Apostolic Constitutions 7.49.1–8.10.14

Anonymous · Apostolic Constitutions · ca. 380 · Antioch (probably) · 66 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 7, chapter 49

7.49.1Funk 1:458

Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, κύριε ὁ τρέφων μὲ ἐκ νεότητός μου, ὃ διδοὺς τροφὴν πάσῃ σαρκί πλήρωσον χαρᾶς καὶ εὐφροσύνης τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν, ἵνα πάντοτε πᾶσαν αὐτάρκειαν ἔχοντες περισσεύωμεν εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, διʼ οὗ σοι δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.

Eulogētos ei, kyrie ho trephōn me ek neotētos mou, ho didous trophēn pasę̄ sarki plērōson charas kai euphrosynēs tas kardias hēmōn, hina pantote pasan autarkeian echontes perisseuōmen eis pan ergon agathon en Christǭ Iēsou tǭ kyriǭ hēmōn, diʼ hou soi doxa, timē kai kratos eis tous aiōnas; amēn.

“Blessed are you, O Lord, who have nourished me from my youth, who give food to all flesh; fill our hearts with joy and gladness, so that, always having all sufficiency, we may abound in every good work” in Christ Jesus our Lord, through whom be glory, honor and might to you forever. Amen.

Gen 48:15 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 136:25 (135:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 14:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 9:8 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A grace at meals closes book 7.

Gen 48:15; Ps 136:25 (135:25 LXX); Acts 14:17; 2 Cor 9:8.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,EiAoyyvóg → Εὐλογητὸς; ν“ → ν ; ς" → ς· .

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.49.1 (Funk 1:458; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-7-49-1). (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.

Apostolic 8, chapter 1

8.1.1Funk 1:460

Τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τὸ μέγα τῆς εὐσεβείας ἡμῖν παραδιδόντος μυστήριον καὶ προσκαλουμένου Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ μόνου ἀληθινοῦ θεοῦ, καθὼς αὐτός που φησὶν εὐχαριστῶν ἐπὶ τῇ σωτηρίᾳ τῶν πιστευσάντων. Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, τὸ ἔργον, ὃ ἔδωκάς μοι, ἐτελείωσα καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν λέγοντος τῷ πατρί Πάτερ ἅγιε, εἰ καὶ ὃ κόσμος σε οὐκ ἔγνω, ἀλλ᾽ ἐγώ σε ἔγνων καὶ οὗτοί σε ἔγνωσαν, εἰκότως, ὡς ἂν τετελειωμένων ἡμῶν, φησὶ πᾶσιν ἅμα περὶ τῶν ἐξ αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος διδομένων χαρισμάτων· Σημεῖα δὲ τοῖς πιστεύσασιν ταῦτα παρακολουθήσει· ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δαιμόνια ἐκβαλοῦσιν, γλώσσαις λαλήσουσιν καιναῖς, ὄφεις ἀροῦσιν· κἂν θανάσιμόν τι πίωσιν, οὐ μὴ αὐτοὺς βλάψει· ἐπὶ ἀρρώστους χεῖρας ἐπιθήσουσιν, καὶ καλῶς ἕξουσιν·

Tou theou kai sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou to mega tēs eusebeias hēmin paradidontos mystērion kai proskaloumenou Ioudaious te kai Hellēnas eis epignōsin tou henos kai monou alēthinou theou, kathōs autos pou phēsin eucharistōn epi tę̄ sōtērią tōn pisteusantōn. Ephanerōsa sou to onoma tois anthrōpois, to ergon, ho edōkas moi, eteleiōsa kai peri hēmōn legontos tǭ patri Pater hagie, ei kai ho kosmos se ouk egnō, all᾽ egō se egnōn kai houtoi se egnōsan, eikotōs, hōs an teteleiōmenōn hēmōn, phēsi pasin hama peri tōn ex autou dia tou pneumatos didomenōn charismatōn; Sēmeia de tois pisteusasin tauta parakolouthēsei; en tǭ onomati mou daimonia ekbalousin, glōssais lalēsousin kainais, opheis arousin; kan thanasimon ti piōsin, ou mē autous blapsei; epi arrōstous cheiras epithēsousin, kai kalōs hexousin;

Since our God and Savior Jesus Christ handed down to us the great mystery of piety and called both Jews and Greeks to the knowledge of the one and only true God, as he himself says somewhere, giving thanks for the salvation of those who believed, “I have made your name known to men; I have finished the work which you gave me,” and says to the Father concerning us, “Holy Father, although the world has not known you, yet I have known you, and these have known you,” he rightly says to us all together, as to men made perfect, concerning the gifts given by him through the Spirit: “And these signs will follow those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues, they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

1 Tim 3:16 (allusion, high confidence) · John 17:6 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:4 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 16:17–18 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ promised his believers spiritual gifts and signs.

Book 8 deals with gifts, ordinations and church rules; it reworks the Apostolic Tradition in its later chapters. 1 Tim 3:16; John 17:4, 6, 25; Mark 16:17–18.

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: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): 9:09 → θεοῦ; προσχαλουμένου Τονδαίους → προσκαλουμένου Ἰουδαίους; “Ἕλληνας → Ἕλληνας; ,,(Ἐφανέρωσά → Ἐφανέρωσά; “,, → ; ,,(,Πάτερ → Πάτερ; 6s οὐκ → σε οὐκ; os ἔγνωσαν“ → σε ἔγνωσαν; " ,, → · ; σει" ἐν → σει· ἐν; ἐχβαλοῦσιν → ἐκβαλοῦσιν; ιν" κ → ιν· κ; ψει" ἐπ → ψει· ἐπ; υσιν" → υσιν·.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.1 (Funk 1:460; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.1.2Funk 1:460

τούτων τῶν χαρισμάτων πρότερον μὲν ἡμῖν δοθέντων τοῖς ἀποστόλοις μέλλουσιν τὸ εὐαγγέλιον καταγγέλλειν πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει, ἔπειτα τοῖς δι᾽ ἡμῶν πιστεύσασιν ἀναγκαίως χορηγουμένων, οὐχ εἰς τὴν τῶν ἐνεργούντων ὠφέλειαν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀπίστων συγκατάθεσιν, ἵνα οὓς οὐκ ἔπεισεν ὁ λόγος, τούτους ἡ τῶν σημείων δυσωπήσῃ δύναμις.

toutōn tōn charismatōn proteron men hēmin dothentōn tois apostolois mellousin to euangelion katangellein pasę̄ tę̄ ktisei, epeita tois di᾽ hēmōn pisteusasin anankaiōs chorēgoumenōn, ouch eis tēn tōn energountōn ōpheleian, all᾽ eis tēn tōn apistōn synkatathesin, hina hous ouk epeisen ho logos, toutous hē tōn sēmeiōn dysōpēsę̄ dynamis.

These gifts were first given to us the apostles, who were about “to proclaim the gospel to all creation,” and then of necessity supplied to those who believed through us, not for the benefit of those who work them, but for the persuasion of the unbelievers, so that those whom the word did not persuade the power of the signs might put to shame.

Mark 16:15 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The gifts were given for the persuasion of unbelievers.

Mark 16:15.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,τ → τ; ι“, → ι,; δι ἡμῶν → δι᾽ ἡμῶν; οὺς → οὓς; 7| τῶν → ἡ τῶν.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.2 (Funk 1:460; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.1.3Funk 1:460–462

τὰ γὰρ σημεῖα οὐ τοῖς πιστοῖς ἡμῖν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἀπίστοις Ἰουδαίων τε καὶ Ἑλλήνων· οὔτε γὰρ τὸ δαίμονας ἐκβάλλειν ἡμέτερον κέρδος, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐνεργείᾳ Χριστοῦ καθαιρομένων, καθὼς αὐτός που παιδεύων ἡμᾶς ὃ κύριος δείκνυσι λέγων. Μὴ χαίρετε, ὅτι τὰ πνεύματα ὑμῖν ὑπακούουσιν, ἀλλὰ χαίρετε, ὅτι τὰ ὀνόματα ὑμῶν γέγραπται ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ἐπειδὴ τὸ μὲν αὐτοῦ δυνάμει γίνεται, τὸ δὲ ἡμετέρᾳ εὐνοίᾳ καὶ σπουδῇ, δῆλον ὅτι βοηθουμένοις ὑπ αὐτοῦ.

ta gar sēmeia ou tois pistois hēmin, alla tois apistois Ioudaiōn te kai Hellēnōn; oute gar to daimonas ekballein hēmeteron kerdos, alla tōn energeią Christou kathairomenōn, kathōs autos pou paideuōn hēmas ho kyrios deiknysi legōn. Mē chairete, hoti ta pneumata hymin hypakouousin, alla chairete, hoti ta onomata hymōn gegraptai en tǭ ouranǭ, epeidē to men autou dynamei ginetai, to de hēmeterą eunoią kai spoudę̄, dēlon hoti boēthoumenois hyp autou.

For “signs are” not “for” us “the believers, but for the unbelievers,” both Jews and Greeks; for neither is casting out demons our gain, but that of those cleansed by the working of Christ, as the Lord himself shows somewhere when he teaches us, saying, “Do not rejoice that the spirits obey you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven”; since the one happens by his power, the other by our good will and zeal, clearly helped by him.

1 Cor 14:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 10:20 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Signs serve unbelievers; believers should rejoice that their names are written in heaven.

1 Cor 14:22; Luke 10:20.

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): τὰ γὰρ, → τὰ γὰρ; ῖς“ ἡ → ῖς ἡ; ,ἀ → ἀ; ις“ Ἰ → ις Ἰ; Ελλήνων" → Ἑλλήνων·; ἐχβάλλειν → ἐκβάλλειν; ,,Μ → Μ; ῷ“, → ῷ,.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.3 (Funk 1:460–462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.1.4Funk 1:462

οὐκ ἐπάναγκες οὖν πάντα πιστὸν δαίμονας ἐκβάλλειν ἢ νεκροὺς ἀνιστᾶν ἢ γλώσσαις λαλεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀξιωθέντα χαρίσματος ἐπί τινι αἰτίᾳ χρησίμῃ εἰς σωτηρίαν τῶν ἀπίστων, δυσωπουμένων πολλάκις οὐ τὴν τῶν λόγων ἀπόδειξιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν τῶν σημείων ἐνέργειαν, ἀξίων ὄντων σωτηρίας.

ouk epanankes oun panta piston daimonas ekballein ē nekrous anistan ē glōssais lalein, alla ton axiōthenta charismatos epi tini aitią chrēsimę̄ eis sōtērian tōn apistōn, dysōpoumenōn pollakis ou tēn tōn logōn apodeixin, alla tēn tōn sēmeiōn energeian, axiōn ontōn sōtērias.

It is not necessary, then, that every believer cast out demons or raise the dead or speak with tongues, but only one who has been counted worthy of a gift for some cause useful for the salvation of unbelievers, who are often put to shame not by the demonstration of words but by the working of signs, when they are worthy of salvation.

Notes and citation

Summary: Not every believer works signs; the gift is given where it serves the salvation of unbelievers.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): χαρίοματος → χαρίσματος; δυσoxovu£vov πολλάχις → δυσωπουμένων πολλάκις.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.4 (Funk 1:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.1.5Funk 1:462

οὐδὲ γὰρ πάντες οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ὑπὸ τῶν θαυμάτων ἐντρέπονται᾽ καὶ τούτου μάρτυς αὐτὸς ὁ θεός, ὡς ὅταν λέγῃ ἐν τῷ Νόμῳ, ὅτι ἐν ἑτερογλώσσοις λαλήσω τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ καὶ ἐν χείλεσιν ἑτέροις, καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσιν.

oude gar pantes hoi asebeis hypo tōn thaumatōn entrepontai᾽ kai toutou martys autos ho theos, hōs hotan legę̄ en tǭ Nomǭ, hoti en heteroglōssois lalēsō tǭ laǭ toutǭ kai en cheilesin heterois, kai ou mē pisteusōsin.

For not all the ungodly are put to shame by wonders; and God himself is witness of this, as when he says in the Law, “With other tongues I will speak to this people, and with other lips, and they will not believe.”

Isa 28:11–12 (quotation, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 14:21 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Wonders do not convince all the ungodly.

Quotation: Isa 28:11–12 in the form of 1 Cor 14:21, which calls it “the Law.”

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,.λέγῃ → λέγῃ; INóuo, → Νόμῳ,; ν“. → ν..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.5 (Funk 1:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.1.6Funk 1:462

οὔτε γὰρ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ἐπίστευσαν τῷ θεῷ, Μωῦσέως τοσαῦτα σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα πεποιηκότος, οὔτε τὸ πλῆθος τῶν Ἰουδαίων τῷ ὡς Μωσεῖ Χριστῷ πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν αὐτοῖς θεραπεύσαντι καὶ οὔτε ἐκείνους ἐδυσώπησεν ῥάβδος ψυχουμένη εἰς ὄφιν καὶ χεὶρ λευκαινομένη καὶ Νεῖλος αἱματούμενος, οὔτε τούτους τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέποντες καὶ χωλοὶ περιπατοῦντες καὶ νεκροὶ ἀνιστάμενοι· καὶ τῷ μὲν ἀνθίσταντο Ἰαννὴς καὶ Ἰαμβρής, τῷ δὲ Ἄννας καὶ Καϊάφας.

oute gar hoi Aigyptioi episteusan tǭ theǭ, Mōyseōs tosauta sēmeia kai terata pepoiēkotos, oute to plēthos tōn Ioudaiōn tǭ hōs Mōsei Christǭ pasan noson kai pasan malakian en autois therapeusanti kai oute ekeinous edysōpēsen rhabdos psychoumenē eis ophin kai cheir leukainomenē kai Neilos haimatoumenos, oute toutous typhloi anablepontes kai chōloi peripatountes kai nekroi anistamenoi; kai tǭ men anthistanto Iannēs kai Iambrēs, tǭ de Annas kai Kaïaphas.

For neither did the Egyptians believe God, though Moses had done so many signs and wonders, nor did the multitude of the Jews believe Christ, who like Moses “healed every disease and every sickness among them”; and neither did the rod turned into a living serpent and the hand made white and the Nile turned to blood shame the former, nor did “the blind receiving sight and the lame walking and the dead rising” shame the latter; and Jannes and Jambres opposed the one, Annas and Caiaphas the other.

Exod 4:2–9 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 7:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 4:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:5 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 3:8 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Neither Pharaoh's Egyptians nor the Jews of Christ's time believed despite great signs.

Exod 4:2–9; 7:20; Matt 4:23; 11:5; 2 Tim 3:8.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Mobost → Μωσεῖ; ,,π → π; ““" → ; φυχουμένη → ψυχουμένη; ,τ → τ; νεχροὶ → νεκροὶ; ι" → ι· ; ᾿Ιαμβρής → Ἰαμβρής; ἄννας → Ἄννας.

Extrabiblical texts: Jan. Jam. (Jannes and Jambres; allusion)

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.6 (Funk 1:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.1.7Funk 1:462

οὕτως οὐ πάντας δυσωπεῖ τὰ σημεῖα, ἀλλὰ μόνους τοὺς εὐγνώμονας, ὧν καὶ χάριν εὐδοκεῖ ὃ θεὸς ἐπιτελεῖσθαι δυνάμεις ὡς σοφὸς οἰκονόμος, οὐ τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἰσχύϊ, ἀλλὰ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ βουλήσει.

houtōs ou pantas dysōpei ta sēmeia, alla monous tous eugnōmonas, hōn kai charin eudokei ho theos epiteleisthai dynameis hōs sophos oikonomos, ou tę̄ tōn anthrōpōn ischyï, alla tę̄ heautou boulēsei.

So signs do not shame everyone, but only the well-disposed, for whose sake God is pleased to have mighty works done, as a wise steward, not by the strength of men but by his own will.

Notes and citation

Summary: God works signs for the well-disposed, by his own will.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xai → καὶ; οἶχονόμος → οἰκονόμος; ξαυτοῦ → ἑαυτοῦ.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.7 (Funk 1:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.1.8Funk 1:462

ταῦτα δέ φαμεν ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ ἐπαίρεσθαι τοὺς λαβόντας χαρίσματα τοιάδε κατὰ τῶν μὴ λαβόντων.

tauta de phamen epi tǭ mē epairesthai tous labontas charismata toiade kata tōn mē labontōn.

And we say these things so that those who have received such gifts may not exalt themselves over those who have not.

Notes and citation

Summary: Those with gifts must not exalt themselves.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): χαρίοματα → χαρίσματα.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.8 (Funk 1:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.1.9Funk 1:462–464

χαρίσματα δὲ λέγομεν τὰ διὰ τῶν σημείων, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος πιστεύσας διὰ Χριστοῦ εἰς τὸν θεόν, ὃς οὐκ εἴληφεν χάρισμα πνευματικόν.

charismata de legomen ta dia tōn sēmeiōn, epei ouk estin anthrōpos pisteusas dia Christou eis ton theon, hos ouk eilēphen charisma pneumatikon.

And by gifts we mean those shown through signs, since there is no man who has believed in God through Christ who has not received “a spiritual gift.”

Rom 1:11 (quotation, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Every believer has some spiritual gift.

Rom 1:11.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: stray marks): ,χ → χ; πνευματικόν“. to [i → πνευματικόν..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.1.9 (Funk 1:462–464; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-1-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 8, chapter 2

8.2.1Funk 1:464–466

αὐτό τε γὰρ τὸ ἀπαλλαγῆναι πολυθέου ἀσεβείας καὶ πιστεῦσαι τῷ πατρὶ διὰ Χριστοῦ χάρισμά ἐστι θεοῦ, τό τε ἀπορρίψαι τὸ ἰουδαϊκὸν κάλυμμα καὶ πιστεῦσαι, ὅτι εὐδοκίᾳ θεοῦ ὁ πρὸ αἰώνων μονογενὴς ἐν ὑστέρῳ καιρῷ ἐκ παρθένου γεγέννηται δίχα ὁμιλίας ἀνδρός, καὶ ὅτι ἐπολιτεύσατο ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἄνευ ἁμαρτίας πληρώσας πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην τὴν τοῦ νόμου, καὶ ὅτι συγχωρήσει θεοῦ σταυρὸν ὑπέμεινεν αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας ὃ θεὸς λόγος, καὶ ὅτι ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἐτάφη καὶ ἀνέστη διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν, τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας παραμείνας τοῖς ἀποστόλοις καὶ πληρώσας πᾶσαν διάταξιν, ἀνελήφθη ἐπ᾽ ὄψεσιν αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν ἀποστείλαντα αὐτὸν θεὸν καὶ πατέρα. ὁ ταῦτα πιστεύσας, οὐχ ἁπλῶς οὐδὲ ἀλόγως, ἀλλὰ κρίσει καὶ πληροφορίᾳ, χάρισμα εἴληφεν ἐκ θεοῦ, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὃ πάσης αἱρέσεως ἀπαλλαγείς. μὴ οὖν τις τῶν ποιούντων σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα κρινέτω τινὰ τῶν πιστῶν μὴ ἀξιωθέντα ἐνεργεῖν· διάφορὰ γάρ ἐστιν τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ χαρίσματα παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ διὰ Χριστοῦ διδόμενα, καὶ σὺ μὲν εἴληφας τοῦτο, ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἄλλο τι, ἢ γὰρ λόγον σοφίας ἢ γνώσεως ἢ διακρίσεως πνευμάτων ἢ πρόγνωσιν τῶν μελλόντων ἢ λόγον διδακτικὸν ἢ ἀνεξικακίαν ἢ ἐγκράτειαν ἔννομον. καὶ γὰρ Μωῦσῆς, ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος, ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐπιτελῶν τὰ σημεῖα οὐ κατεπήρθη τῶν ὁμοφύλων, καὶ θεὸς· κληθεὶς οὐκ ἠλαζονεύσατο κατὰ τοῦ ἰδίου προφήτου Ἀαρών. ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ Ἰησοῦς, ἡγησάμενος μετ᾽ αὐτὸν τοῦ λαοῦ κἂν τῷ πρὸς Ἰεβουσαίους πολέμῳ στήσας τὸν ἥλιον κατὰ Γαβαὼν καὶ τὴν σελήνην κατὰ φάραγγα Αἰλὼν διὰ τὸ μὴ αὐταρκεῖν πρὸς τὴν νίκην τὴν ἡμέραν, ἐπήρθη κατὰ τοῦ Φινεὲς ἢ τοῦ Χαλέβʼ οὔτε Σαμουὴλ τοσαῦτα παράδοξα ποιήσας παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἡγήσατο τὸν θεοφιλῆ Δαυίδ, καίτοι ἀμφότεροι προφῆται καὶ ὃ μὲν ἀρχιερεύς, ὃ δὲ βασιλεύς. καὶ ἑπτὰ χιλιάδων ὑπαρχουσῶν ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἁγίων τῶν μὴ καμψάντων γόνυ τῇ Βάαλ μόνος Ἠλίας ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ὃ τούτου μαθητὴς Ἐλισσαῖος θαυματοποιοὶ γεγένηνται, ἀλλ οὔτε Ἠλίας τὸν οἰκονόμον Ἀβδιοὺ ἐξεμυκτήρισεν φοβούμενον μὲν τὸν θεόν, οὐ ποιοῦντα δὲ σημεῖα, οὔτε Ἐλισσαῖος τὸν ἑαυτοῦ μαθητὴν φρίττοντα τοὺς πολεμίους ὑπερεῖδεν. ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὔτε Δανιὴλ ὃ σοφὸς ῥυσθεὶς δεύτερον ἐκ στόματος λεόντων, οὔτε οἱ τρεῖς παῖδες ἐκ καμίνου πυρὸς ἐξουδένωσαν τοὺς λοιποὺς τῶν ὁμοφύλων ἠπίσταντο γάρ, ὅτι οὐ τῇ οἰκείᾳ δυνάμει περιεγένοντο τῶν δεινῶν, ἀλλὰ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ ἰσχύϊ, καὶ σημεῖα ἐπετέλουν καὶ τῶν δυσχερῶν ἀπηλλάττοντο. οὐκοῦν μηδεὶς ὑμῶν ἐπαιρέσθω κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ, κἂν προφήτης ᾖ κἂν θαυματοποιός᾽· εἰ γὰρ δοθῇ μηκέτι εἶναί που ἄπιστον, περιττὴ λοιπὸν ἔσται πᾶσα σημείων ἐνέργεια. τὸ μὲν γὰρ εἶναι εὐσεβῆ ἐκ τῆς τοῦ τινος εὐνοίας, τὸ δὲ θαυματοποιεῖν ἐκ τῆς τοῦ ἐνεργοῦντος δυνάμεως᾽ ὧν τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ὁρᾷ, τὸ δὲ δεύτερον θεὸν τὸν ἐνεργοῦντα δι᾽ ἃς προείπομεν αἰτίας. οὐκοῦν μήτε βασιλεὺς ἐξουθενείτω τοὺς ὑπ᾽ αὐτὸν στρατηγούς, μήτε ἄρχοντες τοὺς ὑπηκόους μὴ ὄντων γὰρ τῶν ἀρχομένων περιττοὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες, καὶ μὴ ὄντων στρατηγῶν οὐ στήσεται βασιλεία. ἀλλὰ μηδὲ ἐπίσκοπος ἐπαιρέσθω κατὰ τῶν διακόνων ἢ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, μήτε μὴν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι κατὰ τοῦ λαοῦ: ἐξ ἀλλήλων γάρ ἐστιν ἡ σύστασις τοῦ συναθροίσματος. ὅ τε γὰρ ἐπίσκοπος καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροί τινών εἰσιν ἱερεῖς, καὶ οἱ λαϊκοί τινών εἰσιν λαϊκοί᾽ καὶ τὸ μὲν εἶναι χριστιανὸν ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν, τὸ δὲ ἀπόστολον ἢ ἐπίσκοπον ἢ ἄλλο τι οὐκ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν, ἀλλ ἐπὶ τῷ διδόντι θεῷ τὰ χαρίσματα. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσθω διὰ τοὺς ἀξιωθέντας χαρισμάτων ἢ ἀξιωμάτων. Ἐκεῖνο δὲ προστίθεμεν τῷ λόγῳ, ὅτι οὔτε πᾶς ὃ προφητεύων ὅσιος οὔτε πᾶς ὁ δαίμονας ἐλαύνων ἅγιος.

auto te gar to apallagēnai polytheou asebeias kai pisteusai tǭ patri dia Christou charisma esti theou, to te aporripsai to ioudaïkon kalymma kai pisteusai, hoti eudokią theou ho pro aiōnōn monogenēs en hysterǭ kairǭ ek parthenou gegennētai dicha homilias andros, kai hoti epoliteusato hōs anthrōpos aneu hamartias plērōsas pasan dikaiosynēn tēn tou nomou, kai hoti synchōrēsei theou stauron hypemeinen aischynēs kataphronēsas ho theos logos, kai hoti apethanen kai etaphē kai anestē dia triōn hēmerōn kai meta tēn anastasin, tessarakonta hēmeras parameinas tois apostolois kai plērōsas pasan diataxin, anelēphthē ep᾽ opsesin autōn pros ton aposteilanta auton theon kai patera. ho tauta pisteusas, ouch haplōs oude alogōs, alla krisei kai plērophorią, charisma eilēphen ek theou, hōsautōs de kai ho pasēs haireseōs apallageis. mē oun tis tōn poiountōn sēmeia kai terata krinetō tina tōn pistōn mē axiōthenta energein; diaphora gar estin ta tou theou charismata par᾽ autou dia Christou didomena, kai sy men eilēphas touto, ekeinos de allo ti, ē gar logon sophias ē gnōseōs ē diakriseōs pneumatōn ē prognōsin tōn mellontōn ē logon didaktikon ē anexikakian ē enkrateian ennomon. kai gar Mōysēs, ho tou theou anthrōpos, en Aigyptǭ epitelōn ta sēmeia ou katepērthē tōn homophylōn, kai theos; klētheis ouk ēlazoneusato kata tou idiou prophētou Aarōn. all᾽ oute ho tou Nauē Iēsous, hēgēsamenos met᾽ auton tou laou kan tǭ pros Iebousaious polemǭ stēsas ton hēlion kata Gabaōn kai tēn selēnēn kata pharanga Ailōn dia to mē autarkein pros tēn nikēn tēn hēmeran, epērthē kata tou Phinees ē tou Chalebʼ oute Samouēl tosauta paradoxa poiēsas par᾽ ouden hēgēsato ton theophilē Dauid, kaitoi amphoteroi prophētai kai ho men archiereus, ho de basileus. kai hepta chiliadōn hyparchousōn en ᾿Israēl hagiōn tōn mē kampsantōn gony tę̄ Baal monos Ēlias en autois kai ho toutou mathētēs Elissaios thaumatopoioi gegenēntai, all oute Ēlias ton oikonomon Abdiou exemyktērisen phoboumenon men ton theon, ou poiounta de sēmeia, oute Elissaios ton heautou mathētēn phrittonta tous polemious hypereiden. alla gar oute Daniēl ho sophos rhystheis deuteron ek stomatos leontōn, oute hoi treis paides ek kaminou pyros exoudenōsan tous loipous tōn homophylōn ēpistanto gar, hoti ou tę̄ oikeią dynamei periegenonto tōn deinōn, alla tę̄ tou theou ischyï, kai sēmeia epeteloun kai tōn dyscherōn apēllattonto. oukoun mēdeis hymōn epairesthō kata tou adelphou, kan prophētēs ę̄ kan thaumatopoios᾽; ei gar dothę̄ mēketi einai pou apiston, perittē loipon estai pasa sēmeiōn energeia. to men gar einai eusebē ek tēs tou tinos eunoias, to de thaumatopoiein ek tēs tou energountos dynameōs᾽ hōn to men prōton hēmas autous horą, to de deuteron theon ton energounta di᾽ has proeipomen aitias. oukoun mēte basileus exoutheneitō tous hyp᾽ auton stratēgous, mēte archontes tous hypēkoous mē ontōn gar tōn archomenōn perittoi hoi archontes, kai mē ontōn stratēgōn ou stēsetai basileia. alla mēde episkopos epairesthō kata tōn diakonōn ē tōn presbyterōn, mēte mēn hoi presbyteroi kata tou laou: ex allēlōn gar estin hē systasis tou synathroismatos. ho te gar episkopos kai hoi presbyteroi tinōn eisin hiereis, kai hoi laïkoi tinōn eisin laïkoi᾽ kai to men einai christianon eph᾽ hēmin, to de apostolon ē episkopon ē allo ti ouk eph᾽ hēmin, all epi tǭ didonti theǭ ta charismata. tauta men oun epi tosouton eirēsthō dia tous axiōthentas charismatōn ē axiōmatōn. Ekeino de prostithemen tǭ logǭ, hoti oute pas ho prophēteuōn hosios oute pas ho daimonas elaunōn hagios.

[1.10] For the very being freed from polytheistic impiety and believing in the Father through Christ is a gift of God; and so is casting off the Jewish veil and believing that by the good pleasure of God the Only-begotten, who was before the ages, was born in later time of a virgin without intercourse with a man; and that he lived as a man without sin, “fulfilling all the righteousness” of the law; and that by God's permission God the Word endured the cross, despising the shame; and that he died and was buried and rose within three days, and after the resurrection, having remained with the apostles forty days and having completed every ordinance, was taken up before their eyes to God the Father who sent him. [11] He who believes these things, not simply nor without reason, but with judgment and full assurance, has received a gift from God, and so has he who has been freed from every heresy. [12] Let not anyone, then, of those who work signs and wonders judge any of the faithful who has not been counted worthy to work them; for the gifts of God given by him through Christ are various, and you have received this one, and he another: either “a word of wisdom, or of knowledge, or discernment of spirits,” or foreknowledge of things to come, or a word of teaching, or forbearance, or lawful self-control. [13] For Moses too, “the man of God,” when he performed the signs in Egypt, was not exalted over those of his own race, and when he was called “god” he did not boast over his own prophet Aaron. [14] Nor did Joshua the son of Nun, who led the people after him, exalt himself over Phinehas or Caleb, even when in the war against the Jebusites he “made the sun stand still at Gibeon and the moon at the valley of Aijalon,” because the day was not enough for the victory; nor did Samuel, who did so many marvels, think the beloved David of no account, although both were prophets, and the one was a high priest and the other a king. [15] And of the “seven thousand” holy ones in Israel “who had not bowed the knee to Baal,” Elijah alone among them and his disciple Elisha became wonder-workers; but neither did Elijah mock the steward Obadiah, who feared God but did not work signs, nor did Elisha despise his own disciple who trembled at the enemies. [16] Nor indeed did Daniel the wise, when rescued a second time from the mouth of the lions, nor the three youths from the furnace of fire, despise the rest of their own race; for they knew that it was not by their own power that they had overcome the dangers, but by the strength of God, and that they both worked signs and were freed from their troubles. [17] Let none of you, then, exalt himself over his brother, even if he is a prophet, even if he is a wonder-worker; for if it were granted that there is no longer an unbeliever anywhere, all working of signs would thenceforth be superfluous. [18] For to be pious comes from one's own good will, but to work wonders from the power of him who works them; of which the first concerns ourselves, the second God, who works them for the reasons we stated before. [19] Let not a king, then, despise the generals under him, nor rulers their subjects; for if there were none to be ruled, the rulers would be superfluous, and if there were no generals, the kingdom would not stand. [20] Nor let a bishop exalt himself over the deacons or the presbyters, nor yet the presbyters over the people; for the constitution of the assembly is from one another. [21] For the bishop and the presbyters are priests of certain people, and the laity are the laity of certain people; and to be a Christian depends on us, but to be an apostle or a bishop or anything else does not depend on us, but on God who gives the gifts. [22] Let so much, then, be said on account of those who have been counted worthy of gifts or of ranks. [2.1] And we add this to our discourse, that neither is everyone who prophesies holy, nor everyone who drives out demons a saint.

2 Cor 3:14–16 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 3:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 12:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:9 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:8–10 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 33:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 7:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 10:12 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 19:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 11:4 (quotation, medium confidence) · 1 Kgs 18:3–12 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 6:15–17 (allusion, high confidence) · Dan 6:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · Dan 3:26 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Faith itself is a gift; wonder-workers must not despise others, as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Elijah and Daniel did not; clergy and laity depend on one another.

The OCR lost the section numbers 10–22 of chapter 1 and the number of chapter 2; this ref holds 8.1.10–22 and the beginning of chapter 2, marked “[1.10]” … “[22]” and “[2.1]”. A block of Funk's apparatus printed inside section 15 is removed.
Matt 3:15; Heb 12:2; Acts 1:3, 9; 2 Cor 3:14–16; 1 Cor 12:8–10; Deut 33:1; Exod 7:1; Josh 10:12; 1 Kgs 19:18 (Rom 11:4); 1 Kgs 18:3–12; 2 Kgs 6:15–17; Dan 6; 3.

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Topics: Church office, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.2.1 (Funk 1:464–466; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.2.2Funk 1:466

καὶ γὰρ

kai gar

For indeed

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Summary: The sentence begun here continues in ref 8.2.3.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.2.2 (Funk 1:466; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.2.3Funk 1:466–468

καὶ Βαλαὰμ ὁ τοῦ Βεὼρ ὃ μάντις προεφήτευσεν δυσσεβὴς ὧν καὶ Καϊάφας ὁ ψευδώνυμος ἀρχιερεύς, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ὃ διάβολος προλέγει καὶ οἱ ἀμφ᾽ αὐτὸν δαίμονες καὶ οὐ παρὰ τοῦτο μέτεστιν αὐτοῖς εὐσεβείας σπινθήρ, ἀγνοίᾳ γάρ εἰσιν πεπιεσμένοι δι᾿ ἑκούσιον μοχθηρίαν. δῆλον οὖν, ὅτι οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, κἂν προφητεύωσιν, οὐ καλύπτουσιν διὰ τῆς προφητείας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀσέβειαν, οὐδὲ οἱ δαίμονας ἐλαύνοντες ἐκ τῆς τούτων ὑποχωρήσεως ὁσιωθήσονται ἀλλήλους γὰρ ἀπατῶσιν, καθάπερ οἱ τὰς παιδιὰς γέλωτος ἕνεκα ἐπιδεικνύμενοι, καὶ τοὺς προσανέχοντας αὐτοῖς ἀπολλύουσιν.

kai Balaam ho tou Beōr ho mantis proephēteusen dyssebēs hōn kai Kaïaphas ho pseudōnymos archiereus, polla de kai ho diabolos prolegei kai hoi amph᾽ auton daimones kai ou para touto metestin autois eusebeias spinthēr, agnoią gar eisin pepiesmenoi di᾿ hekousion mochthērian. dēlon oun, hoti hoi asebeis, kan prophēteuōsin, ou kalyptousin dia tēs prophēteias tēn heautōn asebeian, oude hoi daimonas elaunontes ek tēs toutōn hypochōrēseōs hosiōthēsontai allēlous gar apatōsin, kathaper hoi tas paidias gelōtos heneka epideiknymenoi, kai tous prosanechontas autois apollyousin.

Balaam too, the son of Beor, the soothsayer, prophesied though he was impious, and so did Caiaphas, the falsely named high priest; and the devil too foretells many things, and the demons around him, and not on that account do they have a spark of piety; for they are weighed down by ignorance through their willful wickedness. [3] It is clear, then, that the ungodly, even if they prophesy, do not cover their impiety by their prophecy; nor will those who drive out demons be made holy by the demons' departure; for they deceive one another, like those who put on games for the sake of laughter, and they destroy those who give heed to them.

Num 24:1–9 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 11:51 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Prophecy and exorcism do not make the ungodly holy, as Balaam and Caiaphas show.

This ref continues the sentence begun in 8.2.2; footnote references at its start in the scan are removed. The section number 3 was lost in the OCR; “[3]” marks where it begins. Num 22–24; John 11:51.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: footnote references removed; OCR: section number removed): — 19 Mt. 12, 15. [o καὶ → καὶ; 3. δῆλον → δῆλον; oí τὰς → οἱ τὰς.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.2.3 (Funk 1:466–468; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.2.4Funk 1:468

οὔτε δὲ βασιλεὺς δυσσεβὴς ἔτι βασιλεὺς ὑπάρχει, ἀλλὰ τύραννος, οὔτε ἐπίσκοπος ἀγνοίᾳ ἢ κακονοίᾳ πεπιεσμένος ἔτι ἐπίσκοπός ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ ψευδώνυμος, οὐ παρὰ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ παρὰ ἀνθρώπων προβληθείς, ὡς Ἀνανίας καὶ Σαμαίας ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ Σεδεκίας καὶ Ἀχιὰβ οἱ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι ψευδοπροφῆται.

oute de basileus dyssebēs eti basileus hyparchei, alla tyrannos, oute episkopos agnoią ē kakonoią pepiesmenos eti episkopos estin, alla pseudōnymos, ou para theou, alla para anthrōpōn problētheis, hōs Ananias kai Samaias en Hierousalēm, kai Sedekias kai Achiab hoi en Babylōni pseudoprophētai.

Nor is an impious king still a king, but a tyrant; nor is a bishop weighed down by ignorance or ill will still a bishop, but falsely named, appointed not by God but by men, like Hananiah and Shemaiah in Jerusalem, and Zedekiah and Ahab, the false prophets in Babylon.

Jer 28:1–17 (allusion, medium confidence) · Jer 29:21–24 (allusion, high confidence) · Jer 29:31–32 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: An impious king is a tyrant, and an ignorant or malicious bishop is no bishop.

Jer 28:1–17; 29:21–32.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ayíac → Ἀχιὰβ; φευδοπροφῆται → ψευδοπροφῆται.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.2.4 (Funk 1:468; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.2.5Funk 1:468

ἀλλὰ καὶ Βαλαὰμ ὃ μάντις τιμωρίαν ἔτισε διαφθείρας τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῷ Βεελφεγώρ, καὶ Καϊάφας ὕστερον αὐτοφονευτὴς ἑαυτοῦ γέγονεν, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Σκευᾶ ἐπιχειροῦντες δαίμονας ἐλαύνειν ὑπ αὐτῶν τραυματίαι γενόμενοι ἔφυγον ἀπρεπῶς, καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τοῦ Ἰούδα ἀσεβήσαντες παντοίας τιμωρίας ἔτισαν.

alla kai Balaam ho mantis timōrian etise diaphtheiras ton Israēl en tǭ Beelphegōr, kai Kaïaphas hysteron autophoneutēs heautou gegonen, kai hoi huioi Skeua epicheirountes daimonas elaunein hyp autōn traumatiai genomenoi ephygon aprepōs, kai hoi basileis tou Israēl kai tou Iouda asebēsantes pantoias timōrias etisan.

But Balaam the soothsayer paid the penalty for having corrupted Israel at Baal-peor, and Caiaphas afterward became his own murderer, and the sons of Sceva, attempting to drive out demons, were wounded by them and fled in disgrace, and the kings of Israel and of Judah who acted impiously paid penalties of every kind.

Num 31:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 31:16 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 19:14–16 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Balaam, Caiaphas, the sons of Sceva and impious kings were all punished.

The suicide of Caiaphas is not reported in Scripture. Num 31:8, 16; Acts 19:14–16.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): viol Σκχευᾶ → υἱοὶ Σκευᾶ; ᾿Ιούδα → Ἰούδα.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.2.5 (Funk 1:468; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.2.6Funk 1:468

δῆλον οὖν, ὡς καὶ οἱ ψευδώνυμοι ἐπίσκοποι καὶ πρεσβύτεροι οὐκ ἐκφεύξονται τὴν παρὰ θεοῦ δίκην· ῥηθήσεται γὰρ αὐτοῖς καὶ νῦν· Ὑμεῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ φαυλίζοντές μου τὸ ὄνομα, παραδώσω ὑμᾶς εἰς σφαγὴν ὡς Σεδεκίαν καὶ Ἀχιάβ, οὓς ἀπετηγάνισεν βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος, ὥς φησιν Ἱερεμίας ὃ προφήτης.

dēlon oun, hōs kai hoi pseudōnymoi episkopoi kai presbyteroi ouk ekpheuxontai tēn para theou dikēn; rhēthēsetai gar autois kai nyn; Hymeis hoi hiereis hoi phaulizontes mou to onoma, paradōsō hymas eis sphagēn hōs Sedekian kai Achiab, hous apetēganisen basileus Babylōnos, hōs phēsin Hieremias ho prophētēs.

It is clear, then, that falsely named bishops and presbyters will not escape the judgment of God; for it will be said to them now too, “You priests who despise my name, I will hand you over to slaughter like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon fried in a pan,” as Jeremiah the prophet says.

Mal 1:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 29:22 (36:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: False bishops and presbyters will not escape God's judgment.

The words combine Mal 1:6 with Jer 29:22 (36:22 LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ν" → ν· ; xol viv: ,Yustc → καὶ νῦν· Ὑμεῖς; Ayiav, ovg → Ἀχιάβ, οὓς; ς“, → ς,.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.2.6 (Funk 1:468; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.2.7Funk 1:468

ταῦτα δέ φαμεν οὐ τὰς ἀληθεῖς προφητείας ἐξουθενοῦντες, ἴσμεν γὰρ αὐτὰς κατ᾽ ἐπίπνοιαν θεοῦ ἐν τοῖς ὁσίοις ἐνεργεῖσθαι, ἀλλὰ τὸ θράσος τῶν ἀλαζονευομένων καταστέλλοντες καὶ προστιθέντες ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι τῶν τοιούτων θεὸς περιαιρεῖ τὴν χάριν· ὑπερηφάνοις γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσι χάριν.

tauta de phamen ou tas alētheis prophēteias exouthenountes, ismen gar autas kat᾽ epipnoian theou en tois hosiois energeisthai, alla to thrasos tōn alazoneuomenōn katastellontes kai prostithentes ekeino, hoti tōn toioutōn theos periairei tēn charin; hyperēphanois gar ho theos antitassetai, tapeinois de didōsi charin.

We say these things not despising true prophecies, for we know that they are worked in the holy by the inspiration of God, but restraining the boldness of the boastful, and adding this, that God takes away grace from such people; for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Pet 5:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Jas 4:6 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: True prophecy is honored, but God removes grace from the proud.

1 Pet 5:5; Jas 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): iv τοῖς → ἐν τοῖς; ν" → ν· ; ν“. → ν..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.2.7 (Funk 1:468; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-2-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.2.8Funk 1:468–474

Σίλας μὲν οὖν καὶ ἐκκλησιαστικοῦ τύπου, συμπαρόντος ἡμῖν καὶ τοῦ τῆς ἐκλογῆς σκεύους Παύλου τοῦ συναποστόλου ἡμῶν καὶ Ἰακώβου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ τῶν ἑπτὰ διακόνων. πρῶτος οὖν ἐγώ φημι Πέτρος ἐπίσκοπον χειροτονεῖσθαι, ὡς ἐν τοῖς προλαβοῦσιν ἅμα πάντες διεταξάμεθα, ἐν πᾶσιν ἄμεμπτον, ὑπὸ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ ἐκλελεγμένον. οὗ ὀνομασθέντος καὶ ἀρέσαντος συνελθὼν ὃ λαὸς ἅμα τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ καὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἐπισκόποις ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κυριακῇ, ὃ πρόκριτος τῶν λοιπῶν ἐρωτάτω τὸ πρεσβυτέριον καὶ τὸν λαόν, εἰ αὐτός ἐστιν, ὃν αἰτοῦνται εἰς ἄρχοντα. καὶ ἐπινευσάντων προσεπερωτάτω, εἰ μαρτυρεῖται ὑπὸ πάντων ἄξιος εἶναι τῆς μεγάλης ταύτης καὶ λαμπρᾶς ἡγεμονίας, εἰ τὰ κατὰ τὴν εἰς θεὸν αὐτῷ εὐσέβειαν κατώρθωται, εἰ τὰ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους δίκαια πεφύλακται, εἰ τὰ κατὰ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καλῶς ᾠκονόμηται, εἰ τὰ κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀνεπιλήπτως. καὶ πάντων ἅμα κατὰ ἀλήθειαν, ἀλλ᾿ οὐ κατὰ πρόληψιν μαρτυρησάντων τοιοῦτον αὐτὸν εἶναι, ὡς ἐπὶ δικαστῇ θεῷ καὶ Χριστῷ, παρόντος δηλαδὴ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων καὶ λειτουργικῶν πνευμάτων, ἐκ τρίτου πάλιν πυθέσθωσαν, εἰ ἄξιός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς τῆς λειτουργίας, ἵνα ἐπὶ στόματος δύο ἢ τριῶν μαρτύρων σταθήσεται πᾶν ῥῆμα. καὶ συνθεμένων αὐτῶν ἐκ τρίτου ἄξιον εἶναι, ἀπαιτείσθωσαν οἱ πάντες σύνθημα, καὶ δόντες προθύμως ἀκουέσθωσαν. καὶ σιωπῆς γενομένης εἷς τῶν πρώτων ἐπισκόπων ἅμα καὶ δυσὶν ἑτέροις πλησίον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἑστώς, τῶν λοιπῶν ἐπισκόπων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων σιωπῇ προσευχομένων, τῶν δὲ διακόνων τὰ θεῖα Εὐαγγέλια ἐπὶ τῆς τοῦ χειροτονουμένου κεφαλῆς ἀνεπτυγμένα κατεχόντων, λεγέτω πρὸς θεόν·

Silas men oun kai ekklēsiastikou typou, symparontos hēmin kai tou tēs eklogēs skeuous Paulou tou synapostolou hēmōn kai Iakōbou tou episkopou kai tōn loipōn presbyterōn kai tōn hepta diakonōn. prōtos oun egō phēmi Petros episkopon cheirotoneisthai, hōs en tois prolabousin hama pantes dietaxametha, en pasin amempton, hypo pantos tou laou eklelegmenon. hou onomasthentos kai aresantos synelthōn ho laos hama tǭ presbyteriǭ kai tois parousin episkopois en hēmerą kyriakę̄, ho prokritos tōn loipōn erōtatō to presbyterion kai ton laon, ei autos estin, hon aitountai eis archonta. kai epineusantōn proseperōtatō, ei martyreitai hypo pantōn axios einai tēs megalēs tautēs kai lampras hēgemonias, ei ta kata tēn eis theon autǭ eusebeian katōrthōtai, ei ta pros anthrōpous dikaia pephylaktai, ei ta kata ton oikon autou kalōs ǭkonomētai, ei ta kata ton bion anepilēptōs. kai pantōn hama kata alētheian, all᾿ ou kata prolēpsin martyrēsantōn toiouton auton einai, hōs epi dikastę̄ theǭ kai Christǭ, parontos dēladē kai tou hagiou pneumatos kai pantōn tōn hagiōn kai leitourgikōn pneumatōn, ek tritou palin pythesthōsan, ei axios estin alēthōs tēs leitourgias, hina epi stomatos dyo ē triōn martyrōn stathēsetai pan rhēma. kai synthemenōn autōn ek tritou axion einai, apaiteisthōsan hoi pantes synthēma, kai dontes prothymōs akouesthōsan. kai siōpēs genomenēs heis tōn prōtōn episkopōn hama kai dysin heterois plēsion tou thysiastēriou hestōs, tōn loipōn episkopōn kai presbyterōn siōpę̄ proseuchomenōn, tōn de diakonōn ta theia Euangelia epi tēs tou cheirotonoumenou kephalēs aneptygmena katechontōn, legetō pros theon;

Silas, then, and … of the ecclesiastical form, there being present with us also “the vessel of election,” Paul our fellow apostle, and James the bishop, and the rest of the presbyters and the seven deacons. [4.2] First, then, I, Peter, say that a bishop is to be ordained, as we all together ordained in what precedes, one blameless in all things, chosen by all the people. [4.3] And when he has been named and approved, let the people assemble with the presbytery and the bishops who are present, on the Lord's day, and let the chief among them ask the presbytery and the people whether this is the one they ask for as their ruler. [4.4] And when they have assented, let him ask further whether he is testified by all to be worthy of this great and illustrious leadership; whether his piety toward God has been rightly ordered; whether justice toward men has been kept; whether the affairs of his household have been well managed; whether his life has been blameless. [4.5] And when all together have testified according to truth, and not according to prejudice, that he is such, as before God and Christ as judge, the Holy Spirit too being present, and all the holy and ministering spirits, let them ask again a third time whether he is truly worthy of the ministry, so that “by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established”; and when they have agreed a third time that he is worthy, let all be asked for their sign of assent, and when they give it readily, let them be heard. [4.6] And when silence has fallen, let one of the chief bishops, together with two others, standing near the altar, while the rest of the bishops and presbyters pray in silence and the deacons hold the divine Gospels open over the head of the one being ordained, say to God:

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Acts 9:15 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 3:2–7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 19:15 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 13:1 (quotation, medium confidence)

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Summary: The bishop is chosen by all the people, questioned three times before them, and ordained by three bishops with the Gospels held over his head.

The scan lost the text between the first words of this section (“Silas, then, and …”) and the last words of 8.4.1 (“… of the ecclesiastical form”): the rest of chapter 2, all of chapter 3 and most of 4.1 (“…” marks the gap). The text that remains sits inside this ref; “[4.2]” etc. mark the section numerals of chapter 4.
1 Tim 3:2–7; Deut 19:15; 2 Cor 13:1; Acts 9:15.

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 removed; OCR: section number removed; καὶ; OCR: stray marks): 1ὅ → ; ,,ἐ → ἐ; σχεύους"“ → σκεύους; ἐπικόπου → ἐπισκόπου; 2. πρῶτος → πρῶτος; ἐπίσχοπον → ἐπίσκοπον; ἄμεμπτον» → ἄμεμπτον; 3. οὗ → οὗ; 4. καὶ → καὶ; κατώρθοωται → κατώρθωται; πεφύλαχκται, tl → πεφύλακται, εἰ; φκονόμηται → ᾠκονόμηται; ς. καὶ → καὶ; οἵνα → ἵνα; ὁύο → δύο; α“. → α.; 6. xal → καὶ; ν ἐπισχόπων ἅ → ν ἐπισκόπων ἅ; ἑσταΐς → ἑστώς; ν ἐπισχόπων κ → ν ἐπισκόπων κ; όν" → όν·.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.2.8 (Funk 1:468–474; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-2-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 8, chapter 5

8.5.1Funk 1:474

Ὁ ὤν, δέσποτα κύριε ὁ θεὸς ὃ παντοχράτωρ, ὃ μόνος ἀγέννητος καὶ ἀβασίλευτος, ὁ ἀεὶ ὢν καὶ πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων ὑπάρχων, ὁ πάντη ἀνενδεὴς καὶ πάσης αἰτίας καὶ γενέσεως ἀρετῶν, ὃ μόνος ἀληθινός, ὁ μόνος σοφός, ὁ ὢν μόνος ὕψιστος, ὃ τῇ φύσει ἀόρατος, οὗ ἡ γνῶσις ἄναρχος, ὃ μόνος ἀγαθὸς καὶ ἀσύγκριτος, ὁ τὰ πάντα εἰδὼς πρὶν γενέσεως αὐτῶν, ὁ τῶν κρυπτῶν γνώστης, ὃ ἀπρόσιτος, ὃ ἀδέσποτος·

Ho ōn, despota kyrie ho theos ho pantochratōr, ho monos agennētos kai abasileutos, ho aei ōn kai pro tōn aiōnōn hyparchōn, ho pantē anendeēs kai pasēs aitias kai geneseōs aretōn, ho monos alēthinos, ho monos sophos, ho ōn monos hypsistos, ho tę̄ physei aoratos, hou hē gnōsis anarchos, ho monos agathos kai asynkritos, ho ta panta eidōs prin geneseōs autōn, ho tōn kryptōn gnōstēs, ho aprositos, ho adespotos;

“O you who are, Master, Lord God almighty, who alone are unbegotten and subject to no king; who always are and existed before the ages; who are in every way without need, and above every cause and origin; who alone are true, who alone are wise, who alone are most high; invisible by nature; whose knowledge is without beginning; who alone are good and incomparable; who know all things before they come to be, knower of hidden things; inaccessible; without master;

Notes and citation

Summary: The prayer of episcopal ordination begins by praising the unbegotten God.

The word rendered “above” is garbled in the scan (ἀρετῶν). “Who know all things before they come to be, knower of hidden things”: Sus 42.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Ὁ div → Ὁ ὤν; ὁ ἀεὶ ὧν → ὁ ἀεὶ ὢν; ὃ ὧν μόνος → ὁ ὢν μόνος; 5,0 τὰ πάντα → ὁ τὰ πάντα; yvoστης“ → γνώστης; ος" → ος·.

Extrabiblical texts: Sus 42 (Susanna [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Topics: Church office, Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.5.1 (Funk 1:474; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.5.2Funk 1:474

ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ σου τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, ὁ δημιουργὸς τῶν ὅλων δι᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὃ προνοητής, ὃ κηδεμών, ὁ πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν καὶ θεὸς πάσης παρακλήσεως, ὃ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν

ho theos kai patēr tou monogenous huiou sou tou theou kai sōtēros hēmōn, ho dēmiourgos tōn holōn di᾽ autou, ho pronoētēs, ho kēdemōn, ho patēr tōn oiktirmōn kai theos pasēs paraklēseōs, ho en hypsēlois katoikōn kai ta tapeina ephorōn

God and Father of your only-begotten Son, our God and Savior; Maker of all things through him; provider; guardian; “the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who dwell on high and look upon the lowly”;

2 Cor 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 113:5–6 (112:5-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God is praised as Father of the only-begotten Son and Maker of all through him.

2 Cor 1:3; Ps 113:5–6 (112:5–6 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): δι αὐτοῦ → δι᾽ αὐτοῦ; ,,0 πατὴρ → ὁ πατὴρ; οἴκτιρμῶν → οἰκτιρμῶν; iv ὑψηλοῖς → ἐν ὑψηλοῖς; ῶν“ → ῶν.

Topics: Church office, Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.5.2 (Funk 1:474; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.5.3Funk 1:474–478

σὺ ὃ δοὺς ὅρους ἐκκλησίας διὰ τῆς ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου ὑπὸ μάρτυρι τῷ παρακλήτῳ διὰ τῶν σῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ ἡμῶν τῶν χάριτι σῇ παρεστώτων ἐπισκόπων, ὁ προορίσας ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἱερεῖς εἰς ἐπιστασίαν λαοῦ σου, καρδιογνῶστα θεέ, ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλόν σου τόνδε, ὃν ἐξελέξω εἰς ἐπίσκοπον, ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἁγίαν σου ποίμνην καὶ ἀρχιερατεύειν σοι, ἀμέμπτως λειτουργοῦντα νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας καὶ ἐξιλασκόμενόν σου τὸ πρόσωπον, ἐπισυναγαγεῖν τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν σωζομένων καὶ προσφέρειν σοι τὰ δῶρα τῆς ἁγίας σου ἐκκλησίας. δὸς αὐτῷ, δέσποτα παντοκράτορ, διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου τὴν μετουσίαν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, ὥστε ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας κατὰ τὴν ἐντολήν σου, διδόναι κλήρους κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμά σου, λύειν δὲ πάντα σύνδεσμον κατὰ τὴν ἐξουσίαν, ἣν ἔδωκας τοῖς ἀποστόλοις, εὐαρεστεῖν δὲ σοι ἐν πραότητι καὶ καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ, ἀτρέπτως, ἀμέμπτως, ἀνεγκλήτως προσφέροντά σοι καθαρὰν καὶ ἀναίμακτον θυσίαν, ἣν διὰ Χριστοῦ διετάξω, τὸ μυστήριον τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης, εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου παιδός σου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, διʼ οὗ σοι δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ σέβας ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. καὶ ταῦτα ἐπευξαμένου οἱ λοιποὶ ἱερεῖς ἐπιλεγέτωσαν᾽ Ἀμήν, καὶ σὺν αὐτοῖς ἅπας ὃ λαός. καὶ μετὰ τὴν προσευχὴν εἷς τῶν ἐπισκόπων ἀναφερέτω τὴν θυσίαν ἐπὶ τῶν χειρῶν τοῦ χειροτονηθέντος. καὶ τῇ ἕωθεν ἐνθρονιζέσθω εἰς τὸν αὐτῷ διαφέροντα τόπον παρὰ τῶν λοιπῶν ἐπισκόπων, πάντων αὐτὸν φιλησάντων τῷ ἐν κυρίῳ φιλήματι. καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Νόμου καὶ τῶν Προφητῶν, τῶν τε Ἐπιστολῶν ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν Πράξεων καὶ τῶν Εὐαγγελίων ἀσπασάσθω ὃ χειροτονηθεὶς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, λέγων· Ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν, καὶ πάντες ἀποκρινέσθωσαν· Καὶ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματός σου. καὶ μετὰ τὴν πρόσρησιν προσλαλησάτω τῷ λαῷ λόγους παρακλήσεως.

sy ho dous horous ekklēsias dia tēs ensarkou parousias tou Christou sou hypo martyri tǭ paraklētǭ dia tōn sōn apostolōn kai hēmōn tōn chariti sę̄ parestōtōn episkopōn, ho proorisas ex archēs hiereis eis epistasian laou sou, kardiognōsta thee, epi ton doulon sou tonde, hon exelexō eis episkopon, poimainein tēn hagian sou poimnēn kai archierateuein soi, amemptōs leitourgounta nyktos kai hēmeras kai exilaskomenon sou to prosōpon, episynagagein ton arithmon tōn sōzomenōn kai prospherein soi ta dōra tēs hagias sou ekklēsias. dos autǭ, despota pantokrator, dia tou Christou sou tēn metousian tou hagiou pneumatos, hōste echein exousian aphienai hamartias kata tēn entolēn sou, didonai klērous kata to prostagma sou, lyein de panta syndesmon kata tēn exousian, hēn edōkas tois apostolois, euarestein de soi en praotēti kai katharą kardią, atreptōs, amemptōs, anenklētōs prospheronta soi katharan kai anaimakton thysian, hēn dia Christou dietaxō, to mystērion tēs kainēs diathēkēs, eis osmēn euōdias dia tou hagiou paidos sou Iēsou Christou tou theou kai sōtēros hēmōn, diʼ hou soi doxa, timē kai sebas en hagiǭ pneumati nyn kai aei kai eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. kai tauta epeuxamenou hoi loipoi hiereis epilegetōsan᾽ Amēn, kai syn autois hapas ho laos. kai meta tēn proseuchēn heis tōn episkopōn anapheretō tēn thysian epi tōn cheirōn tou cheirotonēthentos. kai tę̄ heōthen enthronizesthō eis ton autǭ diapheronta topon para tōn loipōn episkopōn, pantōn auton philēsantōn tǭ en kyriǭ philēmati. kai meta tēn anagnōsin tou Nomou kai tōn Prophētōn, tōn te Epistolōn hēmōn kai tōn Praxeōn kai tōn Euangeliōn aspasasthō ho cheirotonētheis tēn ekklēsian, legōn; Hē charis tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou kai hē agapē tou theou kai patros kai hē koinōnia tou hagiou pneumatos meta pantōn hymōn, kai pantes apokrinesthōsan; Kai meta tou pneumatos sou. kai meta tēn prosrēsin proslalēsatō tǭ laǭ logous paraklēseōs.

you who gave the rules of the church through the incarnate coming of your Christ, with the Paraclete as witness, through your apostles and through us, the bishops who stand here by your grace; who from the beginning foreordained priests for the oversight of your people … God who knows the heart, upon this your servant, whom you have chosen as bishop, to shepherd your holy flock and to serve you as high priest, ministering blamelessly night and day and propitiating your face, to gather the number of those being saved and to offer you the gifts of your holy church. [7] Grant him, almighty Master, through your Christ, a share of the Holy Spirit, so that he may have authority “to forgive sins” according to your command, to assign clerical lots according to your ordinance, “to loose every bond” according to the authority you gave to the apostles, and to please you in meekness and with a pure heart, steadfastly, blamelessly, irreproachably offering you the “pure” and bloodless “sacrifice,” which you ordained through Christ, the mystery of the new covenant, “for a sweet-smelling savor,” through your holy Servant Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, through whom be glory, honor and reverence to you in the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever.” [8] And when he has prayed these things, let the rest of the priests say “Amen,” and with them all the people. [9] And after the prayer let one of the bishops lift up the sacrifice upon the hands of the one ordained. [10] And on the following morning let him be enthroned by the rest of the bishops in the place that belongs to him, all of them kissing him with the kiss in the Lord. [11] And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, and of our Epistles and the Acts and the Gospels, let the one ordained greet the church, saying, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all”; and let all answer, “And with your spirit.” [12] And after the greeting let him address words of exhortation to the people.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Acts 1:24 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 20:23 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 18:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Mal 1:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 5:2 (quotation, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 13:13 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The ordination prayer asks the Spirit for the new bishop, who then offers the sacrifice, is enthroned, greets the church and preaches.

Sections 4–6 of this chapter appear to be lost in the scan (“…”); the sentence breaks off before “upon this your servant.” The section numbers 7–12 were lost in the OCR; “[7]” etc. mark where each begins.
Acts 1:24; Matt 18:18; John 20:23; Mal 1:11; Eph 5:2; 2 Cor 13:13. The ordination prayer reworks Apostolic Tradition 3.

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Extrabiblical texts: Hippolytus, Trad. ap. 3 (Apostolic Tradition; allusion)

Topics: Church office, Eucharist

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.5.3 (Funk 1:474–478; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 8, chapter 6

8.6.1Funk 1:478

Καὶ πληρώσαντος αὐτοῦ τὸν τῆς διδασκαλίας λόγον φημὶ ἐγὼ Ἀνδρέας ὃ ἀδελφὸς Πέτρου·

Kai plērōsantos autou ton tēs didaskalias logon phēmi egō Andreas ho adelphos Petrou;

And when he has completed the word of teaching, I, Andrew, the brother of Peter, say:

Notes and citation

Summary: Andrew gives the order of the liturgy that follows.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Kai → Καὶ; ου" → ου·.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.1 (Funk 1:478; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.6.2Funk 1:478

Ἀναστάντων ἁπάντων ὃ διάκονος ἐφ᾽ ὑψηλοῦ τινος ἀνελθὼν κηρυττέτω· Μήτις τῶν ἀκροωμένων, μήτις τῶν ἀπίστων.

Anastantōn hapantōn ho diakonos eph᾽ hypsēlou tinos anelthōn kēryttetō; Mētis tōn akroōmenōn, mētis tōn apistōn.

When all have stood up, let the deacon go up to some high place and proclaim: “Let none of the hearers, let none of the unbelievers remain.”

Notes and citation

Summary: The deacon dismisses the hearers and unbelievers.

The verb “remain” is implied.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): διάκορνος ig ὑψηλοῦ → διάκονος ἐφ᾽ ὑψηλοῦ; xgovtvévo: → κηρυττέτω·.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.2 (Funk 1:478; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.6.3Funk 1:478

καὶ ἡσυχίας γενομένης λεγέτω· Εὔξασθε, οἱ κατηχούμενοι.

kai hēsychias genomenēs legetō; Euxasthe, hoi katēchoumenoi.

And when there is quiet, let him say: “Pray, you catechumens.”

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Notes and citation

Summary: The catechumens are bidden to pray.

Funk prints the older chapter number 6 here; it is removed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: older chapter number removed): " (VI) → · .

Topics: Prayer, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.3 (Funk 1:478; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.6.4Funk 1:478

καὶ πάντες οἱ πιστοὶ κατὰ διάνοιαν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν προσευχέσθωσαν λέγοντες Κύριε ἐλέησον. διακονείτω δὲ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν λέγων·

kai pantes hoi pistoi kata dianoian hyper autōn proseuchesthōsan legontes Kyrie eleēson. diakoneitō de hyper autōn legōn;

And let all the faithful pray for them in their mind, saying “Lord, have mercy”; and let the deacon lead the prayer for them, saying:

Notes and citation

Summary: The faithful pray for the catechumens, led by the deacon.

Notes on the original text

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

Topics: Prayer, Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.4 (Funk 1:478; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.6.5Funk 1:478

Ὑπὲρ τῶν κατηχουμένων πάντες ἐκτενῶς τὸν θεὸν παρακαλέσωμεν, ἵνα ὃ ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος εὐμενῶς εἰσακούσῃ τῶν δεήσεων αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν παρακλήσεων, καὶ προσδεξάμενος αὐτῶν τὴν ἱκεσίαν ἀντιλάβηται αὐτῶν καὶ δῷ αὐτοῖς τὰ αἰτήματα τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον, ἀποκαλύψῃ αὐτοῖς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ, φωτίσῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ συνετίσῃ, παιδεύσῃ αὐτοὺς τὴν θεογνωσίαν, διδάξῃ αὐτοὺς τὰ προστάγματα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα, ἐγκαταφυτεύσῃ ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν ἁγνὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ σωτήριον φόβον, διανοίξῃ τὰ ὦτα τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ καταγίνεσθαι ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός·

Hyper tōn katēchoumenōn pantes ektenōs ton theon parakalesōmen, hina ho agathos kai philanthrōpos eumenōs eisakousę̄ tōn deēseōn autōn kai tōn paraklēseōn, kai prosdexamenos autōn tēn hikesian antilabētai autōn kai dǭ autois ta aitēmata tōn kardiōn autōn pros to sympheron, apokalypsę̄ autois to euangelion tou Christou autou, phōtisę̄ autous kai synetisę̄, paideusę̄ autous tēn theognōsian, didaxę̄ autous ta prostagmata autou kai ta dikaiōmata, enkataphyteusę̄ en autois ton hagnon autou kai sōtērion phobon, dianoixę̄ ta ōta tōn kardiōn autōn pros to en tǭ nomǭ autou kataginesthai hēmeras kai nyktos;

“For the catechumens let us all earnestly beseech God, that he who is good and loves mankind may graciously hear their prayers and their supplications, and, receiving their petition, may help them and grant them the requests of their hearts for their good; reveal to them the gospel of his Christ; enlighten them and give them understanding; instruct them in the knowledge of God; teach them his commandments and his ordinances; implant in them his pure and saving fear; open the ears of their hearts to occupy themselves with his law day and night;

Ps 20:4 (19:5 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 1:2 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The deacon leads the prayer for the catechumens.

Chapters 6–15 give the order of the eucharistic liturgy. Ps 20:4 (19:5 LXX); Ps 1:2.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,ε → ε; ῶν“ κ → ῶν κ; xol οὁῷ → καὶ δῷ; ῶν“ π → ῶν π; xal → καὶ; ς“ → ς ; ,và → τὰ; α“, → α,; νυκτός: → νυκτός·.

Topics: Prayer, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.5 (Funk 1:478; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.6.6Funk 1:478

βεβαιώσῃ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ, ἑνώσῃ καὶ ἐγκαταριθμήσῃ αὐτοὺς τῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ ποιμνίῳ, καταξιώσας αὐτοὺς τοῦ λουτροῦ τῆς παλιγγενεσίας, τοῦ ἐνδύματος τῆς ἀφθαρσίας, τῆς ὄντως ζωῆς· ῥύσηται δὲ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀσεβείας καὶ μὴ δῷ τόπον τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ κατ᾽ αὐτῶν, καθαρίσῃ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ἐνοικήσῃ τε ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσῃ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ, εὐλογήσῃ τὰς εἰσόδους αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς ἐξόδους καὶ κατευθύνῃ αὐτοῖς τὰ προκείμενα εἰς τὸ συμφέρον.

bebaiōsę̄ de autous en tę̄ eusebeią, henōsę̄ kai enkatarithmēsę̄ autous tǭ hagiǭ autou poimniǭ, kataxiōsas autous tou loutrou tēs palingenesias, tou endymatos tēs aphtharsias, tēs ontōs zōēs; rhysētai de autous apo pasēs asebeias kai mē dǭ topon tǭ allotriǭ kat᾽ autōn, katharisę̄ de autous apo pantos molysmou sarkos kai pneumatos, enoikēsę̄ te en autois kai emperipatēsę̄ dia tou Christou autou, eulogēsę̄ tas eisodous autōn kai tas exodous kai kateuthynę̄ autois ta prokeimena eis to sympheron.

and establish them in piety, unite and number them with his holy flock, counting them worthy of “the washing of regeneration,” of the garment of incorruption, of the true life; and deliver them from all impiety, and give no place to the adversary against them, and “cleanse them from all defilement of flesh and spirit,” and “dwell in them and walk among them” through his Christ; “bless their goings in and their goings out and direct for them” what lies before them for their good.

Titus 3:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 4:27 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 7:1 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 6:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 28:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 121:8 (120:8 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The prayer asks that the catechumens be cleansed and brought to baptism.

Titus 3:5; Eph 4:27; 2 Cor 7:1; 6:16; Deut 28:6; Ps 121:8 (120:8 LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): αὐτοὶς → αὐτοὺς; ,τ → τ; ς“, → ς,; " δύσηται → · ῥύσηται; ».καθαρίσῃ → καθαρίσῃ; σαρχὸς → σαρκὸς; ἐμπεριπατησῃ“ → ἐμπεριπατήσῃ; ,,ε → ε; ς“ → ς .

Topics: Prayer, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.6 (Funk 1:478; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.6.7Funk 1:478–480

ἔτι ἐκτενῶς ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἱκετεύσωμεν, ἵνα ἀφέσεως τυχόντες τῶν πλημμελημάτων διὰ τῆς μυήσεως ἀξιωθῶσιν τῶν ἁγίων μυστηρίων καὶ τῆς μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων διαμονῆς.

eti ektenōs hyper autōn hiketeusōmen, hina apheseōs tychontes tōn plēmmelēmatōn dia tēs myēseōs axiōthōsin tōn hagiōn mystēriōn kai tēs meta tōn hagiōn diamonēs.

Let us still earnestly supplicate for them, that, having obtained forgiveness of their transgressions through initiation, they may be counted worthy of the holy mysteries and of abiding with the saints.

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer that the catechumens may be forgiven and admitted to the mysteries.

Topics: Prayer, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.7 (Funk 1:478–480; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.6.8Funk 1:480

ἐγείρεσθε, οἱ κατηχούμενοι· τὴν εἰρήνην τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ αἰτήσασθε, εἰρηνικὴν τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ ἀναμάρτητον καὶ πάντα τὸν χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς ὑμῶν, χριστιανὰ ὑμῶν τὰ τέλη, ἵλεω καὶ εὐμενῆ τὸν θεόν, ἄφεσιν πλημμελημάτων᾽ ἑαυτοὺς τῷ μόνῳ ἀγεννήτῳ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ παράθεσθε. κλίνατε καὶ εὐλογεῖσθε.

egeiresthe, hoi katēchoumenoi; tēn eirēnēn tou theou dia tou Christou autou aitēsasthe, eirēnikēn tēn hēmeran kai anamartēton kai panta ton chronon tēs zōēs hymōn, christiana hymōn ta telē, hileō kai eumenē ton theon, aphesin plēmmelēmatōn᾽ heautous tǭ monǭ agennētǭ theǭ dia tou Christou autou parathesthe. klinate kai eulogeisthe.

Rise, you catechumens; ask for the peace of God through his Christ, a day of peace free from sin, and all the time of your life likewise, Christian ends for you, God gracious and kind, forgiveness of transgressions; commend yourselves to the only unbegotten God through his Christ. Bow down and receive the blessing.”

Notes and citation

Summary: The catechumens rise, pray for peace, and bow for the blessing.

Notes on the original text

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

Topics: Prayer, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.8 (Funk 1:480; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστῳ δὲ τούτων ὧν ὃ διάκονος προσφωνεῖ, ὡς προείπομεν, λεγέτω ὁ λαός· Κύριε ἐλέησον, καὶ πρὸ πάντων τὰ παιδία. κλινόντων δὲ αὐτῶν τὰς κεφαλὰς εὐλογείτω αὐτοὺς ὃ χειροτονηθεὶς ἐπίσκοπος εὐλογίαν τοιάνδεʼ Ὁ θεὸς ὃ παντοχράτωρ, ὃ ἀγέννητος καὶ ἀπρόσιτος, ὃ μόνος ἀληθινὸς θεός, ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ σου, ὃ θεὸς τοῦ παρακλήτου καὶ τῶν ὅλων κύριος, ὃ διὰ Χριστοῦ διδασκάλους τοὺς μαθητὰς ἐπιστήσας πρὸς μάθησιν τῆς εὐσεβείας· αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους σου τοὺς κατηχουμένους τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου, καὶ δὸς αὐτοῖς καρδίαν καινὴν καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸ εἰδέναι σὲ καὶ ποιεῖν τὸ θέλημά σου ἐν καρδίᾳ πλήρει καὶ ψυχῇ θελούσῃ καταξίωσον αὐτοὺς τῆς ἁγίας μυήσεως καὶ ἕνωσον τῇ ἁγίᾳ σου ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ μετόχους ποίησον τῶν θείων μυστηρίων διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τῆς ἐλπίδος ἡμῶν, τοῦ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἀποθανόντος, δι᾿ οὗ σοι δόξα καὶ τὸ σέβας ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ὁ διάκονος λεγέτω: Προέλθετε, οἱ κατηχούμενοι, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

eph᾽ hekastǭ de toutōn hōn ho diakonos prosphōnei, hōs proeipomen, legetō ho laos; Kyrie eleēson, kai pro pantōn ta paidia. klinontōn de autōn tas kephalas eulogeitō autous ho cheirotonētheis episkopos eulogian toiandeʼ Ho theos ho pantochratōr, ho agennētos kai aprositos, ho monos alēthinos theos, ho theos kai patēr tou Christou sou tou monogenous huiou sou, ho theos tou paraklētou kai tōn holōn kyrios, ho dia Christou didaskalous tous mathētas epistēsas pros mathēsin tēs eusebeias; autos kai nyn epide epi tous doulous sou tous katēchoumenous to euangelion tou Christou sou, kai dos autois kardian kainēn kai pneuma euthes enkainison en tois enkatois autōn pros to eidenai se kai poiein to thelēma sou en kardią plērei kai psychę̄ thelousę̄ kataxiōson autous tēs hagias myēseōs kai henōson tę̄ hagią sou ekklēsią kai metochous poiēson tōn theiōn mystēriōn dia Iēsou Christou, tēs elpidos hēmōn, tou hyper autōn apothanontos, di᾿ hou soi doxa kai to sebas en hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas; amēn. kai meta touto ho diakonos legetō: Proelthete, hoi katēchoumenoi, en eirēnę̄.

And at each of the things the deacon proclaims, as we said before, let the people say “Lord, have mercy,” and above all the children. [10] And as they bow their heads, let the bishop who has been ordained bless them with this blessing: [11] “O God almighty, unbegotten and inaccessible, the only true God, the God and Father of your Christ, your only-begotten Son, the God of the Paraclete and Lord of all, who through Christ set the disciples as teachers for the learning of piety: [12] look now also upon your servants who are being instructed in the gospel of your Christ, and give them a new heart, and renew a right spirit within them, so that they may know you and do your will with a full heart and a willing soul. [13] Count them worthy of the holy initiation, and unite them to your holy church, and make them partakers of the divine mysteries, through Jesus Christ, our hope, who died for them, through whom be glory and reverence to you in the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.” [14] And after this let the deacon say, “Go out, you catechumens, in peace.”

Ezek 36:26 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 51:10 (50:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 1:1 (quotation, medium confidence)

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Summary: The people answer “Lord, have mercy”; the bishop blesses the catechumens, and they are dismissed.

The section numbers 10–14 were lost in the OCR; “[10]” etc. mark where each begins.
The Father is called “the God of the Paraclete”: translated as written. Ezek 36:26; Ps 51:10 (50:12 LXX); 2 Macc 1:3; 1 Tim 1:1.

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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: section number removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: section number removed; OCR: section number (10) removed; OCR: section number (11) removed; OCR: section number removed): ός" Κ → ός· Κ; το. κλινόντων → κλινόντων; ἐπίσχκοπος → ἐπίσκοπος; τι. Ὁ θεὸς → Ὁ θεὸς; " 12. αὐτὸς → · αὐτὸς; Gov, → σου,; (δὸς αὐτοῖς xagÓ(av → δὸς αὐτοῖς καρδίαν; ν“ → ν ; ,,(ἐν → ἐν; “" 13. καταξίωσον → καταξίωσον; ἐχκλησίᾳ xci → ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ; » Ἰ → Ἰ; ν“, → ν,; ἀποθάγόντος → ἀποθανόντος; ας" ἀ → ας· ἀ; 14. καὶ → καὶ; oí κατηχούμενοι → οἱ κατηχούμενοι.

Extrabiblical texts: 2 Macc 1:3 (2 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)

Topics: Prayer, Baptism, Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.6.9 (Funk 1:480; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 8, chapter 7

8.7.1Funk 1:480

Καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἐξελθεῖν αὐτοὺς λεγέτω·

Kai meta to exelthein autous legetō;

And after they have gone out, let him say:

Notes and citation

Summary: The prayers for the possessed follow.

Notes on the original text

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

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.1 (Funk 1:480; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.7.2Funk 1:480–482

Εὔξασθε, οἱ ἐνεργούμενοι ὑπὸ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων. ἐκτενῶς πάντες ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ φιλάνθρωπος θεὸς διὰ Χριστοῦ ἐπιτιμήσῃ τοῖς ἀκαθάρτοις καὶ πονηροῖς πνεύμασιν καὶ ῥύσηται τοὺς αὐτοῦ ἱκέτας ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου καταδυναστείας᾽ ὁ ἐπιτιμήσας τῷ λεγεῶνι τῶν δαιμόνων καὶ τῷ ἀρχεκάκῳ διαβόλῳ, ἐπιτιμήσῃ αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν τοῖς ἀποστάταις τῆς εὐσεβείας καὶ ῥύσηται τὰ ἑαυτοῦ πλάσματα ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνεργείας αὐτῶν καὶ καθαρίσῃ αὐτά, ἃ μετὰ πολλῆς σοφίας ἐποίησεν.

Euxasthe, hoi energoumenoi hypo pneumatōn akathartōn. ektenōs pantes hyper autōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho philanthrōpos theos dia Christou epitimēsę̄ tois akathartois kai ponērois pneumasin kai rhysētai tous autou hiketas apo tēs tou allotriou katadynasteias᾽ ho epitimēsas tǭ legeōni tōn daimonōn kai tǭ archekakǭ diabolǭ, epitimēsę̄ autos kai nyn tois apostatais tēs eusebeias kai rhysētai ta heautou plasmata apo tēs energeias autōn kai katharisę̄ auta, ha meta pollēs sophias epoiēsen.

“Pray, you who are troubled by unclean spirits. Let us all earnestly pray for them, that God who loves mankind may through Christ rebuke the unclean and evil spirits and deliver his suppliants from the tyranny of the adversary; may he who rebuked the legion of demons and the devil, the prince of evil, himself now too rebuke the apostates from piety, and deliver his own creatures from their working, and cleanse those whom he made with much wisdom.

Mark 5:9 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: The deacon leads prayer for those troubled by unclean spirits.

Mark 5:9; Luke 8:30.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): καταδυταστείας → καταδυναστείας; ἐπιτιμῆήσας → ἐπιτιμήσας.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.2 (Funk 1:480–482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.7.3Funk 1:482

ἔτι ἐκτενῶς ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν δεηθῶμεν· σῶσον καὶ ἀνάστησον αὐτούς, ὃ θεός, ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου. κλίνατε, οἱ ἐνεργούμενοι, καὶ εὐλογεῖσθε.

eti ektenōs hyper autōn deēthōmen; sōson kai anastēson autous, ho theos, en tę̄ dynamei sou. klinate, hoi energoumenoi, kai eulogeisthe.

Let us still earnestly pray for them: save them and raise them up, O God, by your power. Bow down, you who are troubled, and receive the blessing.”

Notes and citation

Summary: The possessed bow for the blessing.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ν" → ν· ; iv τῇ → ἐν τῇ; oí ἐνεργούμενοι → οἱ ἐνεργούμενοι.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.3 (Funk 1:482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.7.4Funk 1:482

καὶ ὃ ἐπίσκοπος ἐπευχέσθω λέγων·

kai ho episkopos epeuchesthō legōn;

And let the bishop pray over them, saying:

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop's prayer over the possessed is introduced.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἐπίσχοπος → ἐπίσκοπος; ων" → ων·.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.4 (Funk 1:482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.7.5Funk 1:482

Ὁ τὸν ἰσχυρὸν δήσας καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ διαρπάσας, ὃ δοὺς ἡμῖν ἐξουσίαν πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, ὁ τὸν ἀνθρωποκτόνον ὄφιν δεσμώτην παραδοὺς ἡμῖν ὡς στρουθίον παιδίοις, ὃν φρίττει καὶ τρέμει πάντα ἀπὸ προσώπου δυνάμεώς σου, ὃ ῥήξας αὐτὸν ὡς ἀστραπὴν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ εἰς γῆν, οὐ τοπικῷ ῥήγματι, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τιμῆς εἰς ἀτιμίαν δι᾽ ἑκούσιον αὐτοῦ κακόνοιαν.

Ho ton ischyron dēsas kai panta ta skeuē autou diarpasas, ho dous hēmin exousian patein epanō opheōn kai skorpiōn kai epi pasan tēn dynamin tou echthrou, ho ton anthrōpoktonon ophin desmōtēn paradous hēmin hōs strouthion paidiois, hon phrittei kai tremei panta apo prosōpou dynameōs sou, ho rhēxas auton hōs astrapēn ex ouranou eis gēn, ou topikǭ rhēgmati, alla apo timēs eis atimian di᾽ hekousion autou kakonoian.

“You who bound the strong man and plundered all his goods; who gave us authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy; who handed over to us the man-slaying serpent bound, like a sparrow to children; at whom all things shudder and tremble before the face of your power; who cast him down like lightning from heaven to earth, not by a fall in place but from honor to dishonor, because of his willful ill will;

Matt 12:29 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 10:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 41:5 (40:29 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 10:18 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The prayer recalls Christ's victory over the devil.

The prayer is addressed to the Son (see 8.7.8). Matt 12:29; Luke 10:19; Job 41:5 (40:29 LXX); Pr Man 4; Luke 10:18.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,O τὸν → Ὁ τὸν; πώντα → πάντα; σχεύη → σκεύη; ὄφεων» → ὄφεων; σχορπίων → σκορπίων; ῦ“, → ῦ,; ἀνθρωποχτόνον → ἀνθρωποκτόνον; »Oc στρουθίον → ὡς στρουθίον; προσπου δυνάμεα᾽ς → προσώπου δυνάμεώς; υ“, → υ,; ,ὡ → ὡ; ῦ“ → ῦ ; ὁ ἑκούσιον αὐτοῦ καχόνοιαν → δι᾽ ἑκούσιον αὐτοῦ κακόνοιαν.

Extrabiblical texts: Pr Man 4 (Prayer of Manasseh [in EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Topics: Prayer, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.5 (Funk 1:482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.7.6Funk 1:482

οὗ τὸ βλέμμα ξηραίνει ἀβύσσους καὶ ἡ ἀπειλὴ τήκει ὄρη καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ὃν αἰνεῖ τὰ νήπια καὶ εὐλογεῖ τὰ θηλάζοντα, ὃν ὑμνοῦσιν καὶ προσκυνοῦσιν ἄγγελοι·

hou to blemma xērainei abyssous kai hē apeilē tēkei orē kai hē alētheia menei eis ton aiōna, hon ainei ta nēpia kai eulogei ta thēlazonta, hon hymnousin kai proskynousin angeloi;

whose look dries up the abysses, and whose threat melts mountains, and whose “truth remains forever”; whom infants praise and sucklings bless; whom angels hymn and worship;

Ps 117:2 (116:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 8:2 (8:3 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 21:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Christ's power is praised.

Ps 117:2 (116:2 LXX); Ps 8:2 (8:3 LXX); Matt 21:16.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,,ἡ → ἡ; α“, → α,; rà θηλάζοντα → τὰ θηλάζοντα; προσχυνοῦσιν → προσκυνοῦσιν; οι" → οι·.

Topics: Prayer, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.6 (Funk 1:482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.7.7Funk 1:482

Ὁ ἐπιβλέπων ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ ποιῶν αὐτὴν τρέμειν, ὃ ἁπτόμενος τῶν ὀρέων καὶ καπνίζονται, ἀπειλῶν θαλάσσῃ καὶ ξηραίνων αὐτὴν καὶ πάντας τοὺς ποταμοὺς αὐτῆς ἐξερημῶν, οὗ νεφέλαι κονιορτὸς τῶν ποδῶν, ὃ περιπατῶν ἐπὶ θαλάσσης ὡς ἐπ᾽ ἐδάφους

Ho epiblepōn epi tēn gēn kai poiōn autēn tremein, ho haptomenos tōn oreōn kai kapnizontai, apeilōn thalassę̄ kai xērainōn autēn kai pantas tous potamous autēs exerēmōn, hou nephelai koniortos tōn podōn, ho peripatōn epi thalassēs hōs ep᾽ edaphous

who “looks upon the earth and makes it tremble, who touches the mountains and they smoke; who threatens the sea and dries it up, and makes all its rivers desolate; whose clouds are the dust of his feet; who walks upon the sea as upon solid ground”:

Ps 104:32 (103:32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Nah 1:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Nah 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 9:8 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The Son is praised in the words of the Psalms and Prophets.

Ps 104:32 (103:32 LXX); Nah 1:4, 3; Job 9:8.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: κ read as χ): ,,Ἅὃ → Ὁ; χονιορτὸς → κονιορτὸς; υς“ → υς.

Topics: Prayer, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.7 (Funk 1:482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.7.8Funk 1:482

μονογενῇ θεέ, μεγάλου πατρὸς υἱέ, ἐπιτίμησον τοῖς πονηροῖς πνεύμασιν καὶ ῥῦσαι τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου ἐκ τῆς τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου πνεύματος ἐνεργείας, ὅτι σοὶ δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ σέβας καὶ διὰ σοῦ τῷ σῷ πατρὶ ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.

monogenę̄ thee, megalou patros huie, epitimēson tois ponērois pneumasin kai rhysai ta erga tōn cheirōn sou ek tēs tou allotriou pneumatos energeias, hoti soi doxa, timē kai sebas kai dia sou tǭ sǭ patri en hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas; amēn.

only-begotten God, Son of the great Father, rebuke the evil spirits and deliver “the works of your hands” from the working of the alien spirit; for to you be glory, honor and reverence, and through you to your Father, in the Holy Spirit, forever. Amen.”

Ps 138:8 (137:8 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The Son is asked to rebuke the evil spirits.

Ps 138:8 (137:8 LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ví£ → υἱέ; ,τ → τ; υ“ → υ ; ὁόξα → δόξα; πνεύματε → πνεύματι; ς" → ς· .

Topics: Prayer, Christology, Trinity

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.8 (Funk 1:482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.7.9Funk 1:482

καὶ ὁ διάκονος λεγέτωʼ Προέλθετε, οἱ ἐνεργούμενοι.

kai ho diakonos legetōʼ Proelthete, hoi energoumenoi.

And let the deacon say, “Go out, you who are troubled.”

Notes and citation

Summary: The possessed are dismissed.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.7.9 (Funk 1:482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-7-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 8, chapter 8

8.8.1Funk 1:482

Καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτοὺς προσφωνείτω:

Kai met᾽ autous prosphōneitō:

And after them let him proclaim:

Notes and citation

Summary: The prayers for candidates for baptism follow.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.8.1 (Funk 1:482; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.8.2Funk 1:482–484

Εὔξασθε, οἱ φωτιζόμενοι. ἐκτενῶς οἱ πιστοὶ πάντες ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν παρακαλέσωμεν, ὅπως ὁ κύριος καταξιώσῃ αὐτούς, μυηθέντας εἰς τὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ θάνατον, συναναστῆναι αὐτῷ καὶ μετόχους γενέσθαι τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ καὶ κοινωνοὺς τῶν μυστηρίων αὐτοῦ, ἑνώσῃ καὶ συγκαταλέξῃ αὐτοὺς μετὰ τῶν σωζομένων ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίᾳ.

Euxasthe, hoi phōtizomenoi. ektenōs hoi pistoi pantes hyper autōn parakalesōmen, hopōs ho kyrios kataxiōsę̄ autous, myēthentas eis ton tou Christou thanaton, synanastēnai autǭ kai metochous genesthai tēs basileias autou kai koinōnous tōn mystēriōn autou, henōsę̄ kai synkatalexę̄ autous meta tōn sōzomenōn en tę̄ hagią autou ekklēsią.

“Pray, you who are to be enlightened. Let all of us the faithful earnestly beseech for them, that the Lord may count them worthy, when they have been initiated into the death of Christ, to rise with him and become partakers of his kingdom and sharers in his mysteries; may he unite and enroll them with those who are being saved in his holy church.

Notes and citation

Summary: The faithful pray for the candidates for baptism.

“Those who are to be enlightened” (φωτιζόμενοι) are the candidates for baptism.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Εὔἴξασθε, οἱ φοτιζόμενοι → Εὔξασθε, οἱ φωτιζόμενοι.

Topics: Prayer, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.8.2 (Funk 1:482–484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.8.3Funk 1:484

ἔτι ἐκτενῶς ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν δεηθῶμεν· σῶσον καὶ ἀνάστησον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

eti ektenōs hyper autōn deēthōmen; sōson kai anastēson autous en tę̄ sę̄ chariti.

Let us still earnestly pray for them: save them and raise them up by your grace.”

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer for the candidates continues.

Notes on the original text

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

Topics: Prayer, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.8.3 (Funk 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.8.4Funk 1:484

κατασφραγισάμενοι τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ, κλίναντες εὐλογείσθωσαν παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου τήνδε τὴν εὐλογίαν·

katasphragisamenoi tǭ theǭ dia tou Christou autou, klinantes eulogeisthōsan para tou episkopou tēnde tēn eulogian;

Having sealed themselves to God through his Christ, let them bow and receive from the bishop this blessing:

Notes and citation

Summary: The candidates bow for the bishop's blessing.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): τῆνδε → τήνδε; αν" → αν·.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.8.4 (Funk 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.8.5Funk 1:484

Ὁ προειπὼν διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου προφητῶν τοῖς μυομένοις᾽ Λούσασθε, καθαροὶ γένεσθε, καὶ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ νομοθετήσας τὴν πνευματικὴν ἀναγέννησιν αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τοὺς βαπτιζομένους καὶ εὐλόγησον αὐτοὺς καὶ ἁγίασον, καὶ παρασκεύασον ἀξίους γενέσθαι τῆς πνευματικῆς σου δωρεᾶς καὶ τῆς ἀληθινῆς σου υἱοθεσίας, τῶν πνευματικῶν σου μυστηρίων, τῆς μετὰ τῶν σωζομένων ἐπισυναγωγῆς διὰ Χριστοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, διʼ οὗ σοι δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ σέβας ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.

Ho proeipōn dia tōn hagiōn sou prophētōn tois myomenois᾽ Lousasthe, katharoi genesthe, kai dia tou Christou nomothetēsas tēn pneumatikēn anagennēsin autos kai nyn epide epi tous baptizomenous kai eulogēson autous kai hagiason, kai paraskeuason axious genesthai tēs pneumatikēs sou dōreas kai tēs alēthinēs sou huiothesias, tōn pneumatikōn sou mystēriōn, tēs meta tōn sōzomenōn episynagōgēs dia Christou tou sōtēros hēmōn, diʼ hou soi doxa, timē kai sebas en hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas; amēn.

“You who proclaimed beforehand through your holy prophets to those being initiated, ‘Wash yourselves, become clean,’ and through Christ gave the law of the spiritual regeneration: look now too upon those being baptized, and bless and sanctify them, and prepare them to become worthy of your spiritual gift and of your true adoption, of your spiritual mysteries, of the gathering together with those who are being saved, through Christ our Savior, through whom be glory, honor and reverence to you in the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.”

Isa 1:16 (quotation, high confidence) · John 3:5 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop asks God to sanctify and prepare those about to be baptized.

Isa 1:16; John 3:5.

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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): ,,Μούσασθε → Λούσασθε; ε“, → ε,; Gvayérvgou αὑτὸς → ἀναγέννησιν αὐτὸς; iv ἁγίῳ → ἐν ἁγίῳ; ς" → ς· .

Topics: Prayer, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.8.5 (Funk 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.8.6Funk 1:484

καὶ λεγέτω ὁ διάκονος· Προέλθετε, οἱ φωτιζόμενοι.

kai legetō ho diakonos; Proelthete, hoi phōtizomenoi.

And let the deacon say, “Go out, you who are to be enlightened.”

Notes and citation

Summary: The candidates are dismissed.

Notes on the original text

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

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.8.6 (Funk 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-8-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 8, chapter 9

8.9.1Funk 1:484

Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο κηρυττέτω.

Kai meta touto kēryttetō.

And after this let him proclaim:

Notes and citation

Summary: The prayers for the penitents follow.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.1 (Funk 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.9.2Funk 1:484

Εὔξασθε, οἱ ἐν μετανοίᾳ. ἐκτενῶς πάντες ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν μετανοίᾳ ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν παρακαλέσωμεν, ὅπως ὃ φιλοικτίρμων θεὸς ὑποδείξῃ αὐτοῖς ὁδὸν μετανοίας, προσδέξηται αὐτῶν τὴν παλινῳδίαν καὶ τὴν ἐξομολόγησιν, καὶ συντρίψῃ τὸν σατανᾶν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν ἐν τάχει καὶ λυτρώσηται αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς παγίδος τοῦ διαβόλου καὶ τῆς ἐπηρείας τῶν δαιμόνων, καὶ ἐξέληται αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀθεμίτου λόγου καὶ πάσης ἀτόπου πράξεως καὶ πονηρᾶς ἐννοίας·

Euxasthe, hoi en metanoią. ektenōs pantes hyper tōn en metanoią adelphōn hēmōn parakalesōmen, hopōs ho philoiktirmōn theos hypodeixę̄ autois hodon metanoias, prosdexētai autōn tēn palinǭdian kai tēn exomologēsin, kai syntripsę̄ ton satanan hypo tous podas autōn en tachei kai lytrōsētai autous apo tēs pagidos tou diabolou kai tēs epēreias tōn daimonōn, kai exelētai autous apo pantos athemitou logou kai pasēs atopou praxeōs kai ponēras ennoias;

“Pray, you who are in penance. Let us all earnestly beseech for our brothers who are in penance, that God who loves compassion may show them the way of repentance, accept their recantation and confession, and crush Satan under their feet quickly, and redeem them from the snare of the devil and the abuse of the demons, and rescue them from every unlawful word and every improper deed and evil thought;

Rom 16:20 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 2:26 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The deacon leads prayer for the penitents.

“In penance” renders ἐν μετανοίᾳ, here the church's discipline for those excluded from communion. Rom 16:20; 2 Tim 2:26.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): μεταroig → μετανοίᾳ; iv μετανοίᾳ → ἐν μετανοίᾳ; οσυντρίψῃ → συντρίψῃ; ι“ → ι ; ἀπὸ, τῆς → ἀπὸ τῆς; υ“ → υ ; ἐθεμίτου → ἀθεμίτου; ας" → ας·.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.2 (Funk 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.9.3Funk 1:484–486

συγχωρήσῃ δὲ αὐτοῖς πάντα τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν τά τε ἑκούσια καὶ τὰ ἀκούσια καὶ ἐξαλείψῃ τὸ κατ᾽ αὐτῶν χειρόγραφον καὶ ἐγγράψηται αὐτοὺς ἐν βίβλῳ ζωῆς, καθάρῃ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος καὶ ἑνώσῃ αὐτοὺς ἀποκαταστήσας εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν αὐτοῦ ποίμνην᾽

synchōrēsę̄ de autois panta ta paraptōmata autōn ta te hekousia kai ta akousia kai exaleipsę̄ to kat᾽ autōn cheirographon kai engrapsētai autous en biblǭ zōēs, katharę̄ de autous apo pantos molysmou sarkos kai pneumatos kai henōsę̄ autous apokatastēsas eis tēn hagian autou poimnēn᾽

and forgive them all their transgressions, both voluntary and involuntary, and “blot out the handwriting against them,” and “write them in the book of life,” and “cleanse them from all defilement of flesh and spirit,” and unite them, restoring them to his holy flock;

Col 2:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 4:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 7:1 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer that the penitents be forgiven and restored.

Col 2:14; Phil 4:3; 2 Cor 7:1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ὁὲ → δὲ ; α καὶ, ἐ → α καὶ ἐ; “ καὶ, → καὶ; αὐτοὶ: € → αὐτοὺς; ς“ → ς .

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.3 (Funk 1:484–486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.9.4Funk 1:486

ὅτι αὐτὸς γινώσκει τὸ πλάσμα ἡμῶν, ὅτι τίς καυχήσεται ἁγνὴν ἔχειν καρδίαν, ἢ τίς παρρησιάσεται καθαρὸς εἶναι ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας; πάντες γάρ ἐσμεν ἐν ἐπιτιμίοις.

hoti autos ginōskei to plasma hēmōn, hoti tis kauchēsetai hagnēn echein kardian, ē tis parrēsiasetai katharos einai apo hamartias? pantes gar esmen en epitimiois.

for “he knows our frame”; for “who will boast of having a pure heart, or who will be bold to say that he is clean from sin? For” we “all” are liable to penalties.

Ps 103:14 (102:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 20:9 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: No one is free from sin.

Ps 103:14 (102:14 LXX); Prov 20:9 (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): οὕτι αὐτὸς → ὅτι αὐτὸς; “, ὅτι, → , ὅτι; ς“ → ς ; oue» → ἐσμεν; ς“. → ς..

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.4 (Funk 1:486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.9.5Funk 1:486

ἔτι ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἐκτενέστερον δεηθῶμεν, ὅτι χαρὰ γίνεται ἐν οὐρανῷ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι, ὅπως ἀποστραφέντες πᾶν ἔργον ἀθέμιτον προσοικειωθῶσιν πάσῃ πράξει ἀγαθῇ, ἵνα ὃ φιλάνθρωπος θεὸς ᾗ τάχος εὐμενῶς προσδεξάμενος αὐτῶν τὰς λιτάς, ἀποκαταστήσῃ αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν προτέραν ἀξίαν καὶ ἀποδώσῃ αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικοῦ στηρίξῃ αὐτούς, ἵνα μηκέτι σαλευθῶσιν τὰ διαβήματα αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ καταξιωθῶσιν κοινωνοὶ γενέσθαι τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ ἱερῶν καὶ μέτοχοι τῶν θείων μυστηρίων, ἵνα ἄξιοι ἀποφανθέντες τῆς υἱοθεσίας τύχωσιν τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς.

eti hyper autōn ektenesteron deēthōmen, hoti chara ginetai en ouranǭ epi heni hamartōlǭ metanoounti, hopōs apostraphentes pan ergon athemiton prosoikeiōthōsin pasę̄ praxei agathę̄, hina ho philanthrōpos theos hę̄ tachos eumenōs prosdexamenos autōn tas litas, apokatastēsę̄ autous eis tēn proteran axian kai apodōsę̄ autois tēn agalliasin tou sōtēriou kai pneumati hēgemonikou stērixę̄ autous, hina mēketi saleuthōsin ta diabēmata autōn, alla kataxiōthōsin koinōnoi genesthai tōn hagiōn autou hierōn kai metochoi tōn theiōn mystēriōn, hina axioi apophanthentes tēs huiothesias tychōsin tēs aiōniou zōēs.

Let us pray for them still more earnestly, because “there is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents,” that, turning away from every unlawful work, they may be joined to every good deed, so that God who loves mankind, receiving their supplications graciously and with all speed, may restore them to their former rank and “give back to them the joy of salvation and establish them with a guiding spirit,” so that “their steps may no longer be shaken,” but they may be counted worthy to become sharers in his holy rites and partakers of the divine mysteries, so that, shown worthy of the adoption, they may obtain eternal life.

Luke 15:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 51:12 (50:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 17:5 (16:5 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer that the penitents may be restored to communion and eternal life.

Luke 15:7; Ps 51:12 (50:14 LXX); Ps 17:5 (16:5 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): ,ὅτι → ὅτι; μεταγοοῦντι“, ὅπω: → μετανοοῦντι, ὅπως; προσοιχειοθῶσιν → προσοικειωθῶσιν; ἀγαθῆῇ → ἀγαθῇ; ἣ τάχος → ᾗ τάχος; ἀποχαταστήσῃ → ἀποκαταστήσῃ; ,,ἀ → ἀ; σαλευθῦσιν → σαλευθῶσιν; ν“, → ν,; καταξιωθῦσιν → καταξιωθῶσιν; μυστηolov → μυστηρίων.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.5 (Funk 1:486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.9.6Funk 1:486

ἔτι ἐκτενῶς πάντες ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν εἴπωμεν᾽ κύριε ἐλέησον· σῶσον αὐτούς, ὁ θεός, καὶ ἀνάστησον τῷ ἐλέει σου. ἀναστάντες τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ κλίνατε καὶ εὐλογεῖσθε.

eti ektenōs pantes hyper autōn eipōmen᾽ kyrie eleēson; sōson autous, ho theos, kai anastēson tǭ eleei sou. anastantes tǭ theǭ dia tou Christou autou klinate kai eulogeisthe.

Let us all still earnestly say for them: Lord, have mercy. Save them, O God, and raise them up by your mercy. Rise up to God through his Christ; bow down and receive the blessing.”

Notes and citation

Summary: The penitents bow for the blessing.

Notes on the original text

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

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.6 (Funk 1:486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.9.7Funk 1:486

ἐπευχέσθω οὖν ὁ ἐπίσκοπος τοιάδε·

epeuchesthō oun ho episkopos toiade;

Let the bishop, then, pray thus:

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop's prayer for the penitents is introduced.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπεὐχέσθω → ἐπευχέσθω; τοιάδε: → τοιάδε·.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.7 (Funk 1:486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.9.8Funk 1:486

Παντοκράτορ θεὲ αἰώνιε, δέσποτα τῶν ὅλων, κτίστα καὶ πρύτανι τῶν πάντων, ὁ τὸν ἄνθρωπον κόσμου κόσμον ἀναδείξας διὰ Χριστοῦ καὶ νόμον δοὺς αὐτῷ ἔμφυτον καὶ γραπτὸν πρὸς τὸ ζῆν αὐτὸν ἐνθέσμως ὡς λογικόν, καὶ ἁμαρτόντι ὑποθήκην δοὺς πρὸς μετάνοιαν τὴν σαυτοῦ ἀγαθότητα᾽ ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τοὺς κεκλικότας σοι αὐχένα ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος, ὅτι οὐ βούλει τὸν θάνατον τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὴν μετάνοιαν, ὥστε ἀποστρέψαι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς καὶ ζῆν.

Pantokrator thee aiōnie, despota tōn holōn, ktista kai prytani tōn pantōn, ho ton anthrōpon kosmou kosmon anadeixas dia Christou kai nomon dous autǭ emphyton kai grapton pros to zēn auton enthesmōs hōs logikon, kai hamartonti hypothēkēn dous pros metanoian tēn sautou agathotēta᾽ epide epi tous keklikotas soi auchena psychēs kai sōmatos, hoti ou boulei ton thanaton tou hamartōlou, alla tēn metanoian, hōste apostrepsai auton apo tēs hodou autou tēs ponēras kai zēn.

“Almighty, eternal God, Master of all, Creator and Governor of all things, who through Christ showed forth man as the ornament of the world, and gave him a law both innate and written, so that he might live lawfully as a rational being, and when he sinned gave him your own goodness as a pledge for repentance: look upon those who have bowed to you the neck of soul and body, because ‘you do not desire the death of the sinner, but his repentance, so that he may turn from his evil way and live.’

Ezek 33:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:23 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop prays to God, who wills the sinner's repentance.

Ezek 18:23; 33:11.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ἐνθέσμω: → ἐνθέσμως; ὑποθήχην → ὑποθήκην; κεχλικότας → κεκλικότας; xal → καὶ; ,,.οὐ → οὐ; 0000 → ὁδοῦ; ν“. → ν..

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.8 (Funk 1:486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.9.9Funk 1:486–488

ὃ Νινευιτῶν προσδεξάμενος τὴν μετάνοιαν, ὁ θέλων πάντας ἀνθρώπους σωθῆναι καὶ εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν, ὃ τὸν υἱὸν προσδεξάμενος τὸν καταφαγόντα τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ ἀσώτως πατρικοῖς σπλάγχνοις διὰ τὴν μετάνοιαν, αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν πρόσδεξαι τῶν ἱκετῶν σου τὴν μετάγνωσιν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν, ὃς οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεταί σοι· ἐὰν γὰρ ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃ, κύριε, κύριε, τίς ὑποστήσεται; ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ὃ ἱλασμός ἐστιν.

ho Nineuitōn prosdexamenos tēn metanoian, ho thelōn pantas anthrōpous sōthēnai kai eis epignōsin alētheias elthein, ho ton huion prosdexamenos ton kataphagonta ton bion autou asōtōs patrikois splanchnois dia tēn metanoian, autos kai nyn prosdexai tōn hiketōn sou tēn metagnōsin, hoti ouk estin, hos ouch hamartēsetai soi; ean gar anomias paratērēsę̄, kyrie, kyrie, tis hypostēsetai? hoti para soi ho hilasmos estin.

You who accepted the repentance of the Ninevites, who wish all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth, who received with fatherly compassion, because of his repentance, the son who had devoured his living in prodigal living: receive now too the change of mind of your suppliants; for there is no one who will not sin against you; for ‘if you, Lord, mark iniquities, O Lord, who will stand? For with you is propitiation.’

Jonah 3:10 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 2:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 15:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 15:20 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Kgs 8:46 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 130:3–4 (129:3-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God, who forgave Nineveh and the prodigal son, is asked to receive the penitents.

Jonah 3:10; 1 Tim 2:4; Luke 15:13, 20; 1 Kgs 8:46; Ps 130:3–4 (129:3–4 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): οὐ θέλων → ὁ θέλων; ς“ → ς ; Gov ἐὰν“ yàg ,,(ἀνομίας → σοι· ἐὰν γὰρ ἀνομίας; ν“. → ν..

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.9 (Funk 1:486–488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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καὶ ἀποκατάστησον αὐτοὺς τῇ ἁγίᾳ σου ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐν τῇ προτέρᾳ ἀξίᾳ καὶ τιμῇ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, διʼ οὗ σοι δόξα καὶ προσκύνησις ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. καὶ ὁ διάκονος λεγέτω· Ἀπολύεσθε, οἱ ἐν μετανοίᾳ.

kai apokatastēson autous tę̄ hagią sou ekklēsią en tę̄ proterą axią kai timę̄ dia tou Christou, tou theou kai sōtēros hēmōn, diʼ hou soi doxa kai proskynēsis en hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas; amēn. kai ho diakonos legetō; Apolyesthe, hoi en metanoią.

And restore them to your holy church in their former rank and honor, through Christ, our God and Savior, through whom be glory and worship to you in the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.” [11] And let the deacon say, “Be dismissed, you who are in penance.”

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Summary: The penitents are blessed and dismissed.

The section number 11 was lost in the OCR; “[11]” marks where it begins.

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Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.9.10 (Funk 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-9-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 8, chapter 10

8.10.1Funk 1:488

Καὶ προστιθέτω·

Kai prostithetō;

And let him add:

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Summary: The prayers of the faithful follow.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.1 (Funk 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Μήτις τῶν μὴ δυναμένων προσελθέτω. ὅσοι πιστοί, κλίνωμεν γόνυ· δεηθῶμεν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ, πάντες συντόνως τὸν θεὸν διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ παρακαλέσωμεν.

Mētis tōn mē dynamenōn proselthetō. hosoi pistoi, klinōmen gony; deēthōmen tou theou dia tou Christou autou, pantes syntonōs ton theon dia tou Christou autou parakalesōmen.

“Let none of those who may not, come forward. As many as are faithful, let us bend the knee; let us pray to God through his Christ; let us all intently beseech God through his Christ.

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Summary: The faithful kneel for the great intercession.

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Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.2 (Funk 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης καὶ τῆς εὐσταθείας τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τῶν ἁγίων ἐκκλησιῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ τῶν ὅλων θεὸς ἀΐδιον καὶ ἀναφαίρετον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ εἰρήνην ἡμῖν παράσχοιτο, ἵνα ἐν πληροφορίᾳ τῆς κατ᾽ εὐσέβειαν ἀρετῆς διατελοῦντας ἡμᾶς συντηρήσῃ.

hyper tēs eirēnēs kai tēs eustatheias tou kosmou kai tōn hagiōn ekklēsiōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho tōn holōn theos aïdion kai anaphaireton tēn heautou eirēnēn hēmin paraschoito, hina en plērophorią tēs kat᾽ eusebeian aretēs diatelountas hēmas syntērēsę̄.

For the peace and stability of the world and of the holy churches let us pray, that the God of all may grant us his everlasting peace that cannot be taken away, so that he may keep us persevering in the fullness of the virtue that accords with piety.

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Summary: Prayer for the peace of the world and the churches.

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Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.3 (Funk 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁγίας καθολικῆς καὶ ἀποστολικῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἀπὸ περάτων ἕως περάτων δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος ἄσειστον αὐτὴν καὶ ἀκλυδώνιστον διαφυλάξῃ καὶ διατηρήσῃ μέχρι τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος τεθεμελιωμένην ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.

hyper tēs hagias katholikēs kai apostolikēs ekklēsias tēs apo peratōn heōs peratōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios aseiston autēn kai aklydōniston diaphylaxę̄ kai diatērēsę̄ mechri tēs synteleias tou aiōnos tethemeliōmenēn epi tēn petran.

For the holy catholic and apostolic church from one end of the earth to the other let us pray, that the Lord may preserve and keep it unshaken and free from storms “until the consummation of the age,” “founded upon the rock.”

Matt 28:20 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 16:18 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 7:25 (quotation, medium confidence)

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Summary: Prayer for the catholic church throughout the world.

Matt 28:20; 16:18; 7:25.

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Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.4 (Funk 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐνθάδε ἁγίας παροικίας δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως καταξιώσῃ ἡμᾶς ὃ τῶν ὅλων κύριος ἀνενδότως τὴν ἐπουράνιον αὐτοῦ ἐλπίδα μεταδιώκειν καὶ ἀδιάλειπτον αὐτῷ τῆς δεήσεως ἀποδιδόναι τὴν ὀφειλήν.

kai hyper tēs enthade hagias paroikias deēthōmen, hopōs kataxiōsę̄ hēmas ho tōn holōn kyrios anendotōs tēn epouranion autou elpida metadiōkein kai adialeipton autǭ tēs deēseōs apodidonai tēn opheilēn.

And for the holy community here let us pray, that the Lord of all may count us worthy to pursue his heavenly hope without slackening and to pay him without ceasing the debt of prayer.

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer for the local congregation.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.5 (Funk 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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ὑπὲρ πάσης ἐπισκοπῆς τῆς ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τῶν ὀρθοτομούντων τὸν λόγον τῆς σῆς ἀληθείας δεηθῶμεν.

hyper pasēs episkopēs tēs hypo ton ouranon tōn orthotomountōn ton logon tēs sēs alētheias deēthōmen.

For every episcopate under heaven of those who “rightly divide the word of your truth” let us pray.

2 Tim 2:15 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer for all orthodox bishops.

2 Tim 2:15.

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Topics: Prayer, Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.6 (Funk 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.10.7Funk 1:488–490

καὶ ὑπέρ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ὑμῶν Ἰακώβου καὶ τῶν παροικιῶν αὐτοῦ δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἡμῶν Κλήμεντος καὶ τῶν παροικιῶν αὐτοῦ δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἡμῶν Εὐοδίου καὶ τῶν παροικιῶν αὐτοῦ δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἡμῶν Ἀννιανοῦ καὶ τῶν παροικιῶν αὐτοῦ δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ οἰκτίρμων θεὸς χαρίσηται αὐτοὺς ταῖς ἁγίαις αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίαις σώους, ἐντίμους, μακροημερεύοντας, καὶ τίμιον αὐτοῖς τὸ γῆρας παράσχηται ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ. καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἡμῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος ῥύσηται αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀτόπου καὶ πονηροῦ πράγματος καὶ σῶον καὶ ἔντιμον τὸ πρεσβυτέριον αὐτοῖς παράσχοι.

kai hyper tou episkopou hymōn Iakōbou kai tōn paroikiōn autou deēthōmen, hyper tou episkopou hēmōn Klēmentos kai tōn paroikiōn autou deēthōmen, hyper tou episkopou hēmōn Euodiou kai tōn paroikiōn autou deēthōmen, hyper tou episkopou hēmōn Annianou kai tōn paroikiōn autou deēthōmen, hopōs ho oiktirmōn theos charisētai autous tais hagiais autou ekklēsiais sōous, entimous, makroēmereuontas, kai timion autois to gēras paraschētai en eusebeią kai dikaiosynę̄. kai hyper tōn presbyterōn hēmōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios rhysētai autous apo pantos atopou kai ponērou pragmatos kai sōon kai entimon to presbyterion autois paraschoi.

And for your bishop James and his communities let us pray; for our bishop Clement and his communities let us pray; for our bishop Euodius and his communities let us pray; for our bishop Annianus and his communities let us pray; that the compassionate God may grant them to his holy churches safe, honored, living long, and give them “an honorable old age” in piety and righteousness. [8] And for our presbyters let us pray, that the Lord may deliver them from every improper and evil deed and grant them a sound and honored presbyterate.

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer for the bishops of Jerusalem, Rome, Antioch and Alexandria, and for the presbyters.

The section number 8 was lost in the OCR; “[8]” marks where it begins. Wis 4:8.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: section number (8) removed; OCR: stray marks; ἐκκλησίαις σώους): ᾿ἀννιανοῦ → Ἀννιανοῦ; δεηθῶῦμεν → δεηθῶμεν; 1ὅ ἐχκλησίαις 0030v- → ἐκκλησίαις σώους; μαχροημερεύοντας → μακροημερεύοντας; ,ríutov" → τίμιον; »τ → τ; ς“ → ς ; ὃ. καὶ → καὶ; δύσηται → ῥύσηται.

Extrabiblical texts: Wis 4:8 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Topics: Prayer, Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.7 (Funk 1:488–490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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ὑπὲρ πάσης τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ διακονίας καὶ ὑπηρεσίας δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος ἄμεμπτον αὐτοῖς τὴν διακονίαν παράσχηται. ὑπὲρ ἀναγνωστῶν, ψαλτῶν, παρθένων, χηρῶν τε καὶ ὀρφανῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν συζυγίαις καὶ τεκνογονίαις δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος τοὺς πάντας αὐτοὺς ἐλεήσῃ.

hyper pasēs tēs en Christǭ diakonias kai hypēresias deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios amempton autois tēn diakonian paraschētai. hyper anagnōstōn, psaltōn, parthenōn, chērōn te kai orphanōn deēthōmen, hyper tōn en syzygiais kai teknogoniais deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios tous pantas autous eleēsę̄.

For the whole diaconate and ministry in Christ let us pray, that the Lord may grant them a blameless ministry. [10] For readers, singers, virgins, widows and orphans let us pray; for those in marriage and in childbearing let us pray, that the Lord may have mercy on them all.

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer for deacons, lower clergy, virgins, widows, orphans and married people.

The section number 10 was lost in the OCR; “[10]” marks where it begins.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: section number (10) removed): διαχονίαν → διακονίαν; το. ὑπὲρ → ὑπὲρ.

Topics: Prayer, Church office, Marriage

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.9 (Funk 1:490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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ὑπὲρ εὐνούχων ὁσίως πορευομένων δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν ἐγκρατείᾳ καὶ εὐλαβείᾳ δεηθῶμεν.

hyper eunouchōn hosiōs poreuomenōn deēthōmen, hyper tōn en enkrateią kai eulabeią deēthōmen.

For eunuchs who walk in holiness let us pray; for those who live in continence and piety let us pray.

Matt 19:12 (echo, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Prayer for eunuchs and the continent.

Cf. Matt 19:12.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.11 (Funk 1:490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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ὑπὲρ τῶν καρποφορούντων ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ ποιούντων τοῖς πένησιν τὰς ἐλεημοσύνας δεηθῶμεν, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν τὰς θυσίας καὶ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς προσφερόντων κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ πανάγαθος θεὸς ἀμείψηται αὐτοὺς ταῖς ἐπουρανίαις αὐτοῦ δωρεαῖς καὶ δῷ αὐτοῖς ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἑκατονταπλασίονα καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ χαρίσηται αὐτοῖς ἀντὶ τῶν προσκαίρων τὰ αἰώνια, ἀντὶ τῶν ἐπιγείων τὰ ἐπουράνια. ὑπὲρ τῶν νεοφωτίστων ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος στηρίξῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ βεβαιώσῃ.

hyper tōn karpophorountōn en tę̄ hagią ekklēsią kai poiountōn tois penēsin tas eleēmosynas deēthōmen, kai hyper tōn tas thysias kai tas aparchas prospherontōn kyriǭ tǭ theǭ hēmōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho panagathos theos ameipsētai autous tais epouraniais autou dōreais kai dǭ autois en tǭ paronti hekatontaplasiona kai en tǭ mellonti zōēn aiōnion, kai charisētai autois anti tōn proskairōn ta aiōnia, anti tōn epigeiōn ta epourania. hyper tōn neophōtistōn adelphōn hēmōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios stērixę̄ autous kai bebaiōsę̄.

For those who bear fruit in the holy church and give alms to the poor let us pray; and for those who offer sacrifices and firstfruits to the Lord our God let us pray, that God who is all good may repay them with his heavenly gifts, and give them a hundredfold in the present time and in the age to come eternal life, and grant them the eternal instead of the temporal, the heavenly instead of the earthly. [13] For our newly enlightened brothers let us pray, that the Lord may strengthen and confirm them.

Mark 10:30 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Prayer for those who give alms and offerings, and for the newly baptized.

The section number 13 was lost in the OCR; “[13]” marks where it begins. Mark 10:30.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: section number removed): καρποφορούγτων → καρποφορούντων; ^13. ὑπὲρ → ὑπὲρ; γνεοφωτίστων → νεοφωτίστων.

Topics: Prayer, Ethics, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.12 (Funk 1:490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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8.10.14Funk 1:490–492

ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν ἀρρωστίᾳ ἐξεταζομένων ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος ῥύσηται αὐτοὺς πάσης νόσου καὶ πάσης μαλακίας καὶ σώους ἀποκαταστήσῃ τῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίᾳ. ὑπὲρ πλεόντων καὶ ὁδοιπορούντων δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν μετάλλοις καὶ ἐξορίαις καὶ φυλακαῖς καὶ δεσμοῖς ὄντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν πικρᾷ δουλείᾳ καταπονουμένων δεηθῶμεν. ὑπὲρ ἐχθρῶν καὶ μισούντων ἡμᾶς δεηθῶμεν, ὑπὲρ τῶν διωκόντων ἡμᾶς διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος πραῦνας τὸν θυμὸν αὐτῶν διασκεδάσῃ τὴν καθʼ ἡμῶν ὀργήν. ὑπὲρ τῶν ἔξω ὄντων καὶ πεπλανημένων δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος αὐτοὺς ἐπιστρέψῃ. τῶν νηπίων τῆς ἐκκλησίας μνημονεύσωμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος τελειώσας αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας ἀγάγοι. ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος διατηρήσῃ ἡμᾶς καὶ φυλάξῃ τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι εἰς τέλος καὶ ῥύσηται ἡμᾶς τοῦ πονηροῦ καὶ πάντων τῶν σκανδάλων τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν καὶ σώσῃ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐπουράνιον. ὑπὲρ πάσης ψυχῆς χριστιανῆς δεηθῶμεν. σῶσον καὶ ἀνάστησον ἡμᾶς, ὃ θεός, τῷ ἐλέει σου. ἐγειρώμεθα· δεηθέντες ἐκτενῶς ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους τῷ ζῶντι θεῷ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ παραθώμεθα.

hyper tōn en arrōstią exetazomenōn adelphōn hēmōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios rhysētai autous pasēs nosou kai pasēs malakias kai sōous apokatastēsę̄ tę̄ hagią autou ekklēsią. hyper pleontōn kai hodoiporountōn deēthōmen, hyper tōn en metallois kai exoriais kai phylakais kai desmois ontōn dia to onoma tou kyriou deēthōmen, hyper tōn en pikrą douleią kataponoumenōn deēthōmen. hyper echthrōn kai misountōn hēmas deēthōmen, hyper tōn diōkontōn hēmas dia to onoma tou kyriou deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios praunas ton thymon autōn diaskedasę̄ tēn kathʼ hēmōn orgēn. hyper tōn exō ontōn kai peplanēmenōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios autous epistrepsę̄. tōn nēpiōn tēs ekklēsias mnēmoneusōmen, hopōs ho kyrios teleiōsas auta en tǭ phobǭ autou eis metron hēlikias agagoi. hyper allēlōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios diatērēsę̄ hēmas kai phylaxę̄ tę̄ autou chariti eis telos kai rhysētai hēmas tou ponērou kai pantōn tōn skandalōn tōn ergazomenōn tēn anomian kai sōsę̄ eis tēn basileian autou tēn epouranion. hyper pasēs psychēs christianēs deēthōmen. sōson kai anastēson hēmas, ho theos, tǭ eleei sou. egeirōmetha; deēthentes ektenōs heautous kai allēlous tǭ zōnti theǭ dia tou Christou autou parathōmetha.

For our brothers who are tried by sickness let us pray, that the Lord may deliver them from “every disease and every sickness” and restore them sound to his holy church. [15] For those who sail and travel let us pray; for those who are in the mines and in exile and in prisons and in bonds for the name of the Lord let us pray; for those worn down in bitter slavery let us pray. [16] For our enemies and those who hate us let us pray; for those who “persecute us for the name of the Lord” let us pray, that the Lord may soften their anger and scatter their wrath against us. [17] For those who are outside and have gone astray let us pray, that the Lord may convert them. [18] Let us remember the infants of the church, that the Lord may perfect them in his fear and bring them “to the measure of maturity.” [19] For one another let us pray, that the Lord may keep and guard us by his grace to the end, and “deliver us from the evil one” and from all the stumbling blocks “of those who work lawlessness,” and save us into his heavenly kingdom. [20] For every Christian soul let us pray. [21] Save us and raise us up, O God, by your mercy. [22] Let us rise; having prayed earnestly, let us commend ourselves and one another to the living God through his Christ.”

Matt 4:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:44 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 4:13 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 6:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 13:41 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The intercession continues for the sick, travelers, prisoners, slaves, enemies, the lapsed, children and one another.

The section numbers 15–22 were lost in the OCR; “[15]” etc. mark where each begins. Matt 4:23; 5:44; Eph 4:13; Matt 6:13; 13:41.

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: section number (15) removed; OCR: section number (16) removed; OCR: section number removed): δύσηται αὐτοὺς, → ῥύσηται αὐτοὺς; ας“ κ → ας κ; ἀποχαταστήσῃ → ἀποκαταστήσῃ; τς. ὑπὲρ → ὑπὲρ; ὁδδοιπορούντων → ὁδοιπορούντων; τό. ὑπὲρ → ὑπὲρ; μισοὺντῶν → μισούντων; ,Ótoxóvrov → διωκόντων; υ“ → υ ; 17. ὑπὲρ → ὑπὲρ; πεπλανημένον → πεπλανημένων; 18. τῶν → τῶν; μνῃμονεύσωμεν → μνημονεύσωμεν; iv τῷ → ἐν τῷ; ,,ε → ε; ας“ ἀ → ας ἀ; 19. ὑπὲρ → ὑπὲρ; διατηρησῃ → διατηρήσῃ; φυλάξ;), → φυλάξῃ; καὶ, ὁύσηται → καὶ ῥύσηται; ῦ“ → ῦ ; σχανδάλων → σκανδάλων; "“ xal σώσῃ → καὶ σώσῃ; 20. ὑπὲρ → ὑπὲρ; 21. σῶσον → σῶσον; 22. ἐγειρώμεθα᾽ → ἐγειρώμεθα·.

Topics: Prayer, Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.10.14 (Funk 1:490–492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/7-49-1/#p-8-10-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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