Addenda and Ordo rerum (table of contents) of PG 1

ADDENDA

In this volume, col. 459-460, after the fragment marked with the number IX.

X

(Leontius and John, Rerum sacrarum book II, in MAI, Scriptorum veterum nova Collectio, VII, 84.)

Of Saint Clement of Rome, from the ninth epistle.

So that we might both come to be, He having willed it, we who were not before we came to be, and, having come to be, might enjoy the things that came to be for our sake; for this reason we are human beings, and have understanding and reason, having received them from Him.

ANNOTATION.

Of Clement of Rome there survives only the first epistle to the Corinthians and part of the second. And indeed in the codex there stands a passage from the first to the Corinthians, chapter XXXIII, which I refrain from copying out, although it varies from the reading published in Cotelier, and also in Damascene, Parallela, p. 310. Now what am I to say of the ninth epistle of Clement, which Leontius cites here? Is it one of those Clementine epistles in which Jerome, Against Jovinian I, 12, read praises of virginity far more ample than those that occur in the two published ones? This passage of the ninth follows in the codex upon the passage of the first. Certainly in Mercator's collection there are five epistles of Clement. Yet Turrianus, Pro epistolis pontificum book V, chapter 20, Florence edition, p. 535, says that Leontius in this work cites the first and second of Clement to the Corinthians.

ORDER OF THE MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

DISSERTATION on all the writers of the first century of the Church in general.

CHAP. I. — How few works of the writers of the first century of the Church survive: why God allowed more to perish; and what is to be treated in this dissertation. 9

CHAP. II. — What was the character of the writers of the first century, what their pursuits, occupations and occasions for writing. 10

CHAP. III. — On the rise, progress and extinction of the heresies of the first century, and on those who overthrew them; and first on the heresy of Simon Magus. 12

CHAP. IV. — On the heresy of Menander. 16

CHAP. V. — On the heresy of Cerinthus. 17

CHAP. VI. — On the heresy of Ebion. 19

CHAP. VII. — On the heresy of the Nazarenes. 22

CHAP. VIII. — On the heresy of the Nicolaitans. 23

CHAP. IX. — What profit comes from this description of the heresies. 26

CHAP. X. — On the origin of the Christian schools. 27

SAINT CLEMENT I, ROMAN PONTIFF.

Notice from the pontifical book of Pope Damasus. 31

HISTORICAL AND LITERARY PREFACES OF VARIOUS AUTHORS to the epistles of Saint Clement, pope.

I. — FROM THE EDITION OF COTELIER. — Testimonies of the ancients concerning the epistles of Saint Clement. 31

Judgements of more recent writers, and first the preface of Patrick Young. 43

The same author's preliminary note. 45

Epistle of Jérôme Bignon to Hugo Grotius. 47

Epistle of Hugo Grotius to Jérôme Bignon. 47

A second epistle of the same Bignon. 49

Epistle of Hermann Conring to Joachim Johann Mader. 49

Preface of Joachim Johann Mader to the reader. 53

Godefridus Wendelinus's conjecture on the date of Clement and of his epistles. 61

J. B. Cotelier's judgement on the former epistle of Saint Clement. 67

J. B. Cotelier's judgement on the latter epistle of Saint Clement 69

II. — FROM THE EDITION OF PIERRE COUSTANT. — When and how long Saint Clement held the see. 75

Admonition on the first epistle to the Corinthians. 77

Admonition on the second epistle 81

III. — FROM THE EDITION OF GALLANDI. 85

Dissertation on the two epistles to the Corinthians. 85

Dissertation on the two epistles to virgins. 107

IV. — FROM FATHER LUMPER'S CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE FATHERS. 121

CHAP. I. — Sole article. — History of the life of Saint Clement. 121

CHAP. II. — On the writings of Saint Clement, the first Roman pontiff of that name. 125

Article I. — On his first epistle written to the Corinthians. 125

Article II. — On the second epistle to the Corinthians. 129

Article III. — On the time at which each epistle was written to the Corinthians. 135

Article IV. — A brief analysis of each epistle. 138

CHAP. III. — Sole article. — What is to be thought of the two epistles of Clement to virgins. 141

CHAP. IV. — On the spurious writings bearing the name of Saint Clement. 145

Article I. — On the five pseudo-Clementine epistles 145

Article II. — On the books of the Recognitions, the Clementine liturgy, and other spurious works. 147

Article III. — On the Clementines and some other spurious writings inscribed with his name. 150

Article IV. — On the acts of the martyrdom of Saint Clement. 151

CHAP. V. — The teaching of Saint Clement. 153

Article I. — Dogmatic observations on the genuine epistles of the divine Clement of Rome. 153

§ I. — On holy Scripture and tradition. 153

§ II. — On the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, the Son of God Jesus Christ, and His grace. 159

§ III. — On the resurrection. 165

§ IV. — On the ecclesiastical hierarchy. 166

Article II. — Moral observations. 172

§ I — On humility, and charity, and the vice opposed to it, jealousy. 172

§ II. — On the duties of Christians. 175

Article III. — On the errors, real or alleged, of Saint Clement. 176

Article IV. — The various editions of the epistles of Saint Clement. 179

Dr Hefele's preface. 183

GENUINE WORKS OF SAINT CLEMENT.

EPISTLE I TO THE CORINTHIANS.

Argument. 199

Index of chapters. 199

The epistle begins. 202

EPISTLE II TO THE CORINTHIANS.

Argument. 329

Index of chapters. 329

The epistle begins. 330

THE TWO EPISTLES OF SAINT CLEMENT TO VIRGINS, in Syriac and Latin, translated by Monsignor Cl. Villecourt, bishop of La Rochelle and Saintes.

The translator's dedicatory epistle. 349

The same author's preliminary dissertation. 355

The reason for this new publication. 355

The value of this ancient monument. 357

The considerations that establish the authenticity of both epistles. 358

Wettstein's witless invectives. 361

Reply to Wettstein's invectives. 362

Amends for the foregoing injustice. 364

The arguments by which M. de Prémagny calls into doubt the authenticity of both epistles of Saint Clement are weighed and refuted. 364

THE FORMER EPISTLE OF SAINT CLEMENT TO VIRGINS. 379

THE SECOND EPISTLE. 417

Fragments of the foregoing epistles. 453

DOUBTFUL WORKS OF SAINT CLEMENT.

DECRETAL EPISTLES.

Dom Coustant's notice on epistle I. 459

Epistle I. — To James the brother of the Lord. 463

Epistle II. — To the same. — On the consecrated vestments and vessels. 483

Epistle III. — To the bishops, presbyters, deacons, etc., and all the faithful. — On the office of the priest and of clerics. 491

Epistle IV. — To his disciples Julius and Julian, who through the persuasions of wicked men had turned somewhat aside from the right way; addressed both to them and to the nations among whom they dwelt. 501

Epistle V. — On the common life and other matters, written to his disciples and addressed to those of Jerusalem. 505

Fragments. 509

THE APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS.

Prefaces. 509

J. B. Cotelier's judgement on the Apostolic Constitutions. 509

François Pagi's judgement on the Apostolic Constitutions and Canons. 519

Critical and chronological annotation on the Apostolic Constitutions. 521

Dissertation on the Apostolic Constitutions published by Hippolytus, bishop of Portus.

CHAP. I. — The corrupted title in the Apostolic Constitutions is restored. Clement of Rome and Hippolytus laboured at collecting them. Paul of Samosata the corrupter of the Constitutions. 523

CHAP. II. — Who was the first corrupter of the Constitutions. 528

CHAP. III. — What cause moved Hippolytus to this work. The Constitutions directed chiefly against Tertullian and the Montanists. 535

Testimonies of the ancients concerning the Apostolic Constitutions. 543

THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES through Clement, bishop and citizen of Rome, or the Catholic teaching.

BOOK ONE. — On the laity. 557

CHAP. I. — On avarice. 559

CHAP. II. — On not returning insult, nor taking vengeance on him who has done wrong. 561

CHAP. III. — On adornment, and the sin that proceeds from it. 563

CHAP. IV. — That one ought not to busy oneself about those who live badly, but attend to one's own work. 569

CHAP. V. — Which books of Scripture one ought to read. 569

CHAP. VI. — That one ought to abstain from all the books of the Gentiles. 569

CHAP. VII. — On the wicked woman. 575

CHAP. VIII. — On the subjection towards her husband of a wife who loves her husband and is chaste. 577

CHAP. IX. — That a woman ought not to bathe with men. 586

CHAP. X. — On the contentious and talkative woman. 587

BOOK TWO. — On bishops, presbyters and deacons. 594

CHAP. I. — That the bishop ought to be learned and practised in speech. 594

CHAP. II. — What sort of man the bishop ought to be, and the rest of the clergy. 598

CHAP. III. — In what things he who is designated bishop is to be tested. 598

CHAP. IV. — That one is not to give freely to every widow, but that sometimes a married woman is to be preferred; and that alms are not to be offered to the glutton, the drunkard, the idler. 599

CHAP. V. — That the bishop ought not to be a respecter of persons in judgement; and that he should be of temperate character and frugal diet. 602

CHAP. VI. — Let the bishop not be given to base gain, nor be a surety, nor an advocate. 602

CHAP. VII. — What sort of man he ought to be who has been initiated through baptism. 607

CHAP. VIII. — On him who falls under calumny or reproach. 607

CHAP. IX. — That the bishop ought not to be open to gifts. 607

CHAP. X. — That the bishop who rashly spares the sinner is not free from blame. 610

CHAP. XI. — How sinners ought to be judged by the bishop. 611

CHAP. XII. — Teaching on the manner in which penitents are to be treated. 614

CHAP. XIII. — That the experience of offences is to be shunned. 615

CHAP. XIV. — On those who assert that a penitent ought not to be received; and on the just man, that although he lives among sinners he nevertheless does not perish with them. 618

CHAP. XV. — That the priest ought neither to overlook sins nor be quick to punish. 623

CHAP. XVI. — On penance, and what its manner is, and how it is carried out. 626

CHAP. XVII — That the bishop ought to be blameless, as being the pattern of those subject to him. 627

CHAP. XVIII. — That the bishop ought to take care that the people do not sin, because he himself is the watchman. 630

CHAP. XIX. — That the shepherd who neglects the sheep pays the penalty; and the sheep that does not obey the shepherd is punished. 634

CHAP. XX. — How subjects ought to obey the bishops set over them. 634

CHAP. XXI. — That it is dangerous to judge when only one side has been heard, and to decree a penalty against one who has not yet been convicted. 638

CHAP. XXII. — That a great example of penance is set forth in David; likewise in the Ninevites, in Hezekiah, and in his son Manasseh. 642

CHAP. XXIII. — Against those who sin out of contempt, let Amon be the example. 650

CHAP. XXIV. — That Christ Jesus the Lord came for this purpose, that He might save sinners through penance. 651

CHAP. XXV. — On first-fruits and tithes; and how the bishop ought either to take from them himself or distribute to others. 659

CHAP. XXVI. — After whose pattern and dignity each member of the clergy has been ordained by God. 666

CHAP. XXVII. — That it is a dreadful thing for a man to thrust himself into any priestly dignity; as the Korahites, as Saul, as Uzziah. 670

CHAP. XXVIII. — On the banquet; and in what way each order of the clergy is to be honoured by those who invite. 671

CHAP. XXIX. — What the dignity of the bishop is, and of the deacon. 675

CHAP. XXX. — How the laity ought to obey the deacons. 678

CHAP. XXXI. — That the deacon ought to do nothing without the bishop. 678

CHAP. XXXII. — That the deacon ought not to give to anyone against the bishop's will; for that would turn to the bishop's reproach. 678

CHAP. XXXIII. — How one ought to honour priests, as spiritual fathers, and hold them worthy of veneration. 679

CHAP. XXXIV. — That priests are more excellent than princes and kings. 682

CHAP. XXXV. — That the Jewish laws, and the Gospel, enjoin the offering of gifts. 683

CHAP. XXXVI. — A rehearsal of the ten commandments of God, and how they set them forth here. 686

CHAP. XXXVII. — On accusers and informers; and

that the judge ought not readily to believe them, or to disbelieve them, but only after careful inquiry has been applied. 690

CHAP. XXXVIII. — That one ought to reprove offenders privately, and to receive penitents, according to the Lord's ordinance 691

CHAP. XXXIX. — Examples of penance. 691

CHAP. XL. — That one ought not to be hostile in disposition towards him who has sinned once or twice. 694

CHAP. XLI. — How one ought to receive the penitent, and how to deal with sinners, and when to cut them off from the Church. 695

CHAP. XLII. — That the judge ought not to be a respecter of persons. 699

CHAP. XLIII. — How one ought to punish slanderers. 702

CHAP. XLIV. — That the deacon ought to lighten the bishop's burden, and to manage all the lighter matters. 703

CHAP. XLV. — That disputes and wranglings do not befit Christians. 706

CHAP. XLVI. — That the faithful ought not to go to law before unbelievers; nor to call any of these to witness against Christians. 706

CHAP. XLVII. — That the court ought to be held on the second day of the week. 707

CHAP. XLVIII. — That one ought not to impose the same penalty for every offence, but a different one, according to the difference of the offender. 707

CHAP. XLIX. — What sort of persons accusers and witnesses ought to be. 710

CHAP. L. — That it commonly happens that, by an inference drawn from earlier misdeeds, someone is readily believed to have committed later ones. 711

CHAP. LI. — That in judging one ought not to favour one side. 711

CHAP. LII. — Let an example of just judgement be taken from the caution that pagan judges use in their sentences. 714

CHAP. LIII. — That the faithful ought not to be at variance among themselves. 715

CHAP. LIV. — That the bishops ought, through the deacon, to put the people in mind of peace. 718

CHAP. LV. — An enumeration of manifold providence, and how from the beginning God through each generation has called all men to penance. 719

CHAP. LVI. — That it is the will of God that all men should agree in piety, after the likeness of the heavenly powers. 722

CHAP. LVII. — A description of the Church and of the clergy; and what each cleric or layman ought to do when gathered in the assembly. 723

CHAP. LVIII. — On persons who come commended, namely strangers, whether laymen, clerics or bishops; and that those who enter the Church are to be received without distinction. 738

CHAP. LIX. — That everyone ought to be zealous for the assemblies morning and evening. 742

CHAP. LX. — An example leading to emulation; the vain thronging of Gentiles and Jews to their shrines and synagogues. 746

CHAP. LXI. — That it is not lawful to set worldly things before divine. 747

CHAP. LXII. — That one ought to turn away from all the impieties of the Gentiles. 751

CHAP. LXIII. — That among the faithful he who is idle ought not to eat: for Peter was a fisherman, and the rest of the apostles; Paul and Aquila, moreover, were tent-makers; and Jude [the son] of James, a husbandman. 754

BOOK THREE. — On widows. 759

CHAP. I. — On widows and their age. 759

CHAP. II. — That care must be taken that no one appoint younger widows, on account of suspicion. 762

CHAP. III. — What sort of persons widows ought to be, and how they ought to be helped by the bishop. 766

CHAP. IV. — That one ought to do good to everyone in need. 766

CHAP. V. — That uprightness of conduct ought to be the widow's care. 767

CHAP. VI. — That women ought not to discharge the office of teaching; for it is unseemly: and what sort of women followed the Lord. 770

CHAP. VII. — What false widows are like. 778

CHAP. VIII. — That a widow, or a bishop, or any other of the faithful, ought not to accept from the unworthy. 779

CHAP. IX. — That women ought not to baptize: for that is impious, and foreign to the teaching of Christ. 782

CHAP. X. — That a layman ought not to perform a priestly work: baptism, or sacrifice, or the laying on of the hand, or blessing. 787

CHAP. XI. — That, except to a bishop or a presbyter,

none of the other clerics is permitted to exercise the functions of priests: and that to ordain belongs to the bishop alone, and to no one else. 787

CHAP. XII. — A dissuasion from envy. 79[0]

CHAP. XIII. — How widows ought to pray for those who supply their necessities. 790

CHAP. XIV. — That, according to the Lord's ordinance, she who bestows a gift ought not to vaunt herself nor proclaim her own name. 791

CHAP. XV. — That it is not fitting to revile one's neighbour: for cursing is foreign to Christians. 794

CHAP. XVI. — On the divine initiation of holy baptism. 798

CHAP. XVII. — What meaning baptism into Christ has: and why each thing in it is both said and done. 799

CHAP. XVIII. — What sort of person one initiated by baptism ought to be. 799

CHAP. XIX. — What sort of person the deacon ought to be. 802

CHAP. XX. — That a bishop ought to be ordained by three or two bishops, but not by one; for that is invalid. 803

BOOK FOUR. — On orphans. 807

CHAP. I. 807

CHAP. II. — How the bishop ought to provide for orphans. 807

CHAP. III. — Who are to be helped, according to the Lord's ordinance. 807

CHAP. IV. — On avarice. 810

CHAP. V. — With how great fear one ought to partake of the Lord's contributions. 810

CHAP. VI. — Whose offerings are to be received and whose rejected. 811

CHAP. VII. — That the offerings of unworthy men, so long as they are such, not only do not appease God, but on the contrary provoke Him to indignation. 818

CHAP. VIII. — That it is better to supply widows from one's own labour, though the things be scanty and few, than from the gifts of the impious, even if they be many and great; for it is better to perish of hunger than to accept a contribution from the impious. 819

CHAP. IX. — That the people ought to be stirred up by the priest to do good to the poor, by the example of the wise Solomon. 819

CHAP. X. — An ordinance that, if some impious person has forced money upon the priests, they are to spend it on wood and coals, but not on food. 822

CHAP. XI. — On parents and children. 822

CHAP. XII. — On servants and masters. 823

CHAP. XIII. — In what things one ought to be subject to secular rulers. 826

CHAP. XIV. — On virgins. 826

BOOK FIVE. — On martyrs. 827

CHAP. I. — That it is right for the faithful to supply necessities to those who are afflicted by unbelievers for Christ's sake, according to the Lord's ordinance. 827

CHAP. II. — That familiarity with false brethren is to be shunned so long as they persist in wickedness. 831

CHAP. III. — That one ought to stretch out a helping hand to those oppressed for Christ's sake, even though danger be at hand. 831

CHAP. IV. — That it is dreadful and deadly to deny Christ. 834

CHAP. V. — That one ought to imitate Christ in suffering, and to emulate His endurance. 834

CHAP. VI. — That it befits one of the faithful to be neither rash out of confidence nor fearful out of cowardice: but to flee out of caution; and, when he has fallen into danger, to contend for the crown laid up. 835

CHAP. VII. — Various proofs of the resurrection; on the Sibyl; and what the Stoics [say] of the bird phoenix. 838

CHAP. VIII. — On James the brother of the Lord, and Stephen the first martyr. 854

CHAP. IX. — On false martyrs. 854

CHAP. X. — A moral admonition: that one ought to shun idle talk, foul speech, scurrilous jests, drunkenness, wantonness and luxuries. 854

CHAP. XI. — An admonition teaching that the abominable crime of idolatry is to be shunned. 854

CHAP. XII. — That it is not permitted to sing a heathen or a harlot's song; nor to swear by an idol: for that is impious, and repugnant to the knowledge of God. 855

CHAP. XIII. — An enumeration of the feasts of the Lord that ought to be observed; and when each of them ought to be celebrated. 858

CHAP. XIV. — On the passion of the Lord, and what was done on each day of the things pertaining to the passion; and on Judas; and that when the Lord delivered the sacraments to the disciples, Judas was not present. 870

CHAP. XV. — On the great week; and why they command fasting on the fourth and sixth days of the week. 879

CHAP. XVI. — An enumeration of the prophetic predictions that proclaim Christ; though the Jews beheld their fulfilment, out of ill will they did not believe Him to be the Christ of God, and condemned the Lord of glory to the cross. 883

CHAP. XVII. — How the Pasch ought to be celebrated. 887

CHAP. XVIII. — An ordinance on the great week of the Pasch. 890

CHAP. XIX. — On the privilege of the great Sabbath; and on the day of the resurrection. 891

CHAP. XX. — The prediction of prophecy concerning Christ Jesus. 895

BOOK SIX. — On schisms. 910

CHAP. I. — Who, having dared to make schisms, did not escape punishment. 910

CHAP. II. — That it is lawful to rise up neither against the kingship nor against the priesthood. 911

CHAP. III. — On the virtue of Moses, and on the unbelief of the Jewish nation, and on the miracles that God wrought through him. 914

CHAP. IV. — That it is not he who separates himself from the impious who makes a schism, but he who withdraws from the pious. 914

CHAP. V. — For what cause he who is falsely named Israel was rejected: a proof from the prophetic predictions. 915

CHAP. VI. — That among the Jews too there arose the teaching, hateful to God, of various heresies. 918

CHAP. VII. — Whence the heresies came forth, and who was the leader and author of their impiety. 919

CHAP. VIII. — Who succeeded to the impiety of Simon, and what heresies they brought in. 923

CHAP. IX. — How Simon, when he had set about flying by certain sorceries, was hurled down from on high by the prayers of Peter and broke the extremities of his feet and hands. 930

CHAP. X. — How the heresies differ both from one another and from the truth. 934

CHAP. XI. — An exposition of the apostolic preaching. 935

CHAP. XII. — Against those who, though they assent to the Christian religion, nevertheless wish to observe Jewish rites. 939

CHAP. XIII. — How one ought to be separated from heretics. 943

CHAP. XIV. — Who preached the Catholic teaching, and what their precepts are. 946

CHAP. XV. — That one ought neither to rebaptize, nor to accept a baptism conferred by the impious, which is not baptism but defilement. 947

CHAP. XVI. — On books falsely inscribed. 950

CHAP. XVII. — Precepts on marriage concerning clerics. 955

CHAP. XVIII. — An exhortation urging that communion with impious heretics be shunned. 958

CHAP. XIX. — Against those who reject the law. 962

CHAP. XX. — What the natural law is, and what the superadded one, and for what cause it was brought in. 963

CHAP. XXI. — That we who believe in Christ are under grace, and not under the bondage of the law brought in. 967

CHAP. XXII. — That the law concerning sacrifices was a superadded one, which Christ at His coming took away. 967

CHAP. XXIII. — How Christ was the perfecter of the law; and what things in it He abolished, or changed, or transferred. 971

CHAP. XXIV. — That it pleased the Lord that the law of righteousness should be shown forth even through the Romans. 974

CHAP. XXV. — That God, on account of their impiety towards Christ, reduced the Jews to captivity and made them subject to tribute. 974

CHAP. XXVI. — That one ought to shun heretics as destroyers of souls. 975

CHAP. XXVII — On Jewish and heathen observances. 979

CHAP. XXVIII. — On the unspeakable love of boys, adultery and fornication. 983

CHAP. XXIX. — How wives ought to be subject to their husbands, and husbands to love their wives. 986

CHAP. XXX. — That Jews and Gentiles share one custom of observing the natural purgations and of abhorring the remains of the dead; but that this is foreign to Christians. 987

BOOK SEVEN. — On the manner of life, thanksgiving, and Christian initiation. 995

CHAP. I. — That there are two ways: one of life, the natural one; the other of death, the superadded one: and that the former is from God, but the latter from depravation, through the wiles of the adversary. 995

CHAP. II. — Moral admonitions of the Lord's ordinances, agreeing with the ancient exhortation of the divine laws. A prohibition of anger, of murder, of abominable lust, of adultery, and of every forbidden act. 998

CHAP. III. — A prohibition of magical arts, of the killing of children, of perjury, of false witness. 999

CHAP. IV. — A prohibition of evil-speaking, of lasting anger, of crafty conduct, of idle talk, of lying, of fraud, of dissembling. 1002

CHAP. V. — A prohibition of malice, of respect of persons, of anger, of hatred towards men, of envy. 1002

CHAP. VI. — On the art of augury, incantation, etc. 1003

CHAP. VII. — A prohibition of murmuring, of stubbornness, of pride, of savagery. 1003

CHAP. VIII. — On long-suffering, innocence, meekness, patience. 1006

CHAP. IX. — That one ought to value the teachers of Christ's doctrine more highly than parents: since the former bestow well-being, but the latter only being. 1006

CHAP. X. — That one ought not to separate oneself from the saints, but to make peace between those who contend, and to judge justly, and not to respect persons. 1006

CHAP. XI. — On the man of double mind, or of little faith. 1006

CHAP. XII. — On beneficence. 1007

CHAP. XIII. — How masters ought to show themselves towards servants, and how servants ought to be subject. 1007

CHAP. XIV. — On hypocrisy, and the observance of the laws, and confessions. 1007

CHAP. XV. — On reverence towards parents. 1007

CHAP. XVI. — On subjection to the king and the magistrates. 1010

CHAP. XVII. — On the clean conscience of those who pray. 1010

CHAP. XVIII. — That the way that was brought in by the wiles of the adversary is full of impiety and iniquity. 1010

CHAP. XIX. — The lawgiver admonishes that one ought not to turn aside from piety to the right or to the left. 1010

CHAP. XX. — That one ought not to reject any food suited to use, but to take it with thanksgiving and in due order. 1011

CHAP. XXI. — That one ought to abstain from eating things sacrificed to idols. 1011

CHAP. XXII. — The Lord's ordinance, how one ought to baptize, and into whose death. 10[1]1

CHAP. XXIII. — On which days of the week one is to fast, and on which one is not to fast; and for what reason. 1014

CHAP. XXIV. — What sort of persons those ought to be who pray the prayer delivered by the Lord. 1015

CHAP. XXV. — The sacramental thanksgiving. 1015

CHAP. XXVI. — Thanksgiving over the divine communion. 1018

CHAP. XXVII. — Thanksgiving for the mystical and sacramental ointment. 1019

CHAP. XXVIII. — That one ought not to admit to communion without distinction. 1019

CHAP. XXIX. — An ordinance on offerings. 1019

CHAP. XXX. — How those assembled ought to celebrate the Lord's day, dedicated to the resurrection of our Saviour. 1022

CHAP. XXXI. — What sort of persons those ought to be who are ordained. 1022

CHAP. XXXII. — A declaration concerning things to come. 1022

CHAP. XXXIII. — A prayer proclaiming manifold providence. 1023

CHAP. XXXIV. — A prayer proclaiming the manifold creation. 1026

CHAP. XXXV. — A prayer with thanksgiving, proclaiming God's care for His creatures. 1027

CHAP. XXXVI. — A prayer commemorating the incarnation of Christ, and the manifold providence towards the saints. 1031

CHAP. XXXVII. — A prayer containing a remembrance of providence, and an enumeration of the various benefits that have been bestowed on the saints by God's providence through Christ. 1034

CHAP. XXXVIII. — A prayer for the help brought to the just. 1035

CHAP. XXXIX. — How catechumens ought to be instructed. 1038

CHAP. XL. — An ordinance on how catechumens ought to be blessed by the priests at initiation, and what it is fitting that they be taught. 1042

CHAP. XLI. — The renunciation of the adversary, and the enrolment to the Christ of God. 1042

CHAP. XLII. — Thanksgiving concerning the anointing with the mystical oil. 1043

CHAP. XLIII. — Thanksgiving concerning the mystical water. 1043

CHAP. XLIV. — Thanksgiving concerning the mystical ointment. 1046

CHAP. XLV. Prayer of the newly initiated. 1047

CHAP. XLVI. Whom the holy apostles sent and ordained. 1047

CHAP. XLVII. — Morning prayer. 1055

CHAP. XLVIII. — Evening prayer. 1058

CHAP. XLIX. — Prayer at the midday meal. 1058

BOOK EIGHT. — On charisms and ordinations, and the ecclesiastical canons. 1062

CHAP. I. — Why and on whose account signs and miracles are wrought. 1062

CHAP. II. — On unworthy bishops and presbyters. 1066

CHAP. III. — That to set in order the things that are performed in the Churches is the highest and chief matter. 1070

CHAP. IV. — On ordinations. 1070

CHAP. V. — The invocation at the ordination of bishops. 1074

CHAP. VI. — The divine liturgy, in which is the prayer for the catechumens. 1075

CHAP. VII. — Prayer for the possessed. 1079

CHAP. VIII. — Prayer for those who are just about to be baptized. 1082

CHAP. IX. — The laying on of hands, and prayer for the penitents. 1083

CHAP. X. — Prayer for the faithful 1086

CHAP. XI. — Invocation for the faithful. 1087

CHAP. XII. — The ordinance of James, the brother of John, son of Zebedee. 1091

CHAP. XIII. — Prayer for the faithful, after the divine oblation. 1107

CHAP. XIV. — Prayer after communion. 1110

CHAP. XV. — Invocation after communion. 1111

CHAP. XVI. — On the ordination of presbyters, the ordinance of John, the beloved of the Lord. 1114

CHAP. XVII — On the ordination of deacons, the ordinance of Philip. 1115

CHAP. XVIII. — The invocation for the ordination of a deacon. 1115

CHAP. XIX. — On the deaconess, the ordinance of Bartholomew. 1115

CHAP. XX. — The invocation at the ordination of a deaconess. 1115

CHAP. XXI. — On subdeacons, the ordinance of Thomas. 1118

CHAP. XXII — On readers, the ordinance of Matthew. 1118

CHAP. XXIII. — The ordinance of James [the son] of Alphaeus on confessors. 1119

CHAP. XXIV. — The same on virgins. 1122

CHAP. XXV. — The ordinance of Lebbaeus, surnamed Thaddaeus, on widows. 1122

CHAP. XXVI. — The same on the exorcist. 1122

CHAP. XXVII. — Simon the Cananaean, on the bishop: by how many he ought to be ordained. 1122

CHAP. XXVIII. — The same author's canons on bishops, presbyters, deacons, and the rest of the clergy. 1123

CHAP. XXIX. — On the blessing of water and oil, the ordinance of Matthew. 1126

CHAP. XXX. — The same, on first-fruits and tithes. 1126

CHAP. XXXI. — The same, on the things that are left over. 1127

CHAP. XXXII. — Various canons of Paul the apostle on those who come to baptism: whom one ought to admit, and whom to reject. 1127

CHAP. XXXIII. — On which days servants ought to rest from work. 1134

CHAP. XXXIV. — At which hours, and why, prayer is to be made at them. 1135

CHAP. XXXV. — The ordinance of James the brother of the Lord on the evening office. 1138

CHAP. XXXVI. — Prayer at the lighting of the lamps. 1138