai presbyteron kai diakonon eipomen monogamous kathistasthai, kan zōsin autōn hai gametai, kan tethnēkasin, mē exeinai de autois meta cheirotonian ē agamois ousin eti epi gamon erchesthai, ē gegamēkosin heterais symplekesthai, all᾽ arkeisthai hę̄ echontes ēlthon epi tēn cheirotonian.

We have said that a bishop, a presbyter and a deacon are to be appointed married only once, whether their wives are living or dead; and that it is not lawful for them after ordination, if they are unmarried, still to go on to marriage, or, if married, to be united with other women, but they are to be content with the wife they had when they came to ordination.

1 Tim 3:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 3:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · Titus 1:6 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Bishops, presbyters and deacons must have married only once and may not marry or remarry after ordination.

“Married only once” renders μονογάμους. Cf. 1 Tim 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὁὲ → δὲ ; ἀρκχεῖσθαι ἡ → ἀρκεῖσθαι ᾗ.

Topics: Church office, Marriage, Remarriage, Divorce and remarriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.17.1 (Funk 1:339–341; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.17.2Funk 1:341

ὑπηρέτας δὲ καὶ ψαλτῳδοὺς καὶ ἀναγνώστας καὶ πυλωροὺς καὶ αὐτοὺς μὲν μονογάμους εἶναι κελεύομεν᾽ εἰ δὲ πρὸ γάμου εἰς κλῆρον παρέλθωσιν, ἐπιτρέπομεν αὐτοῖς γαμεῖν, εἴγε πρὸς τοῦτο πρόθεσιν ἔχουσιν, ἵνα μὴ ἁμαρτήσαντες κολάσεως τύχωσιν.

hypēretas de kai psaltǭdous kai anagnōstas kai pylōrous kai autous men monogamous einai keleuomen᾽ ei de pro gamou eis klēron parelthōsin, epitrepomen autois gamein, eige pros touto prothesin echousin, hina mē hamartēsantes kolaseōs tychōsin.

And the ministers and singers and readers and doorkeepers, we command that they too be married only once; but if they enter the clergy before marriage, we permit them to marry, if they have an intention to do so, so that they may not sin and incur punishment.

Notes and citation

Summary: The lower clergy must also have married once, but may marry after entering the clergy.

“Ministers” (ὑπηρέτας) are probably the subdeacons.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): παρέλθώσιν → παρέλθωσιν; χολάσεως → κολάσεως.

Topics: Church office, Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.17.2 (Funk 1:341; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.17.3Funk 1:341

οὐδενὶ δὲ τῶν ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ κελεύομεν ἢ ἑταίραν ἢ οἰκέτιν ἢ χήραν καὶ ἐκβεβλημένην λαμβάνειν, ὡς καὶ ὃ Νόμος λέγει.

oudeni de tōn en tǭ klērǭ keleuomen ē hetairan ē oiketin ē chēran kai ekbeblēmenēn lambanein, hōs kai ho Nomos legei.

And we command that none of those in the clergy take a courtesan or a household slave or “a widow or a woman who has been put away,” as the Law also says.

Lev 21:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Lev 21:14 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Clergy may not marry a courtesan, a slave, a widow or a divorced woman.

Lev 21:7, 14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,χ → χ; ἐχβεβλημένην → ἐκβεβλημένην; ν“, → ν,.

Topics: Church office, Marriage, Divorce, Divorce and remarriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.17.3 (Funk 1:341; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-17-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.17.4Funk 1:341

διακόνισσα δὲ γινέσθω παρθένος ἁγνή· εἰ δὲ μήγε, κἂν χήρα μονόγαμος, πιστὴ καὶ τιμία.

diakonissa de ginesthō parthenos hagnē; ei de mēge, kan chēra monogamos, pistē kai timia.

And let a deaconess be a chaste virgin; or if not, at least a widow married only once, faithful and honorable.

Notes and citation

Summary: A deaconess must be a virgin or a once-married widow.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ή" → ή· .

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.17.4 (Funk 1:341; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-5-1/#p-6-17-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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