Apostolic Constitutions 8.11.1–8.20.2
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 8, chapter 11
8.11.1Funk 1:492
Ἐπευχέσθω οὖν ὃ ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ λεγέτω.
Epeuchesthō oun ho archiereus kai legetō.
Let the high priest, then, pray and say:
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop's prayer over the faithful is introduced.
- “The high priest” is the bishop.
Topics: Prayer, Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.1 (Funk 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.2Funk 1:492
Κύριε παντοκράτορ, ὕψιστε ὃ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν, ἅγιε ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενε, ἄναρχε, μόναρχε, ὁ διὰ Χριστοῦ κήρυγμα γνώσεως δοὺς ἡμῖν εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τῆς σῆς δόξης καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματός σου οὗ ἐφανέρωσεν ἡμῖν εἰς κατάληψιν·
Kyrie pantokrator, hypsiste ho en hypsēlois katoikōn, hagie en hagiois anapauomene, anarche, monarche, ho dia Christou kērygma gnōseōs dous hēmin eis epignōsin tēs sēs doxēs kai tou onomatos sou hou ephanerōsen hēmin eis katalēpsin;
“Lord almighty, Most High, who dwell on high, Holy One who rest among the holy, without beginning, sole ruler, who through Christ gave us the preaching of knowledge for the knowledge of your glory and of your name, which he made known to us for our comprehension:
Isa 57:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop addresses God, who revealed his name through Christ.
- Isa 57:15 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: κ read as χ; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): παντοχράτορ, (ὕψιστε → παντοκράτορ, ὕψιστε; ε“, → ε,; ιν" → ιν·.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.2 (Funk 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.3Funk 1:492
αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν ἔπιδε διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ποίμνιόν σου τοῦτο καὶ λύτρωσαι αὐτὸ πάσης ἀγνοίας καὶ πονηρᾶς πράξεως, καὶ δὸς φόβῳ φοβεῖσθαί σε καὶ ἀγάπῃ ἀγαπᾶν σε καὶ στέλλεσθαι ἀπὸ προσώπου δόξης σου·
autos kai nyn epide diʼ autou epi to poimnion sou touto kai lytrōsai auto pasēs agnoias kai ponēras praxeōs, kai dos phobǭ phobeisthai se kai agapę̄ agapan se kai stellesthai apo prosōpou doxēs sou;
look now too through him upon this your flock, and redeem it from all ignorance and evil deed, and grant it to fear you with fear and to love you with love, and to stand in awe before the face of your glory;
Notes and citation
Summary: God is asked to redeem his flock and grant it fear and love of him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ου" → ου·.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.3 (Funk 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.4Funk 1:492
εὐμενὴς αὐτοῖς γενοῦ καὶ ἵλεως καὶ ἐπήκοος ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ φύλαξον αὐτοὺς ἀτρέπτους, ἀμέμπτους, ἀνεγκλήτους, ἵνα ὦσιν ἅγιοι σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ, μὴ ἔχοντες σπῖλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα ὦσιν ἄρτιοι καὶ μηδεὶς ἐν αὐτοῖς ἢ κολοβὸς ἢ ἀτελής.
eumenēs autois genou kai hileōs kai epēkoos en tais proseuchais autōn, kai phylaxon autous atreptous, amemptous, anenklētous, hina ōsin hagioi sōmati kai psychę̄, mē echontes spilon ē rhytida ē ti tōn toioutōn, all᾽ hina ōsin artioi kai mēdeis en autois ē kolobos ē atelēs.
be gracious and merciful to them and attentive to their prayers, and keep them steadfast, blameless, irreproachable, that they may be holy in body and soul, “having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing,” but that they may be complete, and none among them maimed or imperfect.
Eph 5:27 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is asked to keep his people holy and complete.
- Eph 5:27.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ἡ τι → ἤ τι; ν“, → ν,.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.4 (Funk 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.5Funk 1:492
ἀρωγὲ δυνατὲ ἀπροσωπόληπτε, γενοῦ ἀντιλήπτωρ τοῦ λαοῦ σου τούτου, ὃν ἐξελέξω ἐκ μυριάδων, ὃν ἐξηγόρασας τῷ τιμίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου αἵματι, προστάτης, ἐπίκουρος, ταμίας, φύλαξ, τεῖχος ἐρυμνότατον, φραγμὸς ἀσφαλείας, ὅτι ἐκ τῆς σῆς χειρὸς οὐδεὶς ἁρπάσαι δύναται οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔστι θεὸς ὥσπερ σὺ ἕτερος, ὅτι ἐν σοὶ ἡ ὑπομονὴ ἡμῶν.
arōge dynate aprosōpolēpte, genou antilēptōr tou laou sou toutou, hon exelexō ek myriadōn, hon exēgorasas tǭ timiǭ tou Christou sou haimati, prostatēs, epikouros, tamias, phylax, teichos erymnotaton, phragmos asphaleias, hoti ek tēs sēs cheiros oudeis harpasai dynatai oude gar esti theos hōsper sy heteros, hoti en soi hē hypomonē hēmōn.
Mighty helper, who show no partiality, be the protector of this your people, whom you chose from myriads, whom you redeemed with the precious blood of your Christ: protector, helper, steward, guardian, strongest wall, fence of safety; for “no one can snatch from your hand”; for there is no other God like you; for in you is our endurance.
1 Pet 1:19 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 10:28–29 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 39:7 (38:8 LXX) (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is asked to protect the people he redeemed through Christ's blood.
- 1 Pet 1:19; John 10:28–29; Ps 39:7 (38:8 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): ὅτε ,, → ὅτι ; ι“ → ι ; οὗτε ἐν σοὶ 5 ὑπομονὴ → ὅτι ἐν σοὶ ἡ ὑπομονὴ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.5 (Funk 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.6Funk 1:492–494
ἁγίασον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου, ὅτι ὃ λόγος ὁ σὸς ἀλήθειά ἐστιν, ἀπροσχάριστε, ἀπαραλόγιστε· ῥῦσαι αὐτοὺς πάσης νόσου καὶ πάσης μαλακίας, παντὸς παραπτώματος, πάσης ἐπηρείας καὶ ἀπάτης, ἀπὸ φόβου ἐχθροῦ, ἀπὸ βέλους πετομένου ἡμέρας, ἀπὸ πράγματος ἐν σκότει διαπορευομένου καὶ καταξίωσον αὐτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ σου, τῷ υἱῷ σου τῷ μονογενεῖ, τῷ θεῷ καὶ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν, δι᾽ οὗ σοι δόξα καὶ σέβας ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν.
hagiason autous en tę̄ alētheią sou, hoti ho logos ho sos alētheia estin, aproschariste, aparalogiste; rhysai autous pasēs nosou kai pasēs malakias, pantos paraptōmatos, pasēs epēreias kai apatēs, apo phobou echthrou, apo belous petomenou hēmeras, apo pragmatos en skotei diaporeuomenou kai kataxiōson autous tēs aiōniou zōēs tēs en Christǭ sou, tǭ huiǭ sou tǭ monogenei, tǭ theǭ kai sōtēri hēmōn, di᾽ hou soi doxa kai sebas en hagiǭ pneumati nyn kai aei kai eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn; amēn.
Sanctify them in your truth, “for your word is truth,” you who are beyond flattery and beyond deceit; deliver them from “every disease and every sickness,” from every transgression, from all abuse and deceit, from “fear of the enemy, from the arrow that flies by day, from the thing that walks in darkness”; and count them worthy of the eternal life that is in your Christ, your only-begotten Son, our God and Savior, through whom be glory and reverence to you in the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever. Amen.”
John 17:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 4:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 64:1 (63:2 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence) · Ps 91:5–6 (90:5-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop asks that the people be sanctified, protected and brought to eternal life.
- John 17:17; Matt 4:23; Ps 64:1 (63:2 LXX); Ps 91:5–6 (90:5–6 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): tij → τῇ; ν“, → ν,; ε" → ε· ; (πάσης → πάσης; ς“, → ς,; ,φ → φ; υ““ → υ ; ζοῆς → ζωῆς; δὲ οὗ σοι → δι᾽ οὗ σοι; iv ἁγίῳ → ἐν ἁγίῳ; ν" → ν· .
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.6 (Funk 1:492–494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.7Funk 1:494
Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο λεγέτω ὃ διάκονος· Πρόσχωμεν.
Kai meta touto legetō ho diakonos; Proschōmen.
And after this let the deacon say, “Let us attend.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The deacon calls for attention.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς" → ς· .
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.7 (Funk 1:494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.8Funk 1:494
καὶ ἀσπαζέσθω ὃ ἐπίσκοπος τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ λεγέτω· Ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν, καὶ ὃ λαὸς ἀποκρινάσθω· Καὶ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματός σου.
kai aspazesthō ho episkopos tēn ekklēsian kai legetō; Hē eirēnē tou theou meta pantōn hymōn, kai ho laos apokrinasthō; Kai meta tou pneumatos sou.
And let the bishop greet the church and say, “The peace of God be with you all”; and let the people answer, “And with your spirit.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop greets the people with the peace.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " 'H εἰρηνη → · Ἡ εἰρήνη; ἀποχρινάσθω" → ἀποκρινάσθω·.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.8 (Funk 1:494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.9Funk 1:494
καὶ ὃ διάκονος εἰπάτω πᾶσιν· Ἀσπάσασθε ἀλλήλους ἐν φιλήματι ἁγίῳ, καὶ ἀσπαζέσθωσαν οἱ τοῦ κλήρου τὸν ἐπίσκοπον, οἱ λαϊκοὶ ἄνδρες τοὺς λαϊκούς, αἱ γυναῖκες τὰς γυναῖκας.
kai ho diakonos eipatō pasin; Aspasasthe allēlous en philēmati hagiǭ, kai aspazesthōsan hoi tou klērou ton episkopon, hoi laïkoi andres tous laïkous, hai gynaikes tas gynaikas.
And let the deacon say to all, “Greet one another with a holy kiss”; and let the clergy greet the bishop, the laymen the laymen, the women the women.
Rom 16:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The kiss of peace is exchanged.
- Rom 16:16.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): " ,,Ασπάσασθε → · Ἀσπάσασθε; ῳ“, → ῳ,; γυναῖχας → γυναῖκας.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.9 (Funk 1:494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.10Funk 1:494
τὰ παιδία δὲ στηκέτωσαν πρὸς τῷ βήματι, καὶ διάκονος αὐτοῖς ἕτερος ἔστω ἐφεστώς, ὅπως μὴ ἀτακτῶσιν· καὶ ἄλλοι διάκονοι περιπατείτωσαν καὶ σκοπείτωσαν τοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας, ὅπως μὴ θόρυβός τις γένηται καὶ μή τις νεύσῃ ἢ ψιθυρίσῃ ἢ νυστάξη. οἱ δὲ διάκονοι ἱστάσθωσαν εἰς τὰς τῶν ἀνδρῶν θύρας καὶ οἱ ὑποδιάκονοι εἰς τὰς τῶν γυναικῶν, ὅπως μὴ τις ἐξέλθοι μήτε ἀνοιχθείη ἡ θύρα, κἂν πιστός τις ᾖ, κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἀναφορᾶς.
ta paidia de stēketōsan pros tǭ bēmati, kai diakonos autois heteros estō ephestōs, hopōs mē ataktōsin; kai alloi diakonoi peripateitōsan kai skopeitōsan tous andras kai tas gynaikas, hopōs mē thorybos tis genētai kai mē tis neusę̄ ē psithyrisę̄ ē nystaxē. hoi de diakonoi histasthōsan eis tas tōn andrōn thyras kai hoi hypodiakonoi eis tas tōn gynaikōn, hopōs mē tis exelthoi mēte anoichtheiē hē thyra, kan pistos tis ę̄, kata ton kairon tēs anaphoras.
And let the children stand by the bema, and let another deacon stand over them, so that they may not be disorderly; and let other deacons walk about and watch the men and the women, so that no tumult may arise and no one may nod or whisper or doze. [11] And let the deacons stand at the men's doors and the subdeacons at the women's, so that no one may go out and no door be opened, even for one of the faithful, during the time of the anaphora.
Notes and citation
Summary: Deacons keep order and guard the doors during the anaphora.
- The section number 11 was lost in the OCR; “[11]” marks where it begins. The anaphora (ἀναφορά) is the eucharistic prayer of offering.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: section number (11) removed): ὁὲ στηχέτωσαν → δὲ στηκέτωσαν; ἀτακτῶσι»" χαὶ → ἀτακτῶσιν· καὶ; γυναῖχας → γυναῖκας; τι. οἱ δὲ → οἱ δὲ; ἀνοιχθείη 5 θύρα → ἀνοιχθείη ἡ θύρα; ἢ, κατὰ → ᾖ, κατὰ.
Topics: Eucharist, Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.10 (Funk 1:494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.11.12Funk 1:494
εἷς δὲ ὑποδιάκονος διδότω ἀπόρρυψιν χειρῶν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν, σύμβολον καθαρότητος ψυχῶν θεῷ ἀνακειμένων.
heis de hypodiakonos didotō aporrypsin cheirōn tois hiereusin, symbolon katharotētos psychōn theǭ anakeimenōn.
And let one subdeacon give water for washing the hands to the priests, as a symbol of the purity of souls devoted to God.
Notes and citation
Summary: The priests wash their hands as a sign of purity.
Topics: Eucharist, Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.11.12 (Funk 1:494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-11-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 12
8.12.1Funk 1:494
Φημὶ δὴ κἀγὼ Ἰάκωβος, ὁ ἀδελφὸς Ἰωάννου τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου, ἵνα εὐθὺς ὃ διάκονος λέγῃ
Phēmi dē kagō Iakōbos, ho adelphos Iōannou tou Zebedaiou, hina euthys ho diakonos legę̄
And I, James, the brother of John the son of Zebedee, say that the deacon should at once say:
Notes and citation
Summary: James gives the order of the anaphora.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.12.1 (Funk 1:494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.12.2Funk 1:494
Μή τις τῶν κατηχουμένων, μή τις τῶν ἀκροωμένων, μή τις τῶν ἀπίστων, μή τις τῶν ἑτεροδόξων. οἱ τὴν πρώτην εὐχὴν εὐχόμενοι προσέλθετε· τὰ παιδία προσλαμβάνεσθε, αἱ μητέρες· μή τις κατά τινος, μή τις ἐν ὑποκρίσει· ὀρθοὶ πρὸς κύριον μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου ἐστῶτες ὦμεν προσφέρειν.
Mē tis tōn katēchoumenōn, mē tis tōn akroōmenōn, mē tis tōn apistōn, mē tis tōn heterodoxōn. hoi tēn prōtēn euchēn euchomenoi proselthete; ta paidia proslambanesthe, hai mēteres; mē tis kata tinos, mē tis en hypokrisei; orthoi pros kyrion meta phobou kai tromou estōtes ōmen prospherein.
“Let none of the catechumens, none of the hearers, none of the unbelievers, none of the heterodox remain. You who have prayed the first prayer, come forward. Mothers, take your children. Let no one have anything against anyone; let no one be in hypocrisy. Let us stand upright before the Lord with fear and trembling, to offer.”
Notes and citation
Summary: All but the faithful are dismissed before the offering.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): κατηχουμένοων → κατηχουμένων; ἕτεροὁόξων → ἑτεροδόξων; ε" → ε· ; ς" → ς· ; ι" → ι· ; ὅ προσφέρειν → προσφέρειν.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.12.2 (Funk 1:494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
8.12.3Funk 1:494–496
ὧν γενομένων οἱ διάκονοι προσαγέτωσαν τὰ δῶρα τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων στηκέτωσαν, ὡς ἂν μαθηταὶ παρεστῶτες διδασκάλῳ᾽ δύο δὲ διάκονοι ἐξ ἑκατέρων τῶν μερῶν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κατεχέτωσαν ἐξ ὑμένων λεπτῶν ῥιπίδιον ἢ πτερὸν ταῶνος ἢ ὀθόνης, καὶ ἠρέμα ἀποσοβείτωσαν τὰ μικρὰ τῶν ἱπταμένων ζώων, ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἐγχρίμπτωνται εἰς τὰ κύπελλα.
hōn genomenōn hoi diakonoi prosagetōsan ta dōra tǭ episkopǭ pros to thysiastērion, kai hoi presbyteroi ek dexiōn autou kai ex euōnymōn stēketōsan, hōs an mathētai parestōtes didaskalǭ᾽ dyo de diakonoi ex hekaterōn tōn merōn tou thysiastēriou katechetōsan ex hymenōn leptōn rhipidion ē pteron taōnos ē othonēs, kai ērema aposobeitōsan ta mikra tōn hiptamenōn zōōn, hopōs an mē enchrimptōntai eis ta kypella.
When this has been done, let the deacons bring the gifts to the bishop at the altar, and let the presbyters stand on his right and on his left, as disciples standing by a teacher; and let two deacons, on each side of the altar, hold a fan made of thin membranes, or of peacock feathers, or of linen, and gently drive away the small flying creatures, so that they may not fall into the cups.
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Summary: The gifts are brought to the altar, with presbyters and deacons in attendance.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: stray marks): δῶρα - 5 - ΄ - ^ * , ^ € , 2 ó. bd - τῷ → δῶρα τῷ; £x δεξιῶν → ἐκ δεξιῶν; ὁὲ διάκονοι → δὲ διάκονοι; ταῶνος , 2 ^ - ἢ → ταῶνος ἢ; và μικρὰ → τὰ μικρὰ; ἱπταμένων » 2 ζώων → ἱπταμένων ζώων.
Topics: Eucharist, Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.12.3 (Funk 1:494–496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
8.12.4Funk 1:496–514
εὐξάμενος διὰ τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου υἱοῦ, αὐτὸν δὲ πρὸ πάντων αἰώνων γεννήσας βουλήσει καὶ δυνάμει καὶ ἀγαθότητι ἀμεσιτεύτως, υἱὸν μονογενῆ, λόγον θεόν, σοφίαν ζῶσαν, πρωτότοκον πάσης κτίσεως, ἄγγελον τῆς μεγάλης βουλῆς σου, ἀρχιερέα σόν, βασιλέα δὲ καὶ κύριον πάσης νοητῆς καὶ αἰσθητῆς φύσεως, τὸν πρὸ πάντων, διʼ οὗ τὰ πάντα. σὺ γάρ, θεὲ αἰώνιε, διʼ αὐτοῦ τὰ πάντα πεποίηκας καὶ δι᾽ αὐτοῦ τῆς προσηκούσης προνοίας τὰ ὅλα ἀξιοῖς· διʼ οὗ γὰρ τὸ εἶναι ἐχαρίσω, δι᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ εὖ εἶναι ἐδωρήσω᾽ ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ σου, ὃ διʼ αὐτοῦ πρὸ πάντων ποιήσας τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὰ Σεραφίμ, αἰῶνάς τε καὶ στρατιάς, δυνάμεις τε καὶ ἐξουσίας, ἀρχάς τε καὶ θρόνους, ἀρχαγγέλους τε καὶ ἀγγέλους, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πάντα ποιήσας διʼ αὐτοῦ τὸν φαινόμενον τοῦτον κόσμον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ. σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὁ τὸν οὐρανὸν ὡς καμάραν στήσας καὶ ὡς δέρριν ἐκτείνας καὶ τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ οὐδενὸς ἱδρύσας γνώμῃ μόνῃ, ὃ πήξας στερέωμα καὶ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν κατασκευάσας, ὃ ἐξαγαγὼν φῶς ἐκ θησαυρῶν καὶ τῇ τούτου συστολῇ ἐπαγαγὼν τὸ σκότος εἰς ἀνάπαυλαν τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ κινουμένων ζώων, ὃ τὸν ἥλιον τάξας εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς ἡμέρας ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ τὴν σελήνην εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ τὸν χορὸν τῶν ἀστέρων ἐν οὐρανῷ καταγράψας εἰς αἶνον τῆς σῆς μεγαλοπρεπείας· ὁ ποιήσας ὕδωρ πρὸς πόσιν καὶ κάθαρσιν, ἀέρα ζωτικὸν πρὸς εἰσπνοὴν καὶ ἀναπνοὴν καὶ φωνῆς ἀπόδοσιν διὰ γλώττης πληττούσης τὸν ἀέρα καὶ ἀκοὴν συνεργουμένην ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐπαΐειν εἰσδεχομένην τὴν προσπίπτουσαν αὐτῇ λαλιάν᾽ ὃ ποιήσας πῦρ πρὸς σκότους παραμυθίαν, πρὸς ἐνδείας ἀναπλήρωσιν καὶ τὸ θερμαίνεσθαι ἡμᾶς καὶ φωτίζεσθαι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ· ὃ τὴν μεγάλην θάλασσαν χωρίσας τῆς γῆς καὶ τὴν μὲν ἀναδείξας πλωτήν, τὴν δὲ ποσὶ βάσιμον ποιήσας, καὶ τὴν μὲν ζώοις μικροῖς καὶ μεγάλοις· πληθύνας, τὴν δὲ ἡμέροις καὶ ἀτιθάσσοις πληρώσας, φυτοῖς τε διαφόροις στέψας καὶ βοτάναις στεφανώσας καὶ ἄνθεσι καλλύνας καὶ σπέρμασι πλουτίσας᾽· ὃ συστησάμενος ἄβυσσον καὶ μέγα κύτος αὐτῇ περιθείς, ἁλμυρῶν ὑδάτων σεσωρευμένα πελάγη, περιφράξας δὲ αὐτὴν πύλαις ἄμμου λεπτοτάτης᾽ ὃ πνεύμασί ποτε μὲν αὐτὴν κορυφῶν εἰς ὀρέων μέγεθος, ποτὲ δὲ στρωννύων αὐτὴν εἰς πεδίον, καί ποτε μὲν ἐκμαίνων χειμῶνι, ποτὲ δὲ πραὔνων γαλήνῃ ὡς ναυσιπόροις πλωτῆρσιν εὔκολον εἶναι πρὸς πορείαν· ὃ ποταμοῖς διαζώσας τὸν ὑπὸ σοῦ διὰ Χριστοῦ γενόμενον κόσμον καὶ χειμάρροις ἐπικλύσας καὶ πηγαῖς ἀενάοις μεθύσας, ὄρεσιν δὲ περισφίγξας εἰς ἕδραν ἀτρεμῆ γῆς ἀσφαλεστάτην. ἐπλήρωσας γάρ σου τὸν κόσμον καὶ διεκόσμησας αὐτὸν βοτάναις εὐόσμοις καὶ ἰασίμοις, ζώοις πολλοῖς καὶ διαφόροις, ἀλκίμοις καὶ ἀσθενεστέροις, ἐδωδίμοις καὶ ἐνεργοῖς, ἡμέροις καὶ ἀτιθάσσοις, ἑρπετῶν συριγμοῖς, πτηνῶν ποικίλων κλαγγαῖς, ἐνιαυτῶν κύκλοις, μηνῶν καὶ ἡμερῶν ἀριθμοῖς, τροπῶν τάξεσιν, νεφῶν ὀμβροτόχων διαδρομαῖς εἰς καρπῶν γονὰς καὶ ζώων σύστασιν, σταθμὸν ἀνέμων διαπνεόντων ὅτε προσταχθῶσιν παρὰ σοῦ, τῶν φυτῶν καὶ τῶν βοτανῶν τὸ πλῆθος. καὶ οὐ μόνον τὸν κόσμον ἐδημιούργησας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν κοσμοπολίτην ἄνθρωπον ἐν αὐτῷ ἐποίησας, κόσμου κόσμον αὐτὸν ἀναδείξας· εἶπας γὰρ τῇ σῇ σοφίᾳ· Ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ᾽ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθ᾽ ὁμοίωσιν, καὶ ἀρχέτωσαν τῶν ἰχθύων τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. διὸ καὶ πεποίηκας αὐτὸν ἐκ ψυχῆς ἀθανάτου καὶ σώματος σκεδαστοῦ, τῆς μὲν ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος, τοῦ δὲ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων στοιχείων· καὶ δέδωκας αὐτῷ κατὰ μὲν τὴν ψυχὴν τὴν λογικὴν διάγνωσιν, εὐσεβείας καὶ ἀσεβείας διάκρισιν, δικαίου καὶ ἀδίκου παρατήρησιν, κατὰ δὲ τὸ σῶμα τὴν πένταθλον ἐχαρίσω αἴσθησιν καὶ τὴν μεταβατικὴν κίνησιν. σὺ γάρ, θεὲ παντοκράτορ, διὰ Χριστοῦ, παράδεισον ἐν Ἐδὲμ κατὰ ἀνατολὰς ἐφύτευσας παντοίων φυτῶν ἐδωδίμων κόσμῳ, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ, ὡς ἂν ἐν ἑστίᾳ πολυτελεῖ, εἰσήγαγες αὐτόν, κἂν τῷ ποιεῖν νόμον δέδωκας αὐτῷ ἔμφυτον, ὅπως οἴκοθεν καὶ παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ ἔχοι τὰ σπέρματα τῆς θεογνωσίας. εἰσαγαγὼν δὲ εἰς τὸν τῆς τρυφῆς παράδεισον πάντων μὲν ἀνῆκας αὐτῷ τὴν ἐξουσίαν πρὸς μετάληψιν, ἑνὸς δὲ μόνου τὴν γεῦσιν ἀπεῖπας ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι κρειττόνων, ἵνα, ἐὰν φυλάξῃ τὴν ἐντολήν, μισθὸν ταύτης τὴν ἀθανασίαν κομίσηται. ἀμελήσαντα δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς καὶ γευσάμενον ἀπηγορευμένου καρποῦ ἀπάτῃ ὄφεως καὶ συμβουλίᾳ γυναικὸς τοῦ μὲν παραδείσου δικαίως ἐξῶσας αὐτόν, ἀγαθότητι δὲ εἰς τὸ παντελὲς ἀπολλύμενον οὐχ ὑπερεῖδες, σὸν γὰρ ἦν δημιούργημα, ἀλλὰ καθυποτάξας αὐτῷ τὴν κτίσιν δέδωκας αὐτῷ οἰκείοις ἱδρῶσιν καὶ πόνοις πορίζειν ἑαυτῷ τὴν τροφήν, σοῦ πάντα φύοντος καὶ αὔξοντος καὶ πεπαίνοντος· χρόνῳ δὲ πρὸς ὀλίγον αὐτὸν κοιμίσας ὅρκῳ εἰς παλιγγενεσίαν ἐκάλεσας, ὅρον θανάτου λύσας ζωὴν ἐξ ἀναστάσεως ἐπηγγείλω. καὶ οὐ τοῦτο μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἐξ αὐτοῦ εἰς πλῆθος ἀνάριθμον χέας, τοὺς ἐμμείναντάς σοι ἐδόξασας, τοὺς δὲ ἀποστάντας σου ἐκόλασας, καὶ τοῦ μὲν Ἄβελ ὡς ὁσίου προσδεξάμενος τὴν θυσίαν, τοῦ δὲ ἀδελφοκτόνου Καὶν ἀποστραφεὶς τὸ δῶρον ὡς ἐναγοῦς· καὶ πρὸς τούτοις τὸν Σὴθ καὶ τὸν Ἐνῶς προσελάβου καὶ τὸν Ἐνὼχ μετατέθεικας. σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὃ δημιουργὸς τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῆς ζωῆς χορηγὸς καὶ τῆς ἐνδείας πληρωτὴς καὶ τῶν νόμων δοτὴρ καὶ τῶν φυλαττόντων αὐτοὺς μισθαποδότης καὶ τῶν παραβαινόντων αὐτοὺς ἔκδικος, ὃ τὸν μέγαν κατακλυσμὸν ἐπαγαγὼν τῷ κόσμῳ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἀσεβησάντων, καὶ τὸν δίκαιον Νῶε ῥυσάμενος ἐκ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἐν λάρνακι σὺν ὀκτὼ ψυχαῖς, τέλος μὲν τῶν παρῳχηκότων, ἀρχὴν δὲ τῶν μελλόντων ἐπιγίνεσθαι᾽ ὃ τὸ φοβερὸν πῦρ κατὰ τῆς Σοδομηνῆς πενταπόλεως ἐξάψας καὶ γῆν καρποφόρον εἰς ἅλμην θέμενος ἀπὸ κακίας τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ τὸν ὅσιον Λὼτ ἐξαρπάσας τοῦ ἐμπρησμοῦ. σὺ εἶ ὃ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ῥυσάμενος προγονικῆς ἀσεβείας καὶ κληρονόμον τοῦ κόσμου καταστήσας καὶ ἐμφανίσας αὐτῷ τὸν Χριστόν σου, ὁ τὸν Μελχισεδὲκ ἀρχιερέα σῆς λατρείας προχειρισάμενος, τὸν πολύτλαν θεράποντά σου Ἰὼβ νικητὴν τοῦ ἀρχεκάκου ὄφεως ἀναδείξας, τὸν Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας υἱὸν ποιησάμενος, τὸν Ἰακὼβ πατέρα δώδεκα παίδων καὶ τοὺς ἐξ αὐτοῦ εἰς πλῆθος χέας καὶ εἰσαγαγὼν εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐν ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε ψυχαῖς. σύ, κύριε, τὸν Ἰωσὴφ οὐχ ὑπερεῖδες, ἀλλὰ μισθὸν τῆς διὰ σὲ σωφροσύνης ἔδωκας αὐτῷ τὸ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἄρχειν᾽ σύ, κύριε, Ἑβραίους ὑπὸ Αἰγυπτίων καταπονουμένους οὐ περιεῖδες διὰ τὰς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν ἐπαγγελίας, ἀλλ᾿ ἐρρύσω, κολάσας Αἰγυπτίους. παραφθειράντων δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν φυσικὸν νόμον καὶ τὴν κτίσιν ποτὲ μὲν αὐτόματον νομισάντων, ποτὲ δὲ πλεῖον ἢ δεῖ τιμησάντων καὶ σοί, τῷ θεῷ τῶν πάντων, συνταττόντων, οὐκ εἴασας πλανᾶσθαι, ἀλλὰ ἀναδείξας τὸν ἅγιόν σου θεράποντα Μωύσῆν, διʼ αὐτοῦ πρὸς βοήθειαν τοῦ φυσικοῦ τὸν γραπτὸν νόμον δέδωκας, καὶ τὴν κτίσιν ἔδειξας σὸν ἔργον εἶναι, τὴν δὲ πολύθεον πλάνην ἐξώρισας· τὸν Ἀαρὼν καὶ τοὺς ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἱερατικῇ τιμῇ ἐδόξασας, Ἑβραίους ἁμαρτόντας ἐκόλασας, ἐπιστρέφοντας ἐδέξω. τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους δεκαπλήγῳ ἐτιμωρήσω, θάλασσαν διελὼν Ἰσραηλίτας διεβίβασας, Αἰγυπτίους ἐπιδιώξαντας ὑποβρυχίους ἀπώλεσας, ξύλῳ πικρὸν ὕδωρ ἐγλύκανας, ἐκ πέτρας ἀκροτόμου ὕδωρ ἀνέχεας, ἐξ οὐρανοῦ τὸ μάννα ὗσας, τροφὴν ἐξ ἀέρος ὀρτυγομήτραν, στῦλον πυρὸς τὴν νύκτα πρὸς φωτισμὸν καὶ στῦλον νεφέλης ἡμέρας πρὸς σκιασμὸν θάλπους· τὸν Ἰησοῦν στρατηγὸν ἀναδείξας, ἑπτὰ ἔθνη Χαναναίων δι᾽ αὐτοῦ καθεῖλες, Ἰορδάνην διέρρηξας, τοὺς ποταμοὺς Ἠθὰμ ἐξήρανας τείχη κατέρρηξας ἄνευ μηχανημάτων καὶ χειρὸς ἀνθρωπίνης. ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων σοι ἡ δόξα, δέσποτα παντοκράτορ. σὲ προσκυνοῦσιν ἀνάριθμοι στρατιαὶ ἀγγέλων, ἀρχαγγέλων, θρόνων, κυριοτήτων, ἀρχῶν, ἐξουσιῶν, δυνάμεων, στρατιῶν αἰωνίων. τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὰ ἑξαπτέρυγα Σεραφὶμ ταῖς μὲν δυσὶν κατακαλύπτοντα τοὺς πόδας, ταῖς δὲ δυσὶ τὰς κεφαλάς, ταῖς δὲ δυσὶ πετόμενα, καὶ λέγοντα ἅμα χιλίαις χιλιάσιν ἀρχαγγέλων καὶ μυρίαις μυριάσιν ἀγγέλων ἀκαταπαύστως καὶ ἀσιγήτως βοώσαις, καὶ πᾶς ὃ λαὸς ἅμα εἰπάτω· Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος κύριος Σαβαώθ, πλήρης ὃ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ᾽ εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. Καὶ ὃ ἀρχιερεὺς ἑξῆς λεγέτω· Ἅγιος γὰρ εἶ ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ πανάγιος, ὕψιστος καὶ ὑπερυψούμενος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἅγιος δὲ καὶ ὁ μονογενής σου υἱός, ὃ κύριος ἡμῶν καὶ θεὸς Ἰησοῦς ὃ Χριστός, ὃς εἰς πάντα ὑπηρετησάμενός σοι τῷ θεῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ πατρὶ εἴς τε δημιουργίαν διάφορον καὶ πρόνοιαν κατάλληλον οὐ περιεῖδεν τὸ γένος τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀπολλύμενον, ἀλλὰ μετὰ φυσικὸν νόμον, μετὰ νομικὴν παραίνεσιν, μετὰ προφητικοὺς ἐλέγχους καὶ τὰς τῶν ἀγγέλων ἐπιστασίας παραφθειρόντων σὺν τῷ θετῷ καὶ τὸν φυσικὸν νόμον καὶ τῆς μνήμης ἐκβαλλόντων τὸν κατακλυσμόν, τὴν ἐκπύρωσιν, τὰς κατ᾽ Αἰγυπτίων πληγάς, τὰς κατὰ Παλαιστινῶν σφαγάς, καὶ μελλόντων ὅσον οὐδέπω ἀπόλλυσθαι πάντων) εὐδόκησεν αὐτὸς γνώμῃ σῇ, ὃ δημιουργὸς ἀνθρώπου ἄνθρωπος γενέσθαι, ὃ νομοθέτης ὑπὸ νόμους, ὃ ἀρχιερεὺς ἱερεῖον, ὃ ποιμὴν πρόβατον· καὶ ἐξευμενίσατό σε τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θεὸν καὶ πατέρα καὶ τῷ κόσμῳ κατήλλαξεν καὶ τῆς ἐπικειμένης ὀργῆς τοὺς πάντας ἠλευθέρωσεν γενόμενος ἐκ παρθένου, γενόμενος ἐν σαρκὶ ὁ θεὸς λόγος, ὁ ἀγαπητὸς υἱός, ὃ πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως, κατὰ τὰς περὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ προρρηθείσας προφητείας ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ καὶ Ἀβραάμ, φυλῆς Ἰούδα· καὶ γέγονεν ἐν μήτρᾳ παρθένου ὃ διαπλάσσων πάντας τοὺς γεννωμένους, καὶ ἐσαρκώθη ὁ ἄσαρκος, ὃ ἀχρόνως γεννηθεὶς ἐν χρόνῳ γεγέννηται. πολιτευσάμενος ὁσίως καὶ παιδεύσας ἐνθέσμως, πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀπελάσας, σημεῖά τε καὶ τέρατα ἐν τῷ λαῷ ποιήσας, τροφῆς καὶ ποτοῦ καὶ ὕπνου μεταλαβὼν ὃ τρέφων πάντας τοὺς χρήζοντας τροφῆς καὶ ἐμπιπλῶν πᾶν ζῶον εὐδοκίας, ἐφανέρωσέν σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσιν αὐτό, τὴν ἄγνοιαν ἐφυγάδευσεν, τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἀνεζωπύρωσεν, τὸ θέλημά σου ἐπλήρωσεν, τὸ ἔργον ὃ ἔδωκας αὐτῷ ἐτελείωσεν. καὶ ταῦτα πάντα κατορθώσας, χερσὶν ἀνόμων κατασχεθεὶς ἱερέων καὶ ἀρχιερέων ψευδωνύμων καὶ λαοῦ παρανόμου προδοσίᾳ τοῦ τὴν κακίαν νοσήσαντος καὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τῆς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστάσεως καὶ τῆς εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἐπανόδου καὶ τῆς μελλούσης αὐτοῦ δευτέρας παρουσίας, ἐν ᾗ ἔρχεται μετὰ δόξης καὶ δυνάμεως κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκροὺς καὶ ἀποδοῦναι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, προσφέρομέν σοι, τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ θεῷ, κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ διάταξιν τὸν ἄρτον τοῦτον καὶ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο, εὐχαριστοῦντές σοι δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐφ᾽ οἷς κατηξίωσας ἡμᾶς ἑστάναι ἐνώπιόν σου καὶ ἱερατεύειν σοι· καὶ ἀξιοῦμέν σε, ὅπως εὐμενῶς ἐπιβλέψῃς ἐπὶ τὰ προκείμενα δῶρα ταῦτα ἐνώπιόν σου, σὺ ὃ ἀνενδεὴς θεός, καὶ εὐδοκήσῃς ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς εἰς τιμὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου καὶ καταπέμψῃς τὸ ἅγιόν σου πνεῦμα ἐπὶ τὴν θυσίαν ταύτην, τὸν μάρτυρα τῶν παθημάτων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, ὅπως ἀποφήνῃ τὸν ἄρτον τοῦτον σῶμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου καὶ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου· ἵνα οἱ μεταλαβόντες αὐτοῦ βεβαιωθῶσιν πρὸς εὐσέβειαν, ἀφέσεως ἁμαρτημάτων τύχωσιν, τοῦ διαβόλου καὶ τῆς πλάνης αὐτοῦ ῥυσθῶσιν, πνεύματος ἁγίου πληρωθῶσιν, ἄξιοι τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου γένωνται, ζωῆς αἰωνίου τύχωσιν, σοῦ καταλλαγέντος αὐτοῖς, δέσποτα παντοκράτορ. ἔτι δεόμεθά σου, κύριε, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁγίας σου ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἀπὸ περάτων ἕως περάτων, ἣν περιεποιήσω τῷ τιμίῳ αἵματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου, ὅπως αὐτὴν διαφυλάξῃς ἄσειστον καὶ ἀκλυδώνιστον ἄχρι τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ ὑπὲρ πάσης ἐπισκοπῆς τῆς ὀρθοτομούσης τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας. ἔτι παρακαλοῦμέν σε καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐμῆς τοῦ προσφέροντός σοι οὐδενίας καὶ ὑπὲρ παντὸς τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου, ὑπὲρ τῶν διακόνων καὶ παντὸς τοῦ κλήρου, ἵνα πάντας σοφίσας πνεύματος ἁγίου πληρώσῃς. ἔτι παρακαλοῦμέν σε, κύριε, ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχῇ καὶ παντὸς τοῦ στρατοπέδου, ἵνα εἰρηνεύωνται τὰ πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὅπως ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ καὶ ὁμονοίᾳ διάγοντες τὸν πάντα χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν δοξάζωμέν σε διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῆς ἐλπίδος ἡμῶν. ἔτι προσφέρομέν σοι καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντων τῶν ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος εὐαρεστησάντων σοι ἁγίων, πατριαρχῶν, προφητῶν, δικαίων, ἀποστόλων, μαρτύρων, ὁμολογητῶν, ἐπισκόπων, πρεσβυτέρων, διακόνων, ὑποδιακόνων, ἀναγνωστῶν, ψαλτῶν, παρθένων, χηρῶν, λαϊκῶν καὶ πάντων ὧν αὐτὸς ἐπίστασαι τὰ ὀνόματα. ἔτι προσφέρομέν σοι ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, ἵνα ἀναδείξῃς αὐτὸν εἰς ἔπαινον τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον. ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν παρθενίᾳ καὶ ἁγνείᾳ, ὑπὲρ τῶν χηρῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν σεμνοῖς γάμοις καὶ τεκνογονίαις, ὑπὲρ τῶν νηπίων τοῦ λαοῦ σου, ὅπως μηδένα ἡμῶν ἀπόβλητον ποιήσῃς. ἔτι ἀξιοῦμέν σε καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης καὶ τῶν ἐνοικούντων, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν ἀρρωστίαις, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν πικρᾷ δουλείᾳ, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν ἐξορίαις, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν δημεύσει, ὑπὲρ πλεόντων καὶ ὁδοιπορούντων, ὅπως πάντων ἐπίκουρος γένῃ, πάντων βοηθὸς καὶ ἀντιλήπτωρ. ἔτι παρακαλοῦμέν σε ὑπὲρ τῶν μισούντων ἡμᾶς καὶ διωκόντων ἡμᾶς διὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἔξω ὄντων καὶ πεπλανημένων, ὅπως ἐπιστρέψῃς αὐτοὺς εἰς ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸν θυμὸν αὐτῶν πραὔνῃς. ἔτι παρακαλοῦμέν σὲ καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν κατηχουμένων τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν χειμαζομένων ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν μετανοίᾳ ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν, ὅπως τοὺς μὲν τελειώσῃς ἐν τῇ πίστει, τοὺς δὲ καθαρίσῃς ἐκ τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ πονηροῦ, τῶν δὲ τὴν μετάνοιαν προσδέξῃ, καὶ συγχωρήσῃς καὶ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἡμῖν τὰ παραπτώματα ἡμῶν. ἔτι προσφέρομέν σοι καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐκρασίας τοῦ ἀέρος καὶ τῆς εὐφορίας τῶν καρπῶν, ὅπως ἀνελλειπῶς μεταλαμβάνοντες τῶν παρὰ σοῦ ἀγαθῶν αἰνῶμέν σε ἀπαύστως τὸν διδόντα τροφὴν πάσῃ σαρκί. ἔτι παρακαλοῦμέν σε καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν δι᾽ εὔλογον αἰτίαν ἀπόντων, ὅπως ἅπαντας ἡμᾶς διατηρήσας ἐν τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ ἐπισυναγάγῃς ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου, τοῦ θεοῦ πάσης αἰσθητῆς καὶ νοητῆς φύσεως, τοῦ βασιλέως ἡμῶν, ἀτρέπτους, ἀμέμπτους, ἀνεγκλήτους᾽ ὅτι σοὶ πᾶσα δόξα, σέβας καὶ εὐχαριστία, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις, τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τῷ υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι, καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀνελλειπεῖς καὶ ἀτελευτήτους αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς λεγέτω· Ἀμήν.
euxamenos dia tou monogenous sou huiou, auton de pro pantōn aiōnōn gennēsas boulēsei kai dynamei kai agathotēti amesiteutōs, huion monogenē, logon theon, sophian zōsan, prōtotokon pasēs ktiseōs, angelon tēs megalēs boulēs sou, archierea son, basilea de kai kyrion pasēs noētēs kai aisthētēs physeōs, ton pro pantōn, diʼ hou ta panta. sy gar, thee aiōnie, diʼ autou ta panta pepoiēkas kai di᾽ autou tēs prosēkousēs pronoias ta hola axiois; diʼ hou gar to einai echarisō, di᾽ autou kai to eu einai edōrēsō᾽ ho theos kai patēr tou monogenous huiou sou, ho diʼ autou pro pantōn poiēsas ta Cheroubim kai ta Seraphim, aiōnas te kai stratias, dynameis te kai exousias, archas te kai thronous, archangelous te kai angelous, kai meta tauta panta poiēsas diʼ autou ton phainomenon touton kosmon kai panta ta en autǭ. sy gar ei ho ton ouranon hōs kamaran stēsas kai hōs derrin ekteinas kai tēn gēn epi oudenos hidrysas gnōmę̄ monę̄, ho pēxas stereōma kai nykta kai hēmeran kataskeuasas, ho exagagōn phōs ek thēsaurōn kai tę̄ toutou systolę̄ epagagōn to skotos eis anapaulan tōn en tǭ kosmǭ kinoumenōn zōōn, ho ton hēlion taxas eis archas tēs hēmeras en ouranǭ kai tēn selēnēn eis archas tēs nyktos kai ton choron tōn asterōn en ouranǭ katagrapsas eis ainon tēs sēs megaloprepeias; ho poiēsas hydōr pros posin kai katharsin, aera zōtikon pros eispnoēn kai anapnoēn kai phōnēs apodosin dia glōttēs plēttousēs ton aera kai akoēn synergoumenēn hyp᾽ autou hōs epaïein eisdechomenēn tēn prospiptousan autę̄ lalian᾽ ho poiēsas pyr pros skotous paramythian, pros endeias anaplērōsin kai to thermainesthai hēmas kai phōtizesthai hyp᾽ autou; ho tēn megalēn thalassan chōrisas tēs gēs kai tēn men anadeixas plōtēn, tēn de posi basimon poiēsas, kai tēn men zōois mikrois kai megalois; plēthynas, tēn de hēmerois kai atithassois plērōsas, phytois te diaphorois stepsas kai botanais stephanōsas kai anthesi kallynas kai spermasi ploutisas᾽; ho systēsamenos abysson kai mega kytos autę̄ peritheis, halmyrōn hydatōn sesōreumena pelagē, periphraxas de autēn pylais ammou leptotatēs᾽ ho pneumasi pote men autēn koryphōn eis oreōn megethos, pote de strōnnyōn autēn eis pedion, kai pote men ekmainōn cheimōni, pote de praunōn galēnę̄ hōs nausiporois plōtērsin eukolon einai pros poreian; ho potamois diazōsas ton hypo sou dia Christou genomenon kosmon kai cheimarrois epiklysas kai pēgais aenaois methysas, oresin de perisphinxas eis hedran atremē gēs asphalestatēn. eplērōsas gar sou ton kosmon kai diekosmēsas auton botanais euosmois kai iasimois, zōois pollois kai diaphorois, alkimois kai asthenesterois, edōdimois kai energois, hēmerois kai atithassois, herpetōn syrigmois, ptēnōn poikilōn klangais, eniautōn kyklois, mēnōn kai hēmerōn arithmois, tropōn taxesin, nephōn ombrotochōn diadromais eis karpōn gonas kai zōōn systasin, stathmon anemōn diapneontōn hote prostachthōsin para sou, tōn phytōn kai tōn botanōn to plēthos. kai ou monon ton kosmon edēmiourgēsas, alla kai ton kosmopolitēn anthrōpon en autǭ epoiēsas, kosmou kosmon auton anadeixas; eipas gar tę̄ sę̄ sophią; Poiēsōmen anthrōpon kat᾽ eikona hēmeteran kai kath᾽ homoiōsin, kai archetōsan tōn ichthyōn tēs thalassēs kai tōn peteinōn tou ouranou. dio kai pepoiēkas auton ek psychēs athanatou kai sōmatos skedastou, tēs men ek tou mē ontos, tou de ek tōn tessarōn stoicheiōn; kai dedōkas autǭ kata men tēn psychēn tēn logikēn diagnōsin, eusebeias kai asebeias diakrisin, dikaiou kai adikou paratērēsin, kata de to sōma tēn pentathlon echarisō aisthēsin kai tēn metabatikēn kinēsin. sy gar, thee pantokrator, dia Christou, paradeison en Edem kata anatolas ephyteusas pantoiōn phytōn edōdimōn kosmǭ, kai en autǭ, hōs an en hestią polytelei, eisēgages auton, kan tǭ poiein nomon dedōkas autǭ emphyton, hopōs oikothen kai par᾽ heautou echoi ta spermata tēs theognōsias. eisagagōn de eis ton tēs tryphēs paradeison pantōn men anēkas autǭ tēn exousian pros metalēpsin, henos de monou tēn geusin apeipas ep᾽ elpidi kreittonōn, hina, ean phylaxę̄ tēn entolēn, misthon tautēs tēn athanasian komisētai. amelēsanta de tēs entolēs kai geusamenon apēgoreumenou karpou apatę̄ opheōs kai symboulią gynaikos tou men paradeisou dikaiōs exōsas auton, agathotēti de eis to panteles apollymenon ouch hypereides, son gar ēn dēmiourgēma, alla kathypotaxas autǭ tēn ktisin dedōkas autǭ oikeiois hidrōsin kai ponois porizein heautǭ tēn trophēn, sou panta phyontos kai auxontos kai pepainontos; chronǭ de pros oligon auton koimisas horkǭ eis palingenesian ekalesas, horon thanatou lysas zōēn ex anastaseōs epēngeilō. kai ou touto monon, alla kai tous ex autou eis plēthos anarithmon cheas, tous emmeinantas soi edoxasas, tous de apostantas sou ekolasas, kai tou men Abel hōs hosiou prosdexamenos tēn thysian, tou de adelphoktonou Kain apostrapheis to dōron hōs enagous; kai pros toutois ton Sēth kai ton Enōs proselabou kai ton Enōch metatetheikas. sy gar ei ho dēmiourgos tōn anthrōpōn kai tēs zōēs chorēgos kai tēs endeias plērōtēs kai tōn nomōn dotēr kai tōn phylattontōn autous misthapodotēs kai tōn parabainontōn autous ekdikos, ho ton megan kataklysmon epagagōn tǭ kosmǭ dia to plēthos tōn asebēsantōn, kai ton dikaion Nōe rhysamenos ek tou kataklysmou en larnaki syn oktō psychais, telos men tōn parǭchēkotōn, archēn de tōn mellontōn epiginesthai᾽ ho to phoberon pyr kata tēs Sodomēnēs pentapoleōs exapsas kai gēn karpophoron eis halmēn themenos apo kakias tōn katoikountōn en autę̄, kai ton hosion Lōt exarpasas tou emprēsmou. sy ei ho ton Abraam rhysamenos progonikēs asebeias kai klēronomon tou kosmou katastēsas kai emphanisas autǭ ton Christon sou, ho ton Melchisedek archierea sēs latreias procheirisamenos, ton polytlan theraponta sou Iōb nikētēn tou archekakou opheōs anadeixas, ton Isaak epangelias huion poiēsamenos, ton Iakōb patera dōdeka paidōn kai tous ex autou eis plēthos cheas kai eisagagōn eis Aigypton en hebdomēkonta pente psychais. sy, kyrie, ton Iōsēph ouch hypereides, alla misthon tēs dia se sōphrosynēs edōkas autǭ to tōn Aigyptiōn archein᾽ sy, kyrie, Hebraious hypo Aigyptiōn kataponoumenous ou perieides dia tas pros tous pateras autōn epangelias, all᾿ errysō, kolasas Aigyptious. paraphtheirantōn de tōn anthrōpōn ton physikon nomon kai tēn ktisin pote men automaton nomisantōn, pote de pleion ē dei timēsantōn kai soi, tǭ theǭ tōn pantōn, syntattontōn, ouk eiasas planasthai, alla anadeixas ton hagion sou theraponta Mōysēn, diʼ autou pros boētheian tou physikou ton grapton nomon dedōkas, kai tēn ktisin edeixas son ergon einai, tēn de polytheon planēn exōrisas; ton Aarōn kai tous ex autou hieratikę̄ timę̄ edoxasas, Hebraious hamartontas ekolasas, epistrephontas edexō. tous Aigyptious dekaplēgǭ etimōrēsō, thalassan dielōn Israēlitas diebibasas, Aigyptious epidiōxantas hypobrychious apōlesas, xylǭ pikron hydōr eglykanas, ek petras akrotomou hydōr anecheas, ex ouranou to manna hysas, trophēn ex aeros ortygomētran, stylon pyros tēn nykta pros phōtismon kai stylon nephelēs hēmeras pros skiasmon thalpous; ton Iēsoun stratēgon anadeixas, hepta ethnē Chananaiōn di᾽ autou katheiles, Iordanēn dierrēxas, tous potamous Ētham exēranas teichē katerrēxas aneu mēchanēmatōn kai cheiros anthrōpinēs. hyper hapantōn soi hē doxa, despota pantokrator. se proskynousin anarithmoi stratiai angelōn, archangelōn, thronōn, kyriotētōn, archōn, exousiōn, dynameōn, stratiōn aiōniōn. ta Cheroubim kai ta hexapteryga Seraphim tais men dysin katakalyptonta tous podas, tais de dysi tas kephalas, tais de dysi petomena, kai legonta hama chiliais chiliasin archangelōn kai myriais myriasin angelōn akatapaustōs kai asigētōs boōsais, kai pas ho laos hama eipatō; Hagios, hagios, hagios kyrios Sabaōth, plērēs ho ouranos kai hē gē tēs doxēs autou᾽ eulogētos eis tous aiōnas; amēn. Kai ho archiereus hexēs legetō; Hagios gar ei hōs alēthōs kai panagios, hypsistos kai hyperypsoumenos eis tous aiōnas. hagios de kai ho monogenēs sou huios, ho kyrios hēmōn kai theos Iēsous ho Christos, hos eis panta hypēretēsamenos soi tǭ theǭ autou kai patri eis te dēmiourgian diaphoron kai pronoian katallēlon ou perieiden to genos tōn anthrōpōn apollymenon, alla meta physikon nomon, meta nomikēn parainesin, meta prophētikous elenchous kai tas tōn angelōn epistasias paraphtheirontōn syn tǭ thetǭ kai ton physikon nomon kai tēs mnēmēs ekballontōn ton kataklysmon, tēn ekpyrōsin, tas kat᾽ Aigyptiōn plēgas, tas kata Palaistinōn sphagas, kai mellontōn hoson oudepō apollysthai pantōn) eudokēsen autos gnōmę̄ sę̄, ho dēmiourgos anthrōpou anthrōpos genesthai, ho nomothetēs hypo nomous, ho archiereus hiereion, ho poimēn probaton; kai exeumenisato se ton heautou theon kai patera kai tǭ kosmǭ katēllaxen kai tēs epikeimenēs orgēs tous pantas ēleutherōsen genomenos ek parthenou, genomenos en sarki ho theos logos, ho agapētos huios, ho prōtotokos pasēs ktiseōs, kata tas peri autou hyp᾽ autou prorrētheisas prophēteias ek spermatos Dauid kai Abraam, phylēs Iouda; kai gegonen en mētrą parthenou ho diaplassōn pantas tous gennōmenous, kai esarkōthē ho asarkos, ho achronōs gennētheis en chronǭ gegennētai. politeusamenos hosiōs kai paideusas enthesmōs, pasan noson kai pasan malakian ex anthrōpōn apelasas, sēmeia te kai terata en tǭ laǭ poiēsas, trophēs kai potou kai hypnou metalabōn ho trephōn pantas tous chrēzontas trophēs kai empiplōn pan zōon eudokias, ephanerōsen sou to onoma tois agnoousin auto, tēn agnoian ephygadeusen, tēn eusebeian anezōpyrōsen, to thelēma sou eplērōsen, to ergon ho edōkas autǭ eteleiōsen. kai tauta panta katorthōsas, chersin anomōn kataschetheis hiereōn kai archiereōn pseudōnymōn kai laou paranomou prodosią tou tēn kakian nosēsantos kai autou kai tou thanatou kai tēs ek nekrōn anastaseōs kai tēs eis ouranous epanodou kai tēs mellousēs autou deuteras parousias, en hę̄ erchetai meta doxēs kai dynameōs krinai zōntas kai nekrous kai apodounai hekastǭ kata ta erga autou, prospheromen soi, tǭ basilei kai theǭ, kata tēn autou diataxin ton arton touton kai to potērion touto, eucharistountes soi di᾽ autou eph᾽ hois katēxiōsas hēmas hestanai enōpion sou kai hierateuein soi; kai axioumen se, hopōs eumenōs epiblepsę̄s epi ta prokeimena dōra tauta enōpion sou, sy ho anendeēs theos, kai eudokēsę̄s ep᾽ autois eis timēn tou Christou sou kai katapempsę̄s to hagion sou pneuma epi tēn thysian tautēn, ton martyra tōn pathēmatōn tou kyriou Iēsou, hopōs apophēnę̄ ton arton touton sōma tou Christou sou kai to potērion touto haima tou Christou sou; hina hoi metalabontes autou bebaiōthōsin pros eusebeian, apheseōs hamartēmatōn tychōsin, tou diabolou kai tēs planēs autou rhysthōsin, pneumatos hagiou plērōthōsin, axioi tou Christou sou genōntai, zōēs aiōniou tychōsin, sou katallagentos autois, despota pantokrator. eti deometha sou, kyrie, kai hyper tēs hagias sou ekklēsias tēs apo peratōn heōs peratōn, hēn periepoiēsō tǭ timiǭ haimati tou Christou sou, hopōs autēn diaphylaxę̄s aseiston kai aklydōniston achri tēs synteleias tou aiōnos kai hyper pasēs episkopēs tēs orthotomousēs ton logon tēs alētheias. eti parakaloumen se kai hyper tēs emēs tou prospherontos soi oudenias kai hyper pantos tou presbyteriou, hyper tōn diakonōn kai pantos tou klērou, hina pantas sophisas pneumatos hagiou plērōsę̄s. eti parakaloumen se, kyrie, hyper tou basileōs kai tōn en hyperochę̄ kai pantos tou stratopedou, hina eirēneuōntai ta pros hēmas, hopōs en hēsychią kai homonoią diagontes ton panta chronon tēs zōēs hēmōn doxazōmen se dia Iēsou Christou tēs elpidos hēmōn. eti prospheromen soi kai hyper pantōn tōn ap᾽ aiōnos euarestēsantōn soi hagiōn, patriarchōn, prophētōn, dikaiōn, apostolōn, martyrōn, homologētōn, episkopōn, presbyterōn, diakonōn, hypodiakonōn, anagnōstōn, psaltōn, parthenōn, chērōn, laïkōn kai pantōn hōn autos epistasai ta onomata. eti prospheromen soi hyper tou laou toutou, hina anadeixę̄s auton eis epainon tou Christou sou basileion hierateuma, ethnos hagion. hyper tōn en parthenią kai hagneią, hyper tōn chērōn tēs ekklēsias, hyper tōn en semnois gamois kai teknogoniais, hyper tōn nēpiōn tou laou sou, hopōs mēdena hēmōn apoblēton poiēsę̄s. eti axioumen se kai hyper tēs poleōs tautēs kai tōn enoikountōn, hyper tōn en arrōstiais, hyper tōn en pikrą douleią, hyper tōn en exoriais, hyper tōn en dēmeusei, hyper pleontōn kai hodoiporountōn, hopōs pantōn epikouros genę̄, pantōn boēthos kai antilēptōr. eti parakaloumen se hyper tōn misountōn hēmas kai diōkontōn hēmas dia to onoma sou, hyper tōn exō ontōn kai peplanēmenōn, hopōs epistrepsę̄s autous eis agathon kai ton thymon autōn praunę̄s. eti parakaloumen se kai hyper tōn katēchoumenōn tēs ekklēsias kai hyper tōn cheimazomenōn hypo tou allotriou kai hyper tōn en metanoią adelphōn hēmōn, hopōs tous men teleiōsę̄s en tę̄ pistei, tous de katharisę̄s ek tēs energeias tou ponērou, tōn de tēn metanoian prosdexę̄, kai synchōrēsę̄s kai autois kai hēmin ta paraptōmata hēmōn. eti prospheromen soi kai hyper tēs eukrasias tou aeros kai tēs euphorias tōn karpōn, hopōs anelleipōs metalambanontes tōn para sou agathōn ainōmen se apaustōs ton didonta trophēn pasę̄ sarki. eti parakaloumen se kai hyper tōn di᾽ eulogon aitian apontōn, hopōs hapantas hēmas diatērēsas en tę̄ eusebeią episynagagę̄s en tę̄ basileią tou Christou sou, tou theou pasēs aisthētēs kai noētēs physeōs, tou basileōs hēmōn, atreptous, amemptous, anenklētous᾽ hoti soi pasa doxa, sebas kai eucharistia, timē kai proskynēsis, tǭ patri kai tǭ huiǭ kai tǭ hagiǭ pneumati, kai nyn kai aei kai eis tous anelleipeis kai ateleutētous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. kai pas ho laos legetō; Amēn.
Having prayed … [7] … through your only-begotten Son; and him you begot before all ages, by will and power and goodness, without intermediary, “the only-begotten Son, God the Word,” living Wisdom, “the firstborn of all creation, the angel of your great counsel,” your high priest, but King and Lord of every intelligible and sensible nature, “who is before all things, through whom are all things.” [8] For you, eternal God, made all things through him, and through him you count the universe worthy of fitting providence; for through whom you granted being, through him you also gave well-being: God and Father of your only-begotten Son, who through him made before all things the Cherubim and the Seraphim, ages and hosts, powers and “authorities, principalities and thrones,” archangels and angels, and after all these made through him this visible world and all that is in it. [9] For you are he who “set up the heaven like a vault” and “stretched it out like a skin,” and “founded the earth upon nothing” by your will alone; who fixed the firmament and fashioned night and day; who brought light out of the treasuries and, by its withdrawal, brought on darkness for the rest of the living things that move in the world; who appointed the sun in heaven “to rule the day” and the moon “to rule the night,” and inscribed the chorus of stars in heaven for the praise of your magnificence; [10] who made water for drinking and cleansing, life-giving air for breathing in and out and for the utterance of the voice by the tongue striking the air, and hearing assisted by it, so as to perceive the speech that falls upon it; [11] who made fire for the comfort of darkness, for the supply of need, and so that we might be warmed and lighted by it; [12] who separated the great sea from the land, and made the one navigable and the other passable on foot, and filled the one “with living things small and great” and the other with tame and wild ones, and crowned it with various plants and garlanded it with herbs and beautified it with flowers and enriched it with seeds; [13] who established the abyss and set a great hollow around it, heaped-up seas of salt waters, and “fenced it in with gates” of finest sand; who sometimes raises it by winds to the height of mountains and sometimes spreads it flat as a plain, sometimes maddens it with storm and sometimes calms it with stillness, so that it may be easy for seafarers to sail; [14] who girded with rivers the world made by you through Christ, and flooded it with torrents, and watered it with ever-flowing springs, and bound it round with mountains as an immovable and most secure seat for the earth. [15] For you filled your world and adorned it with fragrant and healing herbs, with many and various living things, strong and weaker, for food and for work, tame and wild; with the hissing of serpents, the cries of many-colored birds, the cycles of years, the numbers of months and days, the orders of the seasons, the courses of rain-bearing clouds for the bringing forth of fruits and the sustenance of living things, “the balance of the winds” that blow when commanded by you, the multitude of plants and herbs. [16] And not only did you create the world, but you also made man in it, the citizen of the world, showing him forth as the ornament of the world; for you said to your Wisdom, “Let us make man according to our image and according to likeness, and let them rule the fish of the sea and the birds of the heaven.” [17] Therefore you made him of an immortal soul and a dissoluble body, the one out of nothing, the other out of the four elements; and you gave him, as to the soul, rational discernment, the distinguishing of piety and impiety, the observing of the just and unjust; and as to the body you granted him the fivefold sense and the power of moving from place to place. [18] For you, God almighty, through Christ planted a paradise in Eden toward the east, adorned with all kinds of edible plants, and into it, as into a costly home, you brought him; and in making him you gave him an innate law, so that he might have from within and of himself the seeds of the knowledge of God. [19] And having brought him into “the paradise of delight,” you gave him authority to partake of all things, but forbade him to taste of one alone, in the hope of better things, so that, if he kept the commandment, he might receive immortality as its reward. [20] But when he neglected the commandment and tasted the forbidden fruit, through the deceit of the serpent and the counsel of the woman, you justly drove him out of paradise; yet in your goodness you did not overlook him when he was perishing utterly, for he was your workmanship, but, having subjected creation to him, you granted him to provide food for himself by his own sweat and labors, while you make all things grow and increase and ripen; and having laid him to sleep for a little while, you called him by an oath to rebirth; loosing the bond of death you promised life from the resurrection. [21] And not only this, but you also poured out his descendants into a countless multitude; you glorified those who remained with you and punished those who fell away from you; you accepted the sacrifice of Abel as holy, and turned away from the gift of Cain the fratricide as accursed; and besides these you received Seth and Enos and “translated Enoch.” [22] For you are the Creator of men and the giver of life and the filler of need and the giver of laws, the rewarder of those who keep them and the avenger of those who transgress them; who “brought the great flood upon the world” because of the multitude of those who acted impiously, and rescued righteous Noah from the flood in an ark with “eight souls,” the end of those that had passed away and the beginning of those that were to come; who kindled the fearful fire against the Pentapolis of Sodom, and “made a fruitful land a salt waste because of the wickedness of those who dwelt in it,” and snatched holy Lot from the burning. [23] You are he who rescued Abraham from the impiety of his forefathers, and made him heir of the world, and showed him your Christ; who appointed Melchizedek high priest of your worship; who showed forth your much-enduring servant Job as conqueror of the serpent, the prince of evil; who made Isaac the son of the promise, and Jacob the father of twelve sons, and poured out his descendants into a multitude and brought them into Egypt “with seventy-five souls.” [24] You, Lord, did not overlook Joseph, but gave him, as the reward of his chastity for your sake, rule over the Egyptians; you, Lord, did not disregard the Hebrews oppressed by the Egyptians, because of the promises to their fathers, but delivered them, punishing the Egyptians. [25] And when men corrupted the natural law, and sometimes thought creation self-produced, and sometimes honored it more than they ought and ranked it with you, the God of all things, you did not allow them to wander astray, but showing forth your holy servant Moses, through him you gave the written law to help the natural one, and showed that creation is your work, and banished the error of many gods; you glorified Aaron and his descendants with priestly honor; you punished the Hebrews when they sinned and received them when they returned. [26] You punished the Egyptians with ten plagues; dividing the sea, you brought the Israelites through; you destroyed the pursuing Egyptians under the water; you sweetened bitter water with wood; you poured out water from the sheer rock; you rained manna from heaven, and food from the air, the quail; “a pillar of fire by night” for light “and a pillar of cloud by day” for shade from the heat; you showed forth Joshua as general and through him overthrew seven nations of the Canaanites; you “split the Jordan, dried up the rivers of Etham”; you threw down walls without engines or human hand. [27] For all things be glory to you, almighty Master. You are worshiped by countless hosts of angels, archangels, “thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities,” powers, eternal hosts; “the Cherubim and the six-winged Seraphim, with two wings covering their feet, with two their heads, and with two flying,” and saying, together with thousand thousands of archangels and ten thousand times ten thousand angels, crying without ceasing and without silence (and let all the people say with them): “Holy, holy, holy Lord of hosts, heaven and earth are full of his glory; blessed be he forever. Amen.” [28] And let the high priest say next: [29] “For you are truly holy and all-holy, Most High “and highly exalted forever.” [30] Holy too is your only-begotten Son, our Lord and God Jesus the Christ, who, ministering to you, his God and Father, in all things, in varied creation and fitting providence, did not overlook the human race perishing; but after the natural law, after the exhortation of the law, after the prophetic reproofs and the oversight of the angels (when men were corrupting both the positive and the natural law and casting out of memory the flood, the burning, the plagues upon the Egyptians, the slaughters of the Palestinians, and all were about to perish at any moment), he himself was pleased, by your will, he the Creator of man, to become man; the Lawgiver, to be under laws; the High Priest, to be the victim; the Shepherd, to be a sheep. [31] And he propitiated you, his own God and Father, and reconciled you to the world, and freed all from the wrath that lay upon them, being born of a virgin, “God the Word having come to be in flesh, the beloved Son, the firstborn of all creation,” according to the prophecies foretold about him by himself, “of the seed of David” and Abraham, of the tribe of Judah; and he who fashions all who are born came to be in the womb of a virgin, and the fleshless was made flesh, and he who was begotten timelessly was born in time. [32] Having lived in holiness and taught lawfully, having driven away from men “every disease and every sickness,” having done “signs and wonders among the people,” having partaken of food and drink and sleep, he who nourishes all who need food “and fills every living thing with good pleasure,” he “manifested your name” to those who did not know it, drove away ignorance, rekindled piety, fulfilled your will, “finished the work which you gave him.” [33] And having accomplished all these things, he was seized by the hands of the lawless, of falsely named priests and high priests and of a lawless people, through the betrayal of him who was sick with wickedness … [38] … and his death and resurrection from the dead and return into the heavens and his future second coming, in which “he comes with glory and power to judge the living and the dead” “and to render to each according to his works,” we offer you, the King and God, according to his ordinance, this bread and this cup, “giving thanks to you through him” that you have counted us worthy to stand before you and to serve you as priests. [39] And we ask you to look graciously upon these gifts set before you, you God who need nothing, and to be well pleased with them for the honor of your Christ, and to send down your Holy Spirit upon this sacrifice, “the witness of the sufferings of the Lord Jesus,” so that he may show this bread to be the body of your Christ and this cup the blood of your Christ, so that those who partake of it may be confirmed in piety, obtain forgiveness of sins, be delivered from the devil and his deceit, be filled with the Holy Spirit, become worthy of your Christ, and obtain eternal life, you being reconciled to them, almighty Master. [40] We pray you further, Lord, also for your holy church from one end of the earth to the other, “which you purchased with the precious blood” of your Christ, that you may keep it unshaken and free from storms “until the consummation of the age”; and for every episcopate “that rightly divides the word of truth.” [41] We beseech you further also for my nothingness, who offer to you, and for the whole presbytery, for the deacons and all the clergy, that, making them all wise, you may fill them with the Holy Spirit. [42] We further “beseech” you, Lord, “for the king and those in authority” and the whole army, that our affairs may be at peace, so that, spending all the time of our life in quietness and concord, we may glorify you through “Jesus Christ our hope.” [43] We offer to you further also for all the saints who have pleased you from the beginning, patriarchs, prophets, righteous men, apostles, martyrs, confessors, bishops, presbyters, deacons, subdeacons, readers, singers, virgins, widows, laymen, and all whose names you yourself know. [44] We offer to you further for this people, that you may show it forth, to the praise of your Christ, as “a royal priesthood, a holy nation”; for those in virginity and purity; for the widows of the church; for those in honorable marriages and in childbearing; for the infants of your people, that you may make none of us a castaway. [45] We ask you further also for this city and those who dwell in it, for those in sicknesses, for those in bitter slavery, for those in exile, for those whose goods have been confiscated, for those who sail and travel, that you may be the helper of all, the “help and protector” of all. [46] We beseech you further for “those who hate us and persecute us for your name's sake,” for those who are outside and have gone astray, that you may convert them to good and soften their anger. [47] We beseech you further also for the catechumens of the church, and for those vexed by the adversary, and for our brothers in penance, that you may perfect the first in the faith, cleanse the second from the working of the evil one, accept the repentance of the third, and forgive both them and us our transgressions. [48] We offer to you further also for good temperature of the air and fruitfulness of the crops, so that, partaking without lack of the good things that come from you, we may praise you without ceasing, “who give food to all flesh.” [49] We beseech you further also for those who are absent for a good reason, that, keeping us all in piety, you may gather us together in the kingdom of your Christ, the God of every sensible and intelligible nature, our King, steadfast, blameless, irreproachable; [50] for to you be all glory, reverence and thanksgiving, honor and worship, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and always and to the unfailing and endless ages of ages.” [51] And let all the people say, “Amen.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Col 1:15–17 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:1 (allusion, high confidence) · John 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 40:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 104:2 (103:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Job 26:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 38:8–11 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 104:25 (103:25 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence) · Ps 135:7 (134:7 LXX) (allusion, low confidence) · Gen 1:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 2:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 2:16–17 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 3:1–24 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 4:4–5 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 5:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 6:17 (quotation, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 3:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 19:24 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 107:34 (106:34 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 19:29 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 4:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 14:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 7:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 39:7–12 (allusion, medium confidence) · Exod 15:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 17:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 13:21 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 74:15 (73:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Josh 6:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 6:2–3 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 97:9 (96:9 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 4:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 2:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 145:16 (144:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:6 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 16:27 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 4:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 4:13 (echo, low confidence) · Acts 20:28 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 2:15 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 2:1–2 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 1:1 (quotation, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 2:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:44 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 136:25 (135:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The anaphora praises God for creation and the history of salvation, joins the angels' Holy, recalls Christ's incarnation and passion, offers the bread and cup, calls down the Holy Spirit, and intercedes for the whole church and world.
- The scan lost much of this chapter. Only the first word of section 4 (“Having prayed”) and the end of section 7 survive before section 8, and sections 34–38 (from the betrayal through the account of the Last Supper to the beginning of the remembrance) are lost; “…” marks the gaps. The section numbers that survive were lost in the OCR and are marked “[8]” … “[51]”. A block of Funk's apparatus inside section 18 is removed.
- The Son is begotten “by will,” “ministers” to his God and Father, and “propitiated” his God and Father: translated as written. The epiclesis asks the Spirit to “show” (ἀποφήνῃ) the bread to be the body of Christ.
- Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX); Col 1:15–17; John 1:1, 3; Isa 40:22; Ps 104:2; Job 26:7; Gen 1:16; Ps 136:8–9; Job 38:8–11; Ps 104:25; Gen 1:26; 2:8, 15–17; 3; 4:4–5; 5:24; 7; 1 Pet 3:20; Gen 19:24; Ps 107:34; Gen 19:29; Rom 4:13; Gen 14:18; Acts 7:14; Gen 39; Exod 7–14; 15:25; 17:6; 16; 13:21; Josh 3; Ps 74:15; Josh 6:20; Isa 6:2–3; Dan 7:10; Ps 97:9; Mark 1:34; Acts 2:22; Ps 145:16; John 17:4, 6; Acts 20:28; 2 Tim 2:15; 1 Tim 2:1–2; 1 Pet 2:9; Matt 5:44; Ps 136:25; Matt 16:27; 2 Tim 4:1.
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Καὶ → . Καὶ; " 29. Ἅγιος → · Ἅγιος; ,,κκαὶ ὑπερυψούμενος → καὶ ὑπερυψούμενος; “. 30. ἅγιος → . ἅγιος; (παραφθειρόντων → παραφθειρόντων; avθρώπου → ἀνθρώπου; ἀρχιερθὺς → ἀρχιερεὺς; " 31. καὶ ἐξευμενίσατό δε → · καὶ ἐξευμενίσατό σε; »γ → γ; προωτύτόκος → πρωτότοκος; ως“, → ως, ; 0x αὐτοῦ → ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ; ,ix σπέρματος Δαυὶδʼ΄ xoi Afgadu, φυλῆς ᾿Ιούδα᾽ → ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ καὶ Ἀβραάμ, φυλῆς Ἰούδα·; iv μήτρᾳ → ἐν μήτρᾳ; 32. πολιτευσάμενος → πολιτευσάμενος; αν““ ἐ → αν ἐ; ,,σ → σ; iv τῷ λαῷ“ → ἐν τῷ λαῷ; χρήζοντας - * 2 Li “- € 3 7 2 , J ^. τροφῆς ,,(χαὶ ἐμπιπλῶν → χρήζοντας τροφῆς καὶ ἐμπιπλῶν; α“ → α ; τὴν εὐΜ , e σέβειαν → τὴν εὐσέβειαν; ν, ,τὸ → ν, τὸ ; “. 33. καὶ ταῦτα → . καὶ ταῦτα; κατορθώσας, 5 χερσὶν → κατορθώσας, χερσὶν; ix νεχρῶν → ἐκ νεκρῶν; ἔν ἢ ,ἔρχεται → ἐν ᾗ ἔρχεται; ὺς“ κ → ὺς κ; τοῦ“, π → τοῦ, π; ,,ιεὐχαριστοῦντές σοι δὲ αὐτοῦ“ → εὐχαριστοῦντές σοι δι᾽ αὐτοῦ; GOL" 39. καὶ → σοι· καὶ; εὐδοχήσῃς → εὐδοκήσῃς; ν, ,τὸν → ν, τὸν; σοῦ“, ὅ → σοῦ, ὅ; Gov → σου ; υ" → υ· ; 40. ἔτι → ἔτι; Gov, → σου,; »ἣ» περιεποιήσω → ἣν περιεποιήσω; ι“ → ι ; ἀκχλυδώνιστον → ἀκλυδώνιστον; vot αἰῶνος““ → τοῦ αἰῶνος; ς ,τῆ → ς τῆ; ““. 41. ἔτι → . ἔτι; τὼν διακόνων → τῶν διακόνων; ἵρα πάντας → ἵνα πάντας; 42. ἔτι (,παρακαλοῦμέν““ σε, κύριξ, ,Uazio τοῦ βασιλέως xol τῶν iv → ἔτι παρακαλοῦμέν σε, κύριε, ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἐν; ῇ“ → ῇ ; δοξάζωμέν δε → δοξάζωμέν σε; ,, Ἰ → Ἰ; “. 43. ἔτι → . ἔτι; ὅμολογητῶν → ὁμολογητῶν; 44. ἔτι → ἔτι; ἀναδείξῃης → ἀναδείξῃς; »βθασίλειον → βασίλειον; ον“. → ον. ; ἐχκλησίας → ἐκκλησίας; xol τεχνογονίαις → καὶ τεκνογονίαις; 45. ἔτι → ἔτι; ἀρροστίαις → ἀρρωστίαις; ,,β → β; “. 46. ἔτι → . ἔτι; τῶν , μισούντων → τῶν μισούντων; υ“, → υ,; 47. ἔτι → ἔτι; κατηχουμένγων → κατηχουμένων; τελειαύσῃς iv → τελειώσῃς ἐν; ix τῆς ἐνεργείας → ἐκ τῆς ἐνεργείας; 48. ἔτι προσφέρομέν ὅοι → ἔτι προσφέρομέν σοι; εὐχρασίας → εὐκρασίας; dyaθῶν → ἀγαθῶν; ως ,τὸν → ως τὸν; “. 49. ἔτι παρακαλοῦμέν δε → . ἔτι παρακαλοῦμέν σε; ἀπόντῶν → ἀπόντων; $50. ὅτι → ὅτι; vOv → νῦν; $51. καὶ πᾶς ó λαὸς λεγέτω" μήν. → καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς λεγέτω· Ἀμήν..
Topics: Eucharist, Prayer, Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.12.4 (Funk 1:496–514; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 13
8.13.1Funk 1:514
Καὶ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος εἰπάτω· Ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ εἴη μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς λεγέτω· Καὶ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματός σου.
Kai ho episkopos eipatō; Hē eirēnē tou theou eiē meta pantōn hymōn, kai pas ho laos legetō; Kai meta tou pneumatos sou.
And let the bishop say, “The peace of God be with you all”; and let all the people say, “And with your spirit.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop gives the peace after the anaphora.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ω" → ω· ; Atyévo → λεγέτω·.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.1 (Funk 1:514; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.13.2Funk 1:514
καὶ ὁ διάκονος κηρυσσέτω πάλιν·
kai ho diakonos kēryssetō palin;
And let the deacon proclaim again:
Notes and citation
Summary: The deacon leads a second intercession.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): zdAw' → πάλιν·.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.2 (Funk 1:514; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.13.3Funk 1:514
Ἔτι καὶ ἔτι δεηθῶμεν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ᾽ ὑπὲρ τοῦ δώρου τοῦ προσκομισθέντος κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ ἀγαθὸς θεὸς προσδέξηται αὐτὸ διὰ τῆς μεσιτείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ἐπουράνιον αὐτοῦ θυσιαστήριον͵ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας.
Eti kai eti deēthōmen tou theou dia tou Christou autou᾽ hyper tou dōrou tou proskomisthentos kyriǭ tǭ theǭ hēmōn deēthōmen, hopōs ho agathos theos prosdexētai auto dia tēs mesiteias tou Christou autou eis to epouranion autou thysiastērion͵ eis osmēn euōdias.
“Again and again let us pray to God through his Christ. For the gift offered to the Lord our God let us pray, that the good God may receive it through the mediation of his Christ upon his heavenly altar, “for a sweet-smelling savor.”
Eph 5:2 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Prayer that God receive the offered gift on his heavenly altar.
- Eph 5:2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ͵,, → ͵ ; ς“. → ς..
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.3 (Funk 1:514; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.13.4Funk 1:514
ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ταύτης καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ δεηθῶμεν᾽· ὑπὲρ πάσης ἐπισκοπῆς, παντὸς πρεσβυτερίου, πάσης τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ διακονίας καὶ ὑπηρεσίας, παντὸς τοῦ πληρώματος τῆς ἐκκλησίας δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως ὃ κύριος πάντας διατηρήσῃ καὶ διαφυλάξῃ.
hyper tēs ekklēsias tautēs kai tou laou deēthōmen᾽; hyper pasēs episkopēs, pantos presbyteriou, pasēs tēs en Christǭ diakonias kai hypēresias, pantos tou plērōmatos tēs ekklēsias deēthōmen, hopōs ho kyrios pantas diatērēsę̄ kai diaphylaxę̄.
For this church and people let us pray. For every episcopate, every presbytery, all the diaconate and ministry in Christ, the whole fullness of the church let us pray, that the Lord may keep and guard all.
Notes and citation
Summary: Prayer for the church and its clergy.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ᾽" → ᾽· ; ἐπισχοπῆς → ἐπισκοπῆς.
Topics: Prayer, Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.4 (Funk 1:514; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.13.5Funk 1:514
ὑπὲρ βασιλέων καὶ τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχῇ δεηθῶμεν ἵνα εἰρηνεύωνται τὰ πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὅπως ἤρεμον καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον ἔχοντες διάγωμεν ἐν πάσῃ εὐσεβείᾳ καὶ σεμνότητι.
hyper basileōn kai tōn en hyperochę̄ deēthōmen hina eirēneuōntai ta pros hēmas, hopōs ēremon kai hēsychion bion echontes diagōmen en pasę̄ eusebeią kai semnotēti.
“For kings and those in authority let us pray,” that our affairs may be at peace, “so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and dignity.”
1 Tim 2:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Prayer for rulers, for the sake of peace.
- 1 Tim 2:2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,ὑ → ὑ; “,, → ; εἰρηνείωνται → εἰρηνεύωνται; ο,ὅπως → ὅπως; “΄. → ..
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.5 (Funk 1:514; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.13.6Funk 1:514
τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων μνημονεύσωμεν, ὅπως κοινωνοὶ γενέσθαι τῆς ἀθλήσεως αὐτῶν καταξιωθῶμεν· ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν πίστει ἀναπαυσαμένων δεηθῶμεν.
tōn hagiōn martyrōn mnēmoneusōmen, hopōs koinōnoi genesthai tēs athlēseōs autōn kataxiōthōmen; hyper tōn en pistei anapausamenōn deēthōmen.
Let us remember the holy martyrs, that we may be counted worthy to become partakers of their contest. For those who have fallen asleep in faith let us pray.
Notes and citation
Summary: The martyrs and the faithful departed are remembered.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): καταξιωθθῶμενʼ → καταξιωθῶμεν·.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.6 (Funk 1:514; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.13.7Funk 1:514–516
ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐκρασίας τῶν ἀέρων καὶ τελεσφορίας τῶν καρπῶν δεηθῶμεν.
hyper tēs eukrasias tōn aerōn kai telesphorias tōn karpōn deēthōmen.
For good temperature of the airs and the ripening of the crops let us pray.
Notes and citation
Summary: Prayer for good weather and harvests.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: stray marks): δεηθῶμεν. ^ - - € - 2 E → δεηθῶμεν..
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.7 (Funk 1:514–516; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.13.8Funk 1:516
ὑπὲρ τῶν νεοφωτίστων δεηθῶμεν, ὅπως βεβαιωθῶσιν ἐν τῇ πίστει· πάντες ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων παρακαλέσωμεν.
hyper tōn neophōtistōn deēthōmen, hopōs bebaiōthōsin en tę̄ pistei; pantes hyper allēlōn parakalesōmen.
For the newly enlightened let us pray, that they may be confirmed in the faith. Let all beseech for one another.
Notes and citation
Summary: Prayer for the newly baptized and for one another.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: stray marks; several letters): βεβαιωθῶῦσιν ἔν τῇ ^ * , 3 , ς - πίστει" → βεβαιωθῶσιν ἐν τῇ πίστει·; zaQaxaA£oouev → παρακαλέσωμεν.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.8 (Funk 1:516; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-8). (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.
8.13.9Funk 1:516–518
ἀνάστησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ θεός, ἐν τῇ χάριτί σου. ἀναστάντες ἑαυτοὺς τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ παραθώμεθα. καὶ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος λεγέτω· Ὁ θεὸς ὃ μέγας καὶ μεγαλώνυμος, ὃ μέγας τῇ βουλῇ καὶ κραταιὸς τοῖς ἔργοις, ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ ἁγίου παιδός σου Ἰησοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, ἐπίβλεψον ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ποίμνιόν σου τοῦτο, ὃ δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐξελέξω εἰς δόξαν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου· καὶ ἁγιάσας ἡμῶν τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν καταξίωσον, καθαροὺς γενομένους ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, τυχεῖν τῶν προκειμένων ἀγαθῶν᾽· καὶ μηδένα ἡμῶν ἀνάξιον κρίνῃς, ἀλλὰ βοηθὸς ἡμῶν γενοῦ, ἀντιλήπτωρ, ὑπερασπιστὴς διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου, μεθ᾽ οὗ σοὶ δόξα, τιμή, αἶνος, δοξολογία, εὐχαριστία καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. καὶ μετὰ τὸ πάντας εἰπεῖν· Ἀμήν, ὁ διάκονος λεγέτω· Πρόσχωμεν. καὶ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος προσφωνησάτω τῷ λαῷ οὕτω· Τὰ ἅγια τοῖς ἁγίοις. καὶ ὁ λαὸς ὑπακουέτω· Εἷς ἅγιος, εἷς κύριος, Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ πατρὸς εὐλογητὸς εἶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις θεῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη, ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίαʼ ὡσαννὰ τῷ υἱῷ Δαυίδ, εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου· θεὸς κύριος καὶ ἐπεφάνη ἐν ἡμῖν, ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο μεταλαμβανέτω ὃ ἐπίσκοπος, ἔπειτα οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ διάκονοι καὶ οἱ ὑποδιάκονοι καὶ οἱ ἀναγνῶσται καὶ οἱ ψάλται καὶ οἱ ἀσκηταί, καὶ ἐν ταῖς γυναιξὶν αἱ διάκοναι καὶ αἱ παρθένοι καὶ αἱ χῆραι, εἶτα τὰ παιδία, καὶ τότε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς κατὰ τάξιν μετὰ αἰδοῦς καὶ εὐλαβείας ἄνευ θορύβου. καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐπίσκοπος διδότω τὴν προσφορὰν λέγων· Σῶμα Χριστοῦ, καὶ ὃ δεχόμενος λεγέτω· Ἀμήν· ὃ δὲ διάκονος κατεχέτω τὸ ποτήριον καὶ ἐπιδιδοὺς λεγέτω᾽ Αἷμα Χριστοῦ, ποτήριον ζωῆς, καὶ ὁ πίνων λεγέτω Ἀμήν. ψαλμὸς δὲ λεγέσθω λγ΄ ἐν τῷ μεταλαμβάνειν πάντας τοὺς λοιπούς. καὶ ὅταν πάντες μεταλάβωσιν καὶ πᾶσαι, λαβόντες οἱ διάκονοι τὰ περισσεύσαντα εἰσφερέτωσαν εἰς τὰ παστοφόρια.
anastēson hēmas, ho theos, en tę̄ chariti sou. anastantes heautous tǭ theǭ dia tou Christou autou parathōmetha. kai ho episkopos legetō; Ho theos ho megas kai megalōnymos, ho megas tę̄ boulę̄ kai krataios tois ergois, ho theos kai patēr tou hagiou paidos sou Iēsou tou sōtēros hēmōn, epiblepson eph᾽ hēmas kai epi to poimnion sou touto, ho di᾽ autou exelexō eis doxan tou onomatos sou; kai hagiasas hēmōn to sōma kai tēn psychēn kataxiōson, katharous genomenous apo pantos molysmou sarkos kai pneumatos, tychein tōn prokeimenōn agathōn᾽; kai mēdena hēmōn anaxion krinę̄s, alla boēthos hēmōn genou, antilēptōr, hyperaspistēs dia tou Christou sou, meth᾽ hou soi doxa, timē, ainos, doxologia, eucharistia kai tǭ hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas; amēn. kai meta to pantas eipein; Amēn, ho diakonos legetō; Proschōmen. kai ho episkopos prosphōnēsatō tǭ laǭ houtō; Ta hagia tois hagiois. kai ho laos hypakouetō; Heis hagios, heis kyrios, Iēsous Christos, eis doxan theou patros eulogētos ei eis tous aiōnas; amēn. Doxa en hypsistois theǭ kai epi gēs eirēnē, en anthrōpois eudokiaʼ hōsanna tǭ huiǭ Dauid, eulogēmenos ho erchomenos en onomati kyriou; theos kyrios kai epephanē en hēmin, hōsanna en tois hypsistois. kai meta touto metalambanetō ho episkopos, epeita hoi presbyteroi kai hoi diakonoi kai hoi hypodiakonoi kai hoi anagnōstai kai hoi psaltai kai hoi askētai, kai en tais gynaixin hai diakonai kai hai parthenoi kai hai chērai, eita ta paidia, kai tote pas ho laos kata taxin meta aidous kai eulabeias aneu thorybou. kai ho men episkopos didotō tēn prosphoran legōn; Sōma Christou, kai ho dechomenos legetō; Amēn; ho de diakonos katechetō to potērion kai epididous legetō᾽ Haima Christou, potērion zōēs, kai ho pinōn legetō Amēn. psalmos de legesthō lg΄ en tǭ metalambanein pantas tous loipous. kai hotan pantes metalabōsin kai pasai, labontes hoi diakonoi ta perisseusanta eispheretōsan eis ta pastophoria.
Raise us up, O God, in your grace. Having risen, let us commend ourselves to God through his Christ.” [10] And let the bishop say: “O God, great and great of name, ‘great in counsel and mighty in works,’ the God and Father of ‘your holy Servant Jesus’ our Savior: look upon us and upon this your flock, which you chose through him for the glory of your name; and having sanctified our body and soul, count us worthy, ‘made clean from all defilement of flesh and spirit,’ to obtain the good things set before us; and judge none of us unworthy, but be our helper, protector and defender, through your Christ, with whom be glory, honor, praise, doxology and thanksgiving to you and to the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.” [11] And after all have said “Amen,” let the deacon say, “Let us attend.” [12] And let the bishop address the people thus: “Holy things for the holy.” [13] And let the people answer: “One is holy, one is Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father, blessed forever. Amen. ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men.’ ‘Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’; ‘God is the Lord, and he has appeared’ among us; ‘hosanna in the highest.’” [14] And after this let the bishop partake, then the presbyters and the deacons and the subdeacons and the readers and the singers and the ascetics, and among the women the deaconesses and the virgins and the widows, then the children, and then all the people in order, with reverence and devotion, without tumult. [15] And let the bishop give the offering, saying, “The body of Christ”; and let the one who receives say, “Amen.” And let the deacon hold the cup and, giving it, say, “The blood of Christ, the cup of life”; and let the one who drinks say, “Amen.” [16] And let Psalm 33 be said while all the rest are partaking. [17] And when all the men and all the women have partaken, let the deacons take what remains and carry it into the pastophoria.
Jer 32:19 (39:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 4:27 (quotation, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 7:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 2:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 2:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 21:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 118:26–27 (117:26-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:8 (33:9 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: After the bishop's prayer and “Holy things for the holy,” all receive communion in order, the bishop giving the body and the deacon the cup.
- The section numbers 10–17 were lost in the OCR; “[10]” etc. mark where each begins. Stray marks and footnote references in the scan are removed.
- Psalm 33 in the Greek numbering is Psalm 34 (“Taste and see that the Lord is good”). The pastophoria are the sacristies. Jer 32:19 (39:19 LXX); Acts 4:27, 30; 2 Cor 7:1; Phil 2:11; Luke 2:14; Matt 21:9; Ps 118:26–27 (117:26–27 LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; 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: stray marks; OCR: section number (10) removed; OCR: section number (11) removed; OCR: section number (17) removed; OCR: section number and footnote references removed; word rejoined; OCR: section number and stray marks removed; OCR: section number and stray marks removed; word rejoined; OCR: section number removed; δὲ; OCR: stray marks; OCR: stray marks; several letters; OCR: stray marks; word rejoined; OCR: stray marks; ψάλται): ἀναστησον ἡμᾶς, ’ - I - - ^ - ὁ θεός → ἀνάστησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ θεός; διὰ τοῦ T ^ ΕΣ - , ^ , D c Χριστοῦ → διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ; παραθωώμεθα. IO. xai → παραθώμεθα. καὶ; " ,,0 ^ , m - ^ * θεὸς → · Ὁ θεὸς; κραταιὸς * ^ ' - , » - - τοῖς → κραταιὸς τοῖς; ις“, → ις, ; ,τ → τ; Inóov* → Ἰησοῦ; ὃ δὲ αὐτοῦ → ὃ δι᾽ αὐτοῦ; υ" → υ· ; ,κ → κ; ος“, → ος, ; τῶν προ,, 2 - M H c - 2, ; 2 ' * κειμένων → τῶν προκειμένων; ᾽" → ᾽· ; HJ τ Η H , 5, ; 2 H 5 €T μεθʼ οὐ → μεθ᾽ οὗ; vius], → τιμή,; xal τῷ αγίῳ → καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ; ι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας" ἀμήν. → ι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. ; τι. καὶ → καὶ; ῖν" Ἀ → ῖν· Ἀ; τω" Π → τω· Π; 12. καὶ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος προῦ, - “- [4 ^ H4 - Hd ^ € M φωνησάτω → καὶ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος προσφωνησάτω; τω" Τ → τω· Τ; τοῖς αγίοις. 13. xal ὁ λαὸς τ τ E - - E ὑπακχουέτω᾽ → τοῖς ἁγίοις. καὶ ὁ λαὸς ὑπακουέτω·; Ἰησοῖς → Ἰησοῦς; ἶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας" ἀμήν. → ἶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. ; ,,Δ → Δ; κυρίου θεὸς κύριος * z c - xoi ἐπεφάνη iv ἡμῖν, ὡσαννὰ iv roig → κυρίου· θεὸς κύριος καὶ ἐπεφάνη ἐν ἡμῖν, ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς; “. 14. καὶ → . καὶ; οἱ q [4 - διάκονοι καὶ oí ὑποδιάκονοι → οἱ διάκονοι καὶ οἱ ὑποδιάκονοι; oi waAtat ^ € 2 I 2 - ^ c , Ν ς ΄͵ καὶ → οἱ ψάλται καὶ; παρθένοι A M € - 3. ^ i ^ , - ς * * , xol → παρθένοι καὶ; κατὰ τάξιν - * M " * Y μετὰ → κατὰ τάξιν μετὰ; τς. καὶ ὃ uiv ἐπί19 Mt. 21, 9. — 20 Ps. 117, 27. — 21 Mt. 21, 9. 6xoxog → καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐπίσκοπος; Aéyov: → λέγων·; τω" Ἀ → τω· Ἀ; ήν" ὃ → ήν· ὃ; 16. ψαλμὸς Ób → ψαλμὸς δὲ; τῇ. καὶ → καὶ.
Topics: Eucharist, Prayer, Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.13.9 (Funk 1:516–518; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-13-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 14
8.14.1Funk 1:518
Καὶ ὃ διάκονος λεγέτω παυσαμένου τοῦ ψάλλοντος·
Kai ho diakonos legetō pausamenou tou psallontos;
And when the singer has ceased, let the deacon say:
Notes and citation
Summary: The prayer after communion is introduced.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ος" → ος·.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.14.1 (Funk 1:518; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-14-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.14.2Funk 1:518
Μεταλαβόντες τοῦ τιμίου σώματος καὶ τοῦ τιμίου αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ εὐχαριστήσωμεν τῷ καταξιώσαντι ἡμᾶς μεταλαβεῖν τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ μυστηρίων, καὶ παρακαλέσωμεν μὴ εἰς κρίμα, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς σωτηρίαν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι, εἰς ὠφέλειαν ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος, εἰς φυλακὴν εὐσεβείας, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, εἰς ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος.
Metalabontes tou timiou sōmatos kai tou timiou haimatos tou Christou eucharistēsōmen tǭ kataxiōsanti hēmas metalabein tōn hagiōn autou mystēriōn, kai parakalesōmen mē eis krima, all᾽ eis sōtērian hēmin genesthai, eis ōpheleian psychēs kai sōmatos, eis phylakēn eusebeias, eis aphesin hamartiōn, eis zōēn tou mellontos aiōnos.
“Having partaken of the precious body and the precious blood of Christ, let us give thanks to him who counted us worthy to partake of his holy mysteries, and let us beseech that they may be to us not for judgment but for salvation, for the benefit of soul and body, for the guarding of piety, for the forgiveness of sins, for the life of the age to come.
1 Cor 11:29 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The faithful give thanks for communion and pray that it bring salvation.
- 1 Cor 11:29, 34.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.14.2 (Funk 1:518; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-14-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.14.3Funk 1:518
ἐγειρώμεθα· ἐν χάριτι Χριστοῦ ἑαυτοὺς τῷ μόνῳ ἀγεννήτῳ θεῷ καὶ τῷ Χριστῷ αὐτοῦ παραθώμεθα.
egeirōmetha; en chariti Christou heautous tǭ monǭ agennētǭ theǭ kai tǭ Christǭ autou parathōmetha.
Let us rise; in the grace of Christ let us commend ourselves to the only unbegotten God and to his Christ.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The faithful commend themselves to God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐγειρώμεθα᾽ → ἐγειρώμεθα·; ξαυτοὺς → ἑαυτοὺς.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.14.3 (Funk 1:518; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-14-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 15
8.15.1Funk 1:518
Καὶ ὃ ἐπίσκοπος εὐχαριστείτω·
Kai ho episkopos eucharisteitō;
And let the bishop give thanks:
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop's thanksgiving after communion is introduced.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Kol → Καὶ; τω" → τω·.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.15.1 (Funk 1:518; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-15-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.15.2Funk 1:518
Δέσποτα ὁ θεὸς ὃ παντοχράτωρ, ὃ πατὴρ τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου τοῦ εὐλογητοῦ παιδός, ὁ τῶν μετ᾽ εὐθύτητος ἐπικαλουμένων σε ἐπήκοος, ὃ καὶ τῶν σιωπώντων ἐπιστάμενος τὰς ἐντεύξεις· εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, ὅτι κατηξίωσας ἡμᾶς μεταλαβεῖν τῶν ἁγίων σου μυστηρίων, ἃ παρέσχου ἡμῖν εἰς πληροφορίαν τῶν καλῶς ἐγνωσμένων, εἰς φυλακὴν τῆς εὐσεβείας, εἰς ἄφεσιν πλημμελημάτων, ὅτι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου ἐπικέκληται ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ σοὶ προσῳκειώμεθα.
Despota ho theos ho pantochratōr, ho patēr tou Christou sou tou eulogētou paidos, ho tōn met᾽ euthytētos epikaloumenōn se epēkoos, ho kai tōn siōpōntōn epistamenos tas enteuxeis; eucharistoumen soi, hoti katēxiōsas hēmas metalabein tōn hagiōn sou mystēriōn, ha pareschou hēmin eis plērophorian tōn kalōs egnōsmenōn, eis phylakēn tēs eusebeias, eis aphesin plēmmelēmatōn, hoti to onoma tou Christou sou epikeklētai eph᾽ hēmas kai soi prosǭkeiōmetha.
“Master, God almighty, the Father of your Christ, your blessed Servant, who hear those who call on you with uprightness, who know even the petitions of those who are silent: we thank you that you have counted us worthy to partake of your holy mysteries, which you have given us for the full assurance of what we have rightly known, for the guarding of piety, for the forgiveness of transgressions; for the name of your Christ has been called upon us, and we have been made your own.
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop thanks God for the gift of the holy mysteries.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): δε ἐπήκοος → σε ἐπήκοος; σιωπαντων → σιωπώντων; ς" → ς· ; ig ἡμᾶς → ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.15.2 (Funk 1:518; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-15-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.15.3Funk 1:518
ὃ χωρίσας ἡμᾶς τῆς τῶν ἀσεβῶν κοινωνίας, ἕνωσον ἡμᾶς μετὰ τῶν καθωσιωμένων σοι, στήριξον ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ τῇ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπιφοιτήσει, τὰ ἀγνοούμενα ἀποκάλυψον, τὰ λείποντα προσαναπλήρωσον, τὰ ἐγνωσμένα κράτυνον.
ho chōrisas hēmas tēs tōn asebōn koinōnias, henōson hēmas meta tōn kathōsiōmenōn soi, stērixon hēmas en tę̄ alētheią tę̄ tou hagiou pneumatos epiphoitēsei, ta agnooumena apokalypson, ta leiponta prosanaplērōson, ta egnōsmena kratynon.
you who separated us from the fellowship of the ungodly, unite us with those who are consecrated to you; confirm us in the truth by the visitation of the Holy Spirit; reveal what we do not know, supply what is lacking, strengthen what we know.
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop asks God to unite and confirm the communicants.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.15.3 (Funk 1:518; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-15-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.15.4Funk 1:518
τοὺς ἱερεῖς ἀμώμους διαφύλαξον ἐν τῇ λατρείᾳ σου, τοὺς βασιλεῖς διατήρησον ἐν εἰρήνῃ, τοὺς ἄρχοντας ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, τοὺς ἀέρας ἐν εὐχρασίᾳ, τοὺς καρποὺς ἐν εὐφορίᾳ, τὸν κόσμον ἐν παναλκεῖ προνοίᾳ· τὰ ἔθνη τὰ πολεμικὰ πράϋνον, τὰ πεπλανημένα ἐπίστρεψον.
tous hiereis amōmous diaphylaxon en tę̄ latreią sou, tous basileis diatērēson en eirēnę̄, tous archontas en dikaiosynę̄, tous aeras en euchrasią, tous karpous en euphorią, ton kosmon en panalkei pronoią; ta ethnē ta polemika praÿnon, ta peplanēmena epistrepson.
Keep the priests blameless in your worship; preserve the kings in peace, the rulers in justice, the airs in good temperature, the crops in fruitfulness, the world in your all-powerful providence; tame the warlike nations, convert those who have gone astray.
Notes and citation
Summary: Prayer for priests, rulers, harvests and the conversion of the erring.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): àv εὐχρασίᾳ → ἐν εὐχρασίᾳ; προγνοίᾳ᾽ → προνοίᾳ·; πράῦδνον → πράϋνον.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.15.4 (Funk 1:518; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-15-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.15.5Funk 1:518–520
τὸν λαόν σου ἁγίασον, τοὺς ἐν παρθενίᾳ διατήρησον, τοὺς ἐν γάμῳ διαφύλαξον ἐν πίστει, τοὺς ἐν ἁγνείᾳ ἐνδυνάμωσον, τὰ νήπια ἅδρυνον, τοὺς νεοτελεῖς βεβαίωσον, τοὺς ἐν κατηχήσει παίδευσον καὶ τῆς μυήσεως ἀξίους ἀνάδειξον, καὶ πάντας ἡμᾶς ἐπισυνάγαγε εἰς τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείαν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, μεθ᾽ οὗ σοὶ δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ σέβας καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
ton laon sou hagiason, tous en parthenią diatērēson, tous en gamǭ diaphylaxon en pistei, tous en hagneią endynamōson, ta nēpia hadrynon, tous neoteleis bebaiōson, tous en katēchēsei paideuson kai tēs myēseōs axious anadeixon, kai pantas hēmas episynagage eis tēn tōn ouranōn basileian en Christǭ Iēsou tǭ kyriǭ hēmōn, meth᾽ hou soi doxa, timē kai sebas kai tǭ hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas; amēn.
Sanctify your people; preserve those in virginity; guard those in marriage in faith; strengthen those in chastity; bring the infants to maturity; confirm the newly initiated; instruct those in catechesis and show them worthy of initiation; and gather us all into the kingdom of heaven in Christ Jesus our Lord, with whom be glory, honor and reverence to you and to the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Prayer for every order of the faithful and for the kingdom.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): διαφίλαξον iv → διαφύλαξον ἐν; τοὺς iv ἁγνείᾳ → τοὺς ἐν ἁγνείᾳ; μεθʼ ov → μεθ᾽ οὗ; ς" → ς· .
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.15.5 (Funk 1:518–520; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-15-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.15.6Funk 1:520
καὶ ὁ διάκονος λεγέτω· Τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ κλίνατε καὶ εὐλογεῖσθε.
kai ho diakonos legetō; Tǭ theǭ dia tou Christou autou klinate kai eulogeisthe.
And let the deacon say, “Bow down to God through his Christ and receive the blessing.”
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Summary: The people bow for the final blessing.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ω" → ω· .
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.15.6 (Funk 1:520; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-15-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.15.7Funk 1:520
καὶ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ἐπευχέσθω λέγων· Ὁ θεὸς ὃ παντοκράτορ, ὁ ἀληθινὸς καὶ ἀσύγκριτος, ὃ πανταχοῦ ὧν καὶ τοῖς πᾶσι παρὼν καὶ ἐν οὐδενὶ ὡς ἐνόν τι ὑπάρχων, ὃ τόποις μὴ περιγραφόμενος, ὃ χρόνοις μὴ παλαιούμενος, ὃ αἰῶσιν μὴ περατούμενος, ὃ λόγοις μὴ παραγόμενος, ὃ γενέσει μὴ ὑποκείμενος, ὃ φυλακῆς μὴ δεόμενος, ὃ φθορᾶς ἀνώτερος, ὃ τροπῆς ἀνεπίδεκτος, ὁ φύσει ἀναλλοίωτος, ὁ φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον, ὃ τῇ φύσει ἀόρατος, ὁ γνωστὸς πάσαις ταῖς μετ᾽ εὐνοίας ἐκζητούσαις σε λογικαῖς φύσεσιν, ὃ καταλαμβανόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν εὐνοίᾳ ἐπιζητούντων σε, ὃ θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ἀληθινῶς ὁρῶντος, τοῦ εἰς Χριστὸν πιστεύσαντος λαοῦ σου· εὐμενὴς γενόμενος ἐπάκουσόν μου διὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τούς σοι κεκλικότας τοὺς ἑαυτῶν αὐχένας, καὶ δὸς αὐτοῖς τὰ αἰτήματα τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν τὰ ἐπὶ συμφέροντι καὶ μηδένα αὐτῶν ἀπόβλητον ποιήσῃς ἐκ τῆς βασιλείας σου, ἀλλὰ ἁγίασον αὐτούς, φρούρησον, σκέπασον, ἀντιλαβοῦ, ῥῦσαι τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου, παντὸς ἐχθροῦ, τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν φύλαξον, τὰς εἰσόδους αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς ἐξόδους φρούρησον
kai ho episkopos epeuchesthō legōn; Ho theos ho pantokrator, ho alēthinos kai asynkritos, ho pantachou hōn kai tois pasi parōn kai en oudeni hōs enon ti hyparchōn, ho topois mē perigraphomenos, ho chronois mē palaioumenos, ho aiōsin mē peratoumenos, ho logois mē paragomenos, ho genesei mē hypokeimenos, ho phylakēs mē deomenos, ho phthoras anōteros, ho tropēs anepidektos, ho physei analloiōtos, ho phōs oikōn aprositon, ho tę̄ physei aoratos, ho gnōstos pasais tais met᾽ eunoias ekzētousais se logikais physesin, ho katalambanomenos hypo tōn en eunoią epizētountōn se, ho theos Israēl tou alēthinōs horōntos, tou eis Christon pisteusantos laou sou; eumenēs genomenos epakouson mou dia to onoma sou kai eulogēson tous soi keklikotas tous heautōn auchenas, kai dos autois ta aitēmata tōn kardiōn autōn ta epi sympheronti kai mēdena autōn apoblēton poiēsę̄s ek tēs basileias sou, alla hagiason autous, phrourēson, skepason, antilabou, rhysai tou allotriou, pantos echthrou, tous oikous autōn phylaxon, tas eisodous autōn kai tas exodous phrourēson
And let the bishop pray, saying: “O God almighty, true and incomparable, who are everywhere and present to all things, and are in nothing as a thing contained in it; not bounded by places, not grown old by times, not limited by ages, not led astray by words; not subject to generation, needing no guard; above corruption, incapable of change, unalterable by nature; ‘who dwell in unapproachable light,’ invisible by nature; known to all rational natures that seek you with good will, apprehended by those who search for you with good will; the God of Israel, your people that truly sees, that has believed in Christ: [8] be gracious and hear me for your name's sake, and bless those who have bowed their necks to you, and ‘grant them the requests of their hearts’ that are for their good, and make none of them a castaway from your kingdom; but sanctify, guard, shelter, help them, deliver them from the adversary, from every enemy; keep their houses, guard ‘their goings in and their goings out’;
1 Tim 6:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 20:4 (19:5 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence) · Ps 121:8 (120:8 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: The bishop's final blessing praises God's transcendence and asks protection for the people.
- The section number 8 was lost in the OCR; “[8]” marks where it begins. “That truly sees” plays on the name Israel. 1 Tim 6:16; Ps 20:4 (19:5 LXX); 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: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: section number removed; σου, γενόμενος; OCR: κ read as χ): ν" → ν· ; παντοχράτορ → παντοκράτορ; χρύvotg → χρόνοις; »0 φῶς → ὁ φῶς; ν“, → ν,; uev εὐνοίας → μετ᾽ εὐνοίας; καταλαμβαγόμενος → καταλαμβανόμενος; Gov8. εὐμενὴς γερόμενος → σου· εὐμενὴς γενόμενος; κεχλικότας → κεκλικότας; καὶ, δὸς → καὶ δὸς; ν“ → ν ; οἴχους → οἴκους; ,τ → τ; ν““ → ν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.15.7 (Funk 1:520; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-15-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.15.9Funk 1:520
ὅτι σοὶ δόξα, αἶνος, μεγαλοπρέπεια, σέβας, προσκύνησις καὶ τῷ σῷ παιδὶ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Χριστῷ σου, τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν καὶ θεῷ καὶ βασιλεῖ, καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν. καὶ ὃ διάκονος ἐρεῖ᾽ Ἀπολύεσθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ. ταῦτα περὶ τῆς μυστικῆς λατρείας διατασσόμεθα ἡμεῖς οἱ ἀπόστολοι ὑμῖν τοῖς ἐπισκόποις καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις καὶ τοῖς διακόνοις.
hoti soi doxa, ainos, megaloprepeia, sebas, proskynēsis kai tǭ sǭ paidi Iēsou tǭ Christǭ sou, tǭ kyriǭ hēmōn kai theǭ kai basilei, kai tǭ hagiǭ pneumati nyn kai aei kai eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn; amēn. kai ho diakonos erei᾽ Apolyesthe en eirēnę̄. tauta peri tēs mystikēs latreias diatassometha hēmeis hoi apostoloi hymin tois episkopois kai tois presbyterois kai tois diakonois.
for to you be glory, praise, majesty, reverence, worship, and to your Servant Jesus your Christ, our Lord and God and King, and to the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever. Amen.” [10] And the deacon will say, “Depart in peace.” [11] These things concerning the mystical worship we the apostles ordain for you, the bishops and the presbyters and the deacons.
Notes and citation
Summary: The liturgy ends with a doxology and the dismissal.
- The section numbers 10 and 11 were lost in the OCR; “[10]” and “[11]” mark where they begin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: section number (10) removed; OCR: section number (11) removed): προσχύνησις → προσκύνησις; τῷ 60 παιδὶ → τῷ σῷ παιδὶ; ν" → ν· ; το. καὶ → καὶ; τι. ταῦτα → ταῦτα.
Topics: Eucharist, Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.15.9 (Funk 1:520; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-15-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 16
8.16.1Funk 1:520–522
Περὶ δὲ χειροτονίας πρεσβυτέρων ἐγὼ ὁ φιλούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου διατάσσομαι ὑμῖν τοῖς ἐπισκόποις.
Peri de cheirotonias presbyterōn egō ho philoumenos hypo tou kyriou diatassomai hymin tois episkopois.
Concerning the ordination of presbyters, I, the one loved by the Lord, ordain for you the bishops.
Notes and citation
Summary: John gives the rite for ordaining presbyters.
- The speaker is John. Cf. Apostolic Tradition 7.
Extrabiblical texts: Hippolytus, Trad. ap. 7 (Apostolic Tradition; allusion)
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.16.1 (Funk 1:520–522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.16.2Funk 1:522
πρεσβύτερον χειροτονῶν, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἐπιτίθει αὐτός, τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου παρεστῶτός σοι καὶ τῶν διακόνων, καὶ εὐχόμενος λέγε᾽
presbyteron cheirotonōn, ō episkope, tēn cheira epi tēs kephalēs epitithei autos, tou presbyteriou parestōtos soi kai tōn diakonōn, kai euchomenos lege᾽
When you ordain a presbyter, O bishop, lay your hand on his head yourself, with the presbytery and the deacons standing by you, and pray, saying:
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop lays his hand on the presbyter's head.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.16.2 (Funk 1:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.16.3Funk 1:522
Κύριε παντοκράτορ, ὃ θεὸς ἡμῶν ὁ διὰ Χριστοῦ τὰ πάντα δημιουργήσας καὶ δι᾽ αὐτοῦ τῶν ὅλων προνοῶν καταλλήλως· ᾧ γὰρ δύναμις διάφορα ποιῆσαι, τούτῳ δύναμις καὶ διαφόρως προνοῆσαι᾽ διὰ γὰρ αὐτοῦ, ὃ θεός, προνοεῖς τῶν μὲν ἀθανάτων φυλακῇ μόνῃ, τῶν δὲ θνητῶν διαδοχῇ, τῆς ψυχῆς φροντίδι νόμων, τοῦ σώματος ἀναπληρώσει τῆς ἐνδείας· αὐτὸς οὖν καὶ νῦν ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τὴν ἁγίαν σου ἐκκλησίαν καὶ αὔξησον αὐτήν, καὶ πλήθυνον τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ προεστῶτας καὶ δὸς δύναμιν πρὸς τὸ κοπιᾶν αὐτοὺς λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ λαοῦ σου.
Kyrie pantokrator, ho theos hēmōn ho dia Christou ta panta dēmiourgēsas kai di᾽ autou tōn holōn pronoōn katallēlōs; hǭ gar dynamis diaphora poiēsai, toutǭ dynamis kai diaphorōs pronoēsai᾽ dia gar autou, ho theos, pronoeis tōn men athanatōn phylakę̄ monę̄, tōn de thnētōn diadochę̄, tēs psychēs phrontidi nomōn, tou sōmatos anaplērōsei tēs endeias; autos oun kai nyn epiblepson epi tēn hagian sou ekklēsian kai auxēson autēn, kai plēthynon tous en autę̄ proestōtas kai dos dynamin pros to kopian autous logǭ kai ergǭ eis oikodomēn tou laou sou.
“Lord almighty, our God, who through Christ created all things and through him provide fittingly for the universe; for he who has power to make different things has power also to provide for them in different ways; for through him, O God, you provide for immortal beings by preservation alone, for mortal ones by succession, for the soul by care for laws, for the body by the supply of its need: look, then, now too upon your holy church, and increase it, and multiply those who preside in it, and give them power to labor in word and work for the building up of your people.
Notes and citation
Summary: The ordination prayer asks God to increase the church and its leaders.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: κ read as χ): παντοχράτορ → παντοκράτορ; ὀημιουργήσας → δημιουργήσας; δί αὐτοῦ → δι᾽ αὐτοῦ; ως" ᾧ → ως· ᾧ; ὁὲ θνητῶν → δὲ θνητῶν; ας" α → ας· α; αἴξησον → αὔξησον; χοπιᾶν → κοπιᾶν.
Topics: Church office, Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.16.3 (Funk 1:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-16-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.16.4Funk 1:522
αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλόν σου τοῦτον τὸν ψήφῳ καὶ κρίσει τοῦ κλήρου παντὸς εἰς πρεσβυτέριον ἐπιδοθέντα, καὶ ἔμπλησον αὐτὸν πνεῦμα χάριτος καὶ συμβουλίας τοῦ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι καὶ κυβερνᾶν τὸν λαόν σου ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ, ὃν τρόπον ἐπεῖδες ἐπὶ λαὸν ἐκλογῆς σου καὶ προσέταξας Μωσεῖ αἱρήσασθαι πρεσβυτέρους, οὓς ἐνέπλησας πνεύματος.
autos kai nyn epide epi ton doulon sou touton ton psēphǭ kai krisei tou klērou pantos eis presbyterion epidothenta, kai emplēson auton pneuma charitos kai symboulias tou antilambanesthai kai kybernan ton laon sou en katharą kardią, hon tropon epeides epi laon eklogēs sou kai prosetaxas Mōsei hairēsasthai presbyterous, hous eneplēsas pneumatos.
Look now too upon this your servant, who has been put forward for the presbyterate by the vote and judgment of the whole clergy, and fill him with the spirit of grace and counsel, to help and govern your people with a pure heart, as you looked upon your chosen people and commanded Moses to choose elders, whom you filled with the spirit.
Zech 12:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · Num 11:16–17 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 11:25 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is asked to fill the new presbyter with the Spirit, as he did Moses' elders.
- Zech 12:10; Num 11:16–17, 25.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Moos → Μωσεῖ; oUc → οὓς.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.16.4 (Funk 1:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.16.5Funk 1:522
καὶ νῦν, κύριε, παράσχου ἀνελλιπὲς τηρῶν ἐν ἡμῖν τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς χάριτός σου, ὅπως, πλησθεὶς ἐνεργημάτων ἰατικῶν καὶ λόγου διδακτικοῦ, ἐν πραότητι παιδεύῃ σου τὸν λαὸν καὶ δουλεύῃ σοι εἰλικρινῶς ἐν καθαρᾷ διανοίᾳ καὶ ψυχῇ θελούσῃ, καὶ τὰς ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ σου ἱερουργίας ἀμώμους ἐκτελῇ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου, μεθʼ οὗ σοὶ δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ σέβας καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
kai nyn, kyrie, paraschou anellipes tērōn en hēmin to pneuma tēs charitos sou, hopōs, plēstheis energēmatōn iatikōn kai logou didaktikou, en praotēti paideuę̄ sou ton laon kai douleuę̄ soi eilikrinōs en katharą dianoią kai psychę̄ thelousę̄, kai tas hyper tou laou sou hierourgias amōmous ektelę̄ dia tou Christou sou, methʼ hou soi doxa, timē kai sebas kai tǭ hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas; amēn.
And now, Lord, grant this, keeping unfailing in us the spirit of your grace, so that, filled with works of healing and the word of teaching, he may instruct your people in meekness and serve you sincerely ‘with a pure mind and a willing soul,’ and perform blamelessly the sacred rites for your people, through your Christ, with whom be glory, honor and reverence to you and to the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The presbyter is to heal, teach and perform the sacred rites.
- Cf. 2 Macc 1:3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): παράσχου, → παράσχου; »ἐ → ἐ; ῃ“, → ῃ,; 60v ἱερουργίας → σου ἱερουργίας; ἐχτελῇ → ἐκτελῇ; ς" → ς· .
Extrabiblical texts: 2 Macc 1:3 (2 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.16.5 (Funk 1:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-16-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 17
8.17.1Funk 1:522
Περὶ δὲ χειροτονίας διακόνων ἐγὼ Φίλιππος διατάσσομαι.
Peri de cheirotonias diakonōn egō Philippos diatassomai.
Concerning the ordination of deacons, I, Philip, ordain:
Notes and citation
Summary: Philip gives the rite for ordaining deacons.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.17.1 (Funk 1:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.17.2Funk 1:522
διάκονον καταστήσεις, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, ἐπιθεὶς αὐτῷ τὰς χεῖρας, παρεστῶτός σοι παντὸς τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου καὶ τῶν διακόνων, καὶ ἐπευξάμενος ἐρεῖς
diakonon katastēseis, ō episkope, epitheis autǭ tas cheiras, parestōtos soi pantos tou presbyteriou kai tōn diakonōn, kai epeuxamenos ereis
You shall appoint a deacon, O bishop, by laying your hands on him, with the whole presbytery and the deacons standing by you, and praying you shall say:
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop lays hands on the deacon.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.17.2 (Funk 1:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 18
8.18.1Funk 1:522–524
Ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ, ὃ ἀληθινός καὶ ἀψευδής, ὁ πλουτῶν εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους σε ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, ὁ φοβερὸς ἐν βουλαῖς, ὁ σοφὸς διανοίᾳ, ὁ κραταιὸς καὶ μέγας
Ho theos ho pantokratōr, ho alēthinos kai apseudēs, ho ploutōn eis pantas tous epikaloumenous se en alētheią, ho phoberos en boulais, ho sophos dianoią, ho krataios kai megas
“O God almighty, true and without falsehood, ‘who are rich toward all who call on you’ in truth, ‘fearful in counsels, wise in understanding, mighty and great’:
Rom 10:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 145:18 (144:18 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Jer 32:19 (39:19 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The ordination prayer for a deacon begins.
- Rom 10:12; Ps 145:18 (144:18 LXX); Jer 32:18–19 (39:18–19 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): ó παντοκράτωρ → ὁ παντοκράτωρ; ,,0 πλουτῶν → ὁ πλουτῶν; o: ἐν → σε ἐν; ,ὁ → ὁ; ας“ → ας.
Topics: Church office, Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.18.1 (Funk 1:522–524; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-18-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.18.2Funk 1:524
εἰσάκουσον προσευχῆς ἡμῶν, κύριε, καὶ ἐνώτισαι τὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλόν σου τόνδε, τὸν προχειριζόμενον σοι εἰς διακονίαν, καὶ πλῆσον αὐτὸν πνεύματος καὶ δυνάμεως, ὡς ἔπλησας Στέφανον τὸν μάρτυρα καὶ μιμητὴν τῶν παθημάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου·
eisakouson proseuchēs hēmōn, kyrie, kai enōtisai tēn deēsin hēmōn, kai epiphanon to prosōpon sou epi ton doulon sou tonde, ton procheirizomenon soi eis diakonian, kai plēson auton pneumatos kai dynameōs, hōs eplēsas Stephanon ton martyra kai mimētēn tōn pathēmatōn tou Christou sou;
‘hear our prayer, O Lord, and give ear to our supplication,’ and ‘make your face shine upon’ this ‘your servant,’ who is being appointed for you to the diaconate, and fill him with the Spirit and power, as you filled Stephen, the martyr and imitator of the sufferings of your Christ;
Ps 39:12 (38:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 31:16 (30:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 6:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 6:8 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is asked to fill the deacon with the Spirit, as he did Stephen.
- Ps 39:12 (38:13 LXX); 31:16 (30:17 LXX); Acts 6:5, 8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,,ε → ε; “, xol ,,ἐἐπίφανον → , καὶ ἐπίφανον; υ“ → υ ; ου" → ου·.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.18.2 (Funk 1:524; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-18-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.18.3Funk 1:524
καὶ καταξίωσον αὐτόν, εὐαρέστως λειτουργήσαντα τὴν ἐγχειρισθεῖσαν αὐτῷ διακονίαν ἀτρέπτως, ἀμέμπτως, ἀνεγκλήτως, μείζονος ἀξιωθῆναι βαθμοῦ διὰ τῆς μεσιτείας τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου υἱοῦ, μεθʼ οὗ σοὶ δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ σέβας καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας᾽ ἀμήν.
kai kataxiōson auton, euarestōs leitourgēsanta tēn encheiristheisan autǭ diakonian atreptōs, amemptōs, anenklētōs, meizonos axiōthēnai bathmou dia tēs mesiteias tou monogenous sou huiou, methʼ hou soi doxa, timē kai sebas kai tǭ hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas᾽ amēn.
and count him worthy, when he has ministered acceptably, steadfastly, blamelessly and irreproachably the diaconate entrusted to him, to be counted worthy of a higher rank, through the mediation of your only-begotten Son, with whom be glory, honor and reverence to you and to the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.”
1 Tim 3:13 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The deacon who serves well may rise to a higher rank.
- 1 Tim 3:13.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀνεγκλήτος → ἀνεγκλήτως.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.18.3 (Funk 1:524; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-18-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 19
8.19.1Funk 1:524
Περὶ δὲ διακονίσσης Βαρθολομαῖος διατάσσομαι.
Peri de diakonissēs Bartholomaios diatassomai.
Concerning a deaconess, I, Bartholomew, ordain:
Notes and citation
Summary: Bartholomew gives the rite for a deaconess.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.19.1 (Funk 1:524; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-19-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.19.2Funk 1:524
ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, ἐπιθήσεις αὐτῇ τὰς χεῖρας, παρεστῶτος τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου καὶ τῶν διακόνων καὶ τῶν διακονισσῶν, καὶ ἐρεῖς·
ō episkope, epithēseis autę̄ tas cheiras, parestōtos tou presbyteriou kai tōn diakonōn kai tōn diakonissōn, kai ereis;
O bishop, you shall lay your hands on her, with the presbytery and the deacons and the deaconesses standing by, and you shall say:
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop lays hands on the deaconess.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): πρεσβυτεolov → πρεσβυτερίου; ῖς" → ῖς·.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.19.2 (Funk 1:524; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-19-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 8, chapter 20
8.20.1Funk 1:524
Ὁ θεὸς ὃ αἰώνιος, ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς δημιουργός, ὃ πληρώσας πνεύματος Μαριὰμ καὶ Δεββῶραν καὶ Ἄνναν καὶ Ὀλδάν, ὃ μὴ ἀπαξιώσας τὸν μονογενῆ σου υἱὸν γεννηθῆναι ἐκ γυναικός, ὃ καὶ ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ ἐν τῷ ναῷ προχειρισάμενος τὰς φρουροὺς τῶν ἁγίων σου πυλῶν·
Ho theos ho aiōnios, ho patēr tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, ho andros kai gynaikos dēmiourgos, ho plērōsas pneumatos Mariam kai Debbōran kai Annan kai Oldan, ho mē apaxiōsas ton monogenē sou huion gennēthēnai ek gynaikos, ho kai en tę̄ skēnę̄ tou martyriou kai en tǭ naǭ procheirisamenos tas phrourous tōn hagiōn sou pylōn;
“O eternal God, ‘the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,’ Creator of man and woman, who filled with the Spirit Miriam and Deborah and Hannah and Huldah, who did not disdain that your only-begotten Son should be born of a woman, who also in the tent of witness and in the temple appointed women as keepers of your holy gates:
2 Cor 1:3 (quotation, medium confidence) · Exod 15:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Judg 4:4 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 2:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Kgs 22:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 4:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 38:8 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Sam 2:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God, who filled prophetesses with the Spirit and had women keep the sanctuary gates, is invoked for the deaconess.
- 2 Cor 1:3; Exod 15:20; Judg 4:4; 1 Sam 2:1; 2 Kgs 22:14; Gal 4:4; Exod 38:8; 1 Sam 2:22.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): (Ὁ θεὸς“ → Ὁ θεὸς; ,ὁὃ πατὴρ → ὁ πατὴρ; ῦ“, → ῦ,; vao → ναῷ; ῶν" → ῶν·.
Topics: Church office, Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.20.1 (Funk 1:524; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-20-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.20.2Funk 1:524
αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὴν δούλην σου τήνδε τὴν προχειριζομένην εἰς διακονίαν, καὶ δὸς αὐτῇ πνεῦμα ἅγιον καὶ καθάρισον αὐτὴν ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος πρὸς τὸ ἐπαξίως ἐπιτελεῖν αὐτὴν τὸ ἐγχειρισθὲν αὐτῇ ἔργον εἰς δόξαν σὴν καὶ ἔπαινον τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου, μεθʼ οὗ σοὶ δόξα καὶ προσκύνησις καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
autos kai nyn epide epi tēn doulēn sou tēnde tēn procheirizomenēn eis diakonian, kai dos autę̄ pneuma hagion kai katharison autēn apo pantos molysmou sarkos kai pneumatos pros to epaxiōs epitelein autēn to encheiristhen autę̄ ergon eis doxan sēn kai epainon tou Christou sou, methʼ hou soi doxa kai proskynēsis kai tǭ hagiǭ pneumati eis tous aiōnas; amēn.
look now too upon this your handmaid, who is being appointed to the diaconate, and give her the Holy Spirit, and ‘cleanse her from all defilement of flesh and spirit,’ so that she may worthily accomplish the work entrusted to her, to your glory and the praise of your Christ, with whom be glory and worship to you and to the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.”
2 Cor 7:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is asked to give the deaconess the Holy Spirit for her work.
- 2 Cor 7:1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,κ → κ; ς“ → ς ; προσχύνησις → προσκύνησις; ς" → ς· .
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 8.20.2 (Funk 1:524; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/8-11-1/#p-8-20-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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