Apostolic Canons (complete)
Pseudonymous: Presented as canons of the apostles; the collection is anonymous. Funk prints it as Constitutions 8.47.
Greek text: Funk 1905.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 1
1Funk 1:564
Ἐπίσκοπος τοίνυν ὑπὸ ἐπισκόπων χειροτονείσθω δύο ἢ τριῶν, πρεσβύτερος ὑπὸ ἑνὸς ἐπισκόπου καὶ διάκονος καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ κληρικοί.
Episkopos toinyn hypo episkopōn cheirotoneisthō dyo ē triōn, presbyteros hypo henos episkopou kai diakonos kai hoi loipoi klērikoi.
Let a bishop, then, be ordained by two or three bishops; a presbyter by one bishop, and a deacon and the other clergy likewise.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop is ordained by two or three bishops; presbyters and other clergy by one.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 1 (Funk 1:564; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
Chapter 2
2Funk 1:564
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος παρὰ τὴν τοῦ κυρίου διάταξιν τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ προσενέγκῃ ἕτερά τινα ἢ μέλι ἐπὶ τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ θυσιαστήριον ἢ γάλα ἢ ἀντὶ οἴνου σίκερα ἐπιτηδευτὰ ἢ ὄρνεις ἢ ζῶά τινα ἢ ὄσπρια, παρὰ τὴν διάταξιν, καθαιρείσθω.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros para tēn tou kyriou diataxin tēn epi tę̄ thysią prosenenkę̄ hetera tina ē meli epi to tou theou thysiastērion ē gala ē anti oinou sikera epitēdeuta ē orneis ē zōa tina ē ospria, para tēn diataxin, kathaireisthō.
If any bishop or presbyter, contrary to the Lord's ordinance concerning the sacrifice, offers other things on the altar of God, such as honey or milk, or strong drink made artificially instead of wine, or birds or any animals or pulse, contrary to the ordinance, let him be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Nothing but what the Lord ordained may be offered at the altar.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ei τις → Εἴ τις; καθαιρείσθο → καθαιρείσθω.
Topics: Eucharist, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 2 (Funk 1:564; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-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.
Chapter 3
3Funk 1:564
Τῷ καιρῷ τῷ δέοντι πλὴν νέων χίδρων ἢ σταφυλῆς μὴ ἐξὸν ἔστω προσάγεσθαί τι πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἔλαιον εἰς τὴν λυχνίαν καὶ θυμίαμα τῷ καιρῷ τῆς θείας ἀναφορᾶς.
Tǭ kairǭ tǭ deonti plēn neōn chidrōn ē staphylēs mē exon estō prosagesthai ti pros to thysiastērion, kai elaion eis tēn lychnian kai thymiama tǭ kairǭ tēs theias anaphoras.
Except new ears of grain or grapes at the proper season, let it not be lawful to bring anything to the altar, besides oil for the lamp and incense at the time of the divine offering.
Notes and citation
Summary: Only new grain, grapes, lamp oil and incense may be brought to the altar.
- The divine offering (ἀναφορά) is the eucharistic prayer.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 3 (Funk 1:564; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-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.
Chapter 4
4Funk 1:564
Ἡ ἄλλη πᾶσα ὀπώρα εἰς οἶκον ἀποστελλέσθω ἀπαρχὴ τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις, ἀλλὰ μὴ πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον· δῆλον δὲ ὡς ὁ ἐπίσκοπος καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἐπιμερίζουσιν καὶ τοῖς διακόνοις καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς κληρικοῖς.
Hē allē pasa opōra eis oikon apostellesthō aparchē tǭ episkopǭ kai tois presbyterois, alla mē pros to thysiastērion; dēlon de hōs ho episkopos kai hoi presbyteroi epimerizousin kai tois diakonois kai tois loipois klērikois.
Let all other produce be sent to the house as firstfruits for the bishop and the presbyters, and not to the altar; and it is clear that the bishop and the presbyters share it with the deacons and the other clergy.
Notes and citation
Summary: Other firstfruits go to the clergy's house, not the altar.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ἢ ἄλλη → Ἡ ἄλλη; θυσιαστήριον᾽ δῆλον → θυσιαστήριον· δῆλον; Ó ἐπίσκοπος → ὁ ἐπίσκοπος.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 4 (Funk 1:564; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
Chapter 5
5Funk 1:564–566
Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα μὴ ἐκβαλλέτω προφάσει εὐλαβείας· ἐὰν δὲ ἐκβάλῃ, ἀφοριζέσθω, ἐπιμένων δὲ καθαιρείσθω.
Episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos tēn heautou gynaika mē ekballetō prophasei eulabeias; ean de ekbalę̄, aphorizesthō, epimenōn de kathaireisthō.
Let a bishop or presbyter or deacon not put away his own wife on the pretext of piety; and if he puts her away, let him be excommunicated, and if he persists, let him be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy may not put away their wives on the pretext of piety.
- A block of Funk's apparatus printed after the canon is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: apparatus printed after the text removed): Ἐπίσχοπος → Ἐπίσκοπος; yuvaixa → γυναῖκα; ς" → ς· ; ἀφοριξέσθω → ἀφοριζέσθω; καθαιρείσθο. κανόνες (-ἰ ἐχχλησιαστικχοὶ a, -Ἐ οἱ λεγόμενοι v) τῶν (4- αὐτῶν 2a) ἁγίων εὐταξίας ε 9, κανόνες σὺν 94 περὶ ἐπισχύπων xol πρεσβυτέρων xal τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατιχοῦ d e addentes περὶ τοῦ μὴ ἐχβάλλειν ἐπίσκοπον ἀποστόλων οἵτινες ἐγράφησαν κατὰ τάξιν p, Canonibus apostolorum aliam τονείσθω h. l a d (-τονεῖται) e (-τόνηται) : post ἐπίσκοπος p K, post τοίνυν 1| 2 πρεσβύτερος 4- δὲ SI ἐπισχόπου a d e Sl : -F χειροτονείσθω mentes | οἱ διάχονες e 1 4 τοῦ : ὑπὸ a | b προσενέγκει y & 9 | ἢ μέλι h. 1. a d e : post θυσιαστήριον p K I| 5/6 enl τὸ... θυσ. : τῶ θυσιαστηρίω e | 6 τοῦ θεοῦ a d e: 2» rel | σίκερα : - ἢ y e, x τινὰ L| 8 τῷ καιρῷ τ. δ. ἄρ Κι᾽ χίδρων : -ἰ ἢ στάχυας σίτου a, σταχύων σίτου B, e i. m. στάχυες ἁπαλοῦ σίτου xai σῖτος φρυττόμενος νέος | ἢ : xal e e 95516 A, 0B, 9 ἐξὸν ἃ ΕἼ, ; - δὲ ἀρ Καὶ 1Π| ἔστω βγ óe|v.ad el L : 4 ἕτερον ΡΚΙ καί: ἢ» K 10 τὴν - ἁγίαν de Sl θείας ade 9 S : — Sl, ἁγίας rel | ἀναφορᾶς a α f : προσφορᾶς rel | 11 ἡ -- δ᾽ → καθαιρείσθω..
Topics: Marriage, Divorce, Church office, Divorce and remarriage
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 5 (Funk 1:564–566; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-5). (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.
Chapter 6
6Funk 1:566
Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος κοσμικὰς φροντίδας μὴ ἀναλαμβανέτω· εἰ δὲ μή, καθαιρείσθω.
Episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos kosmikas phrontidas mē analambanetō; ei de mē, kathaireisthō.
Let a bishop or presbyter or deacon not take on worldly cares; otherwise let him be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy may not take on worldly business.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀναλαμβανέτω᾽ → ἀναλαμβανέτω·; καθαιρείσθο → καθαιρείσθω.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 6 (Funk 1:566; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-6). (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.
Chapter 7
7Funk 1:566
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος τὴν ἁγίαν τοῦ πάσχα ἡμέραν πρὸ τῆς ἐαρινῆς ἰσημερίας μετὰ Ἰουδαίων ἐπιτελέσῃ, καθαιρείσθω.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos tēn hagian tou pascha hēmeran pro tēs earinēs isēmerias meta Ioudaiōn epitelesę̄, kathaireisthō.
If any bishop or presbyter or deacon celebrates the holy day of Pascha before the spring equinox with the Jews, let him be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who keep Easter with the Jews before the equinox are deposed.
- Pascha is Easter.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Et τις → Εἴ τις; καθαιρείσθο → καθαιρείσθω.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 7 (Funk 1:566; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 8
8Funk 1:566
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ προσφορᾶς γενομένης μὴ μεταλάβοι, τὴν αἰτίαν εἰπάτω καί, ἐὰν ᾖ εὔλογος, συγγνώμης τυγχανέτω· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ λέγῃ, ἀφοριζέσθω, ὡς αἴτιος βλάβης γενηθεὶς τῷ λαῷ καὶ ὑπόνοιαν ἐμποιήσας κατὰ τοῦ προσενέγκαντος ὡς μὴ ὑγιῶς ἀνενεγκόντος.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos ē ek tou katalogou tou hieratikou prosphoras genomenēs mē metalaboi, tēn aitian eipatō kai, ean ę̄ eulogos, syngnōmēs tynchanetō; ean de mē legę̄, aphorizesthō, hōs aitios blabēs genētheis tǭ laǭ kai hyponoian empoiēsas kata tou prosenenkantos hōs mē hygiōs anenenkontos.
If any bishop or presbyter or deacon, or anyone from the priestly list, does not partake when the offering has been made, let him state the reason, and if it is reasonable, let him receive pardon; but if he does not state it, let him be excommunicated, as having become a cause of harm to the people and having raised a suspicion against him who offered, as though he had not offered soundly.
Notes and citation
Summary: A cleric who does not receive communion must give a reason.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): El τις → Εἴ τις; ἢ ix τοῦ → ἢ ἐκ τοῦ; ἐὰν ἢ εὔλογος → ἐὰν ᾖ εὔλογος; ω" → ω· ; ἀνενἐγκόντος → ἀνενεγκόντος.
Topics: Eucharist, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 8 (Funk 1:566; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 9
9Funk 1:566
Πάντας τοὺς εἰσιόντας πιστοὺς καὶ τῶν γραφῶν ἀκούοντας, μὴ παραμένοντας δὲ τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ ἁγίᾳ μεταλήψει, ὡς ἂν ἀταξίαν ἐμποιοῦντας τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀφορίζεσθαι χρή.
Pantas tous eisiontas pistous kai tōn graphōn akouontas, mē paramenontas de tę̄ proseuchę̄ kai tę̄ hagią metalēpsei, hōs an ataxian empoiountas tę̄ ekklēsią aphorizesthai chrē.
All the faithful who come in and hear the Scriptures, but do not remain for the prayer and the holy communion, must be excommunicated, as causing disorder in the church.
Notes and citation
Summary: The faithful who leave before the prayer and communion are excommunicated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐχκλησίᾳ → ἐκκλησίᾳ.
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 9 (Funk 1:566; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-9). (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.
Chapter 10
10Funk 1:566
Εἴ τις ἀκοινωνήτῳ κἂν ἐν οἴκῳ συνεύξηται, οὗτος ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis akoinōnētǭ kan en oikǭ syneuxētai, houtos aphorizesthō.
If anyone prays with an excommunicated person, even in a house, let him be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: Praying with the excommunicated brings excommunication.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Εἰ τις → Εἴ τις; οἴχῳ → οἴκῳ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 10 (Funk 1:566; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 11
11Funk 1:566
Εἴ τις καθῃρημένῳ κληρικὸς ὧν ὡς κληρικῷ συνεύξηται, καθαιρείσθω καὶ αὐτός.
Ei tis kathę̄rēmenǭ klērikos hōn hōs klērikǭ syneuxētai, kathaireisthō kai autos.
If anyone who is a cleric prays with a deposed cleric as with a cleric, let him also be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: A cleric who prays with a deposed cleric is deposed.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 11 (Funk 1:566; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 12
12Funk 1:566–568
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ἢ λαϊκός, ἀφωρισμένος ἤτοι δεκτός, ἀπελθὼν ἐν ἑτέρᾳ πόλει δεχθῇ ἄνευ γραμμάτων συστατικῶν, ἀφοριζέσθωσαν οἱ δεξάμενοι καὶ ὁ δεχθείς.
Ei tis klērikos ē laïkos, aphōrismenos ētoi dektos, apelthōn en heterą polei dechthę̄ aneu grammatōn systatikōn, aphorizesthōsan hoi dexamenoi kai ho dechtheis.
If any cleric or layman whether excommunicated or admissible, goes away and is received in another city without letters of commendation, let both those who received him and him who was received be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: No one may be received in another city without letters of commendation.
- “Admissible” (δεκτός) means in good standing; canon 13 then treats the case of one who is excommunicated. Some witnesses read “not admissible”.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὃ δεχθείς → ὁ δεχθείς.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 12 (Funk 1:566–568; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 13
13Funk 1:568
Εἰ δὲ ἀφωρισμένος ἦ, ἐπιτεινέσθω αὐτῷ ὁ ἀφορισμὸς ὡς ψευσαμένῳ καὶ ἀπατήσαντι ἐκκλησίαν θεοῦ.
Ei de aphōrismenos ē, epiteinesthō autǭ ho aphorismos hōs pseusamenǭ kai apatēsanti ekklēsian theou.
And if he is excommunicated, let his excommunication be extended, as one who has lied and deceived the church of God.
Notes and citation
Summary: An excommunicated person who deceives another church has his sentence extended.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): El δὲ → Εἰ δὲ; ὃ ἀφορισμὸς → ὁ ἀφορισμὸς.
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 13 (Funk 1:568; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 14
14Funk 1:568
Ἐπίσκοπον μὴ ἐξεῖναι καταλείψαντα τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παροικίαν ἑτέρᾳ ἐπιπηδᾶν, κἂν ὑπὸ πλειόνων ἀναγκάζηται, εἰ μή τις εὔλογος αἰτία ἦ ἡ τοῦτο βιαζομένη αὐτὸν ποιεῖν, ὡς πλεῖόν τι κέρδος δυναμένου αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἐκεῖσε λόγῳ εὐσεβείας συμβάλλεσθαι· καὶ τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλὰ κρίσει πολλῶν ἐπισκόπων καὶ παρακλήσει μεγίστῃ.
Episkopon mē exeinai kataleipsanta tēn heautou paroikian heterą epipēdan, kan hypo pleionōn anankazētai, ei mē tis eulogos aitia ē hē touto biazomenē auton poiein, hōs pleion ti kerdos dynamenou autou tois ekeise logǭ eusebeias symballesthai; kai touto de ouk aph᾽ heautou, alla krisei pollōn episkopōn kai paraklēsei megistę̄.
A bishop may not leave his own diocese and leap into another, even if he is compelled by many, unless there is some good reason compelling him to do this, as being able to bring greater gain to those there by the word of piety; and even this not of himself, but by the judgment of many bishops and at the greatest entreaty.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop may not move to another see except for good reason and by the judgment of many bishops.
- Diocese renders παροικία.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ᾿Επίσκοπον → Ἐπίσκοπον; πλεῖόν tt → πλεῖόν τι; ι" → ι· .
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 14 (Funk 1:568; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 15
15Funk 1:568
Εἴ τις πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ὅλως τοῦ καταλόγου τῶν κληρικῶν, ἀπολείψας τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παροικίαν, εἰς ἑτέραν ἀπέλθοι καὶ παντελῶς μεταστὰς διατρίβοι ἐν ἄλλῃ παροικίᾳ παρὰ γνώμην τοῦ ἰδίου ἐπισκόπου· τοῦτον κελεύομεν μηκέτι λειτουργεῖν, εἰ μάλιστα προσκαλουμένου αὐτὸν ἐπανελθεῖν τοῦ ἐπισκόπου οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν, ἐπιμένων τῇ ἀταξίᾳ· ὡς λαϊκὸς μέντοι ἐκεῖσε κοινωνείτω.
Ei tis presbyteros ē diakonos ē holōs tou katalogou tōn klērikōn, apoleipsas tēn heautou paroikian, eis heteran apelthoi kai pantelōs metastas diatriboi en allę̄ paroikią para gnōmēn tou idiou episkopou; touton keleuomen mēketi leitourgein, ei malista proskaloumenou auton epanelthein tou episkopou ouch hypēkousen, epimenōn tę̄ ataxią; hōs laïkos mentoi ekeise koinōneitō.
If any presbyter or deacon, or anyone at all on the list of the clergy, leaves his own diocese and goes to another, and, having moved altogether, stays in another diocese without the consent of his own bishop, we bid that he no longer minister, especially if he did not obey when his bishop summoned him to return, persisting in the disorder; but let him take communion there as a layman.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who leave their diocese without leave and refuse to return may not minister.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): El τις → Εἴ τις; ἐπισκόπου" τοῦτον → ἐπισκόπου· τοῦτον; ἀταξίᾳ᾽ ὡς λαϊχὸς → ἀταξίᾳ· ὡς λαϊκὸς.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 15 (Funk 1:568; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 16
16Funk 1:568
Εἰ δὲ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος, παρ᾽ ᾧ τυγχάνουσιν, παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἡγησάμενος τὴν κατ᾽ αὐτῶν ὁρισθεῖσαν ἀργίαν, δέξηται αὐτοὺς ὡς κληρικούς, ἀφοριζέσθω ὡς διδάσκαλος ἀταξίας.
Ei de ho episkopos, par᾽ hǭ tynchanousin, par᾽ ouden hēgēsamenos tēn kat᾽ autōn horistheisan argian, dexētai autous hōs klērikous, aphorizesthō hōs didaskalos ataxias.
And if the bishop with whom they are staying, setting at nought the suspension decreed against them, receives them as clergy, let him be excommunicated as a teacher of disorder.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop who receives suspended clergy is excommunicated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Εἰ δὲ ὃ ἐπίσκοπος → Εἰ δὲ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος; xar αὐτῶν → κατ᾽ αὐτῶν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 16 (Funk 1:568; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 17
17Funk 1:568
Ὁ δυσὶ γάμοις συμπλακεὶς μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα ἢ παλλακὴν κτησάμενος οὐ δύναται εἶναι ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ὅλως τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ.
Ho dysi gamois symplakeis meta to baptisma ē pallakēn ktēsamenos ou dynatai einai episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos ē holōs tou katalogou tou hieratikou.
He who has been joined in two marriages after baptism, or has acquired a concubine, cannot be a bishop or presbyter or deacon, or anyone at all on the priestly list.
1 Tim 3:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 3:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · Titus 1:6 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A man twice married after baptism, or with a concubine, cannot be ordained.
- Cf. 1 Tim 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6. The canon concerns a second marriage after baptism, whatever the cause of the first marriage's end.
Topics: Marriage, Remarriage, Church office, Divorce and remarriage
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 17 (Funk 1:568; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 18
18Funk 1:568
Ὁ χήραν λαβὼν ἢ ἐκβεβλημένην ἢ ἑταίραν ἢ οἰκέτιν ἢ τῶν ἐπὶ σκηνῆς οὐ δύναται εἶναι ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ὅλως τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ.
Ho chēran labōn ē ekbeblēmenēn ē hetairan ē oiketin ē tōn epi skēnēs ou dynatai einai episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos ē holōs tou katalogou tou hieratikou.
He who has taken a widow, or a woman who has been put away, or a courtesan, or a household slave, or one of those on the stage, cannot be a bishop or presbyter or deacon, or anyone at all on the priestly list.
Lev 21:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Lev 21:13–14 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A man married to a widow, a divorced woman, a courtesan, a slave or an actress cannot be ordained.
- “A woman who has been put away” is a divorced woman. Cf. Lev 21:7, 13–14.
Topics: Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, Church office, Divorce and remarriage
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 18 (Funk 1:568; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 19
19Funk 1:568–570
Ὁ δύο ἀδελφὰς ἀγαγόμενος ἢ ἀδελφιδῆν οὐ δύναται εἶναι κληρικός.
Ho dyo adelphas agagomenos ē adelphidēn ou dynatai einai klērikos.
He who has married two sisters, or a niece, cannot be a cleric.
Lev 18:18 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A man married to two sisters or to a niece cannot be a cleric.
- Funk's footnote and apparatus printed after the canon are removed. Cf. Lev 18:18.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: footnote and apparatus printed after the text removed): κληρικός. Lev. 18, τό. lcan. I3et 14 7» p] g a d f : εἴη rel | 8 ἐχχλησίαν ἃ d : τὴν ἐχχλ. tob pK|5 5 2»« P G 9 | ποιῆσαι a πλεῖον a d : πλέον Καὶ I|9 canones διατρίβη d e, -Bev y | 18 εἰ : ἢ B, καὶ y, τ᾿ xal cf. 51] ἐπανελθεῖν h.l. a d y 5 : post ἐπισχόπου rel | ἐπισχόπου a d1L A : - αὐτοῦ pK SSIC | 14 ὑπαχούσειεν y € 9 1| 16/17 ἡγησάμενος a d p α: λογιζόμενος 1, Aoytσάμενος rel | 17 doylav * «irs(av η, αἰτίαν d i. m. | δέξεται B à x v| 21 ὅλως 2 d | 22 can. 18—20 7 p [λαμβάνων ε 9 1|23 ἐπὶ -- ecd e 6 | 24 ὅλως 2» d | 25 ἀγαγόμενος a x n v E I L S C A : ἀγόμενος rel | » ἀδελφιδῆν : ἀδελφὴν « ἡ x (ἀδελφιδὴν « i. m), -- ἢ dó. → κληρικός..
Topics: Marriage, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 19 (Funk 1:568–570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 20
20Funk 1:570
Κληρικὸς ἐγγύας διδοὺς καθαιρείσθω.
Klērikos engyas didous kathaireisthō.
A cleric who gives sureties, let him be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy may not stand surety.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: stray marks removed): καθαιρείσθο. , HJ E 2 * 2 2 , 2 H 2 ud. → καθαιρείσθω..
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 20 (Funk 1:570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 21
21Funk 1:570
Εὐνοῦχος εἰ μὲν ἐξ ἐπηρείας ἀνθρώπων ἐγένετο τις ἢ ἐν διωγμῷ ἀφῃρέθη τὰ ἀνδρῶν ἢ οὕτως ἔφυ, καὶ ἔστιν ἄξιος ἐπισκοπῆς, γινέσθω.
Eunouchos ei men ex epēreias anthrōpōn egeneto tis ē en diōgmǭ aphę̄rethē ta andrōn ē houtōs ephy, kai estin axios episkopēs, ginesthō.
A eunuch, if he became so by the violence of men, or was deprived of his manhood in persecution, or was so born, and is worthy of the episcopate, let him be made bishop.
Notes and citation
Summary: A eunuch not by his own act may become a bishop.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: stray marks removed): Βυνοῦχος → Εὐνοῦχος; uiv → μὲν; γινέσθο. , € M , I4 * * , Fo. → γινέσθω..
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 21 (Funk 1:570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 22
22Funk 1:570
Ὁ ἀκρωτηριάσας ἑαυτὸν μὴ γινέσθω κληρικὸς· αὐτοφονευτὴς γάρ ἐστιν καὶ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ δημιουργίας ἐχθρός.
Ho akrōtēriasas heauton mē ginesthō klērikos; autophoneutēs gar estin kai tēs tou theou dēmiourgias echthros.
He who has mutilated himself, let him not be made a cleric; for he is a self-murderer and an enemy of God's creation.
Notes and citation
Summary: A man who castrates himself cannot be a cleric.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks removed): O ἀκχρωτηριάσας ξαυτὸν → Ὁ ἀκρωτηριάσας ἑαυτὸν; ς" → ς· ; ἐχθρός. D ot * ^». € * 2 , , . → ἐχθρός..
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 22 (Funk 1:570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 23
23Funk 1:570
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ὧν ἑαυτὸν ἀκρωτηριάσῃ, καθαιρείσθω· φονεὺς γάρ ἐστιν ἑαυτοῦ.
Ei tis klērikos hōn heauton akrōtēriasę̄, kathaireisthō; phoneus gar estin heautou.
If anyone who is a cleric mutilates himself, let him be deposed; for he is his own murderer.
Notes and citation
Summary: A cleric who castrates himself is deposed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ξαυτὸν ἀκροωτηριασῃ, καθαιρείσθω φονεὺς → ἑαυτὸν ἀκρωτηριάσῃ, καθαιρείσθω· φονεὺς; ξαυτοῦ → ἑαυτοῦ.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 23 (Funk 1:570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 24
24Funk 1:570
Λαϊκὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀκρωτηριάσας ἀφοριζέσθω ἔτη τρία· ἐπίβουλος γάρ ἐστιν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆς.
Laïkos heauton akrōtēriasas aphorizesthō etē tria; epiboulos gar estin tēs heautou zōēs.
A layman who has mutilated himself, let him be excommunicated for three years; for he is a plotter against his own life.
Notes and citation
Summary: A layman who castrates himself is excommunicated for three years.
- The numeral is garbled in the scan; “three” (τρία) is the reading of the printed text.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἔτη vola" → ἔτη τρία·.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 24 (Funk 1:570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 25
25Funk 1:570
Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ὁ πορνείᾳ ἢ ἐπιορκίᾳ ἢ κλοπῇ ἁλοὺς καθαιρείσθω, καὶ μὴ ἀφοριζέσθω· λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Οὐκ ἐκδικήσεις δὶς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ κληρικοί.
Episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos ho porneią ē epiorkią ē klopę̄ halous kathaireisthō, kai mē aphorizesthō; legei gar hē graphē; Ouk ekdikēseis dis epi to auto. hōsautōs kai hoi loipoi klērikoi.
A bishop or presbyter or deacon who is caught in sexual immorality or perjury or theft, let him be deposed, but not excommunicated; for the Scripture says, “You shall not punish twice for the same thing.” Likewise the other clergy also.
Nah 1:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy guilty of sexual immorality, perjury or theft are deposed but not also excommunicated.
- Nah 1:9 (LXX).
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; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Ἐπίσχοπος → Ἐπίσκοπος; ὃ πορνείᾳ → ὁ πορνείᾳ; ἐπιορκχίᾳ → ἐπιορκίᾳ; ω" → ω· ; " ,, → · ; ό“. → ό.; κληρικοί. . → κληρικοί..
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 25 (Funk 1:570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 26
26Funk 1:570
Τῶν εἰς κλῆρον παρελθόντων ἀγάμων κελεύομεν βουλομένους γαμεῖν ἀναγνώστας καὶ ψάλτας μόνους.
Tōn eis klēron parelthontōn agamōn keleuomen boulomenous gamein anagnōstas kai psaltas monous.
Of those who have entered the clergy unmarried, we bid that only readers and singers marry, if they wish.
Notes and citation
Summary: Only readers and singers may marry after entering the clergy.
Topics: Marriage, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 26 (Funk 1:570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 27
27Funk 1:570–572
Ἐπίσκοπον ἢ πρεσβύτερον ἢ διάκονον τύπτοντα πιστοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας ἢ ἀπίστους ἀδικήσαντας καὶ διὰ τῶν τοιούτων φοβεῖν ἐθέλοντα καθαιρεῖσθαι προστάσσομεν· οὐδαμοῦ γὰρ ἡμᾶς ὁ κύριος ταῦτα ἐδίδαξεν, τοὐναντίον δὲ αὐτὸς τυπτόμενος οὐκ ἀντέτυπτεν, λοιδορούμενος οὐκ ἀντελοιδόρει, πάσχων οὐκ ἠπείλει.
Episkopon ē presbyteron ē diakonon typtonta pistous hamartanontas ē apistous adikēsantas kai dia tōn toioutōn phobein ethelonta kathaireisthai prostassomen; oudamou gar hēmas ho kyrios tauta edidaxen, tounantion de autos typtomenos ouk antetypten, loidoroumenos ouk anteloidorei, paschōn ouk ēpeilei.
A bishop or presbyter or deacon who strikes the faithful when they sin, or unbelievers when they do wrong, and wishes to make them afraid by such means, we command to be deposed; for nowhere did the Lord teach us this; on the contrary, when he himself was struck he did not strike back, “when reviled he did not revile in return, when suffering he did not threaten.”
1 Pet 2:23 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who strike people are deposed, following Christ's example.
- 1 Pet 2:23.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ν" → ν· ; ὃ κύριος → ὁ κύριος; ἀντἐτυπτεν, .,,λοιδορούμενος → ἀντέτυπτεν, λοιδορούμενος; ι“. → ι..
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 27 (Funk 1:570–572; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 28
28Funk 1:572
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος, καθαιρεθεὶς δικαίως ἐπὶ ἐγκλήμασι φανεροῖς, τολμήσειεν ἐφάψασθαι τῆς ποτε ἐγχειρισθείσης αὐτῷ λειτουργίας, οὗτος παντάπασιν ἐκκοπτέσθω τῆς ἐκκλησίας.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos, kathairetheis dikaiōs epi enklēmasi phanerois, tolmēseien ephapsasthai tēs pote encheiristheisēs autǭ leitourgias, houtos pantapasin ekkoptesthō tēs ekklēsias.
If any bishop or presbyter or deacon, justly deposed for manifest crimes, dares to touch the ministry once entrusted to him, let him be cut off from the church altogether.
Notes and citation
Summary: A deposed cleric who resumes ministry is cut off from the church.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): καθαιρεθ εὶς → καθαιρεθεὶς; ἐχκλησίας → ἐκκλησίας.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 28 (Funk 1:572; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 29
29Funk 1:572
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος διὰ χρημάτων τῆς ἀξίας ταύτης ἐγκρατὴς γένηται ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος, καθαιρείσθω καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ ὁ χειροτονήσας, καὶ ἐκκοπτέσθω παντάπασιν καὶ τῆς κοινωνίας, ὡς Σίμων ὁ μάγος ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ Πέτρου.
Ei tis episkopos dia chrēmatōn tēs axias tautēs enkratēs genētai ē presbyteros ē diakonos, kathaireisthō kai autos kai ho cheirotonēsas, kai ekkoptesthō pantapasin kai tēs koinōnias, hōs Simōn ho magos hyp᾽ emou Petrou.
If any bishop, or presbyter or deacon, obtains this dignity by money, let both him and the one who ordained him be deposed, and let him be cut off altogether from communion also, as Simon Magus was by me, Peter.
Acts 8:18–24 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Ordination bought with money brings deposition and excommunication.
- Acts 8:18–24.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὃ χειροτονήσας → ὁ χειροτονήσας; ó μάγος 6x ἐμοῦ → ὁ μάγος ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 29 (Funk 1:572; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-29). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 30
30Funk 1:572
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος, κοσμικοῖς ἄρχουσι χρησάμενος, δι᾽ αὐτῶν ἐγκρατὴς ἐκκλησίας γένηται, καθαιρείσθω καὶ ἀφοριζέσθω, καὶ οἱ κοινωνοῦντες αὐτῷ πάντες.
Ei tis episkopos, kosmikois archousi chrēsamenos, di᾽ autōn enkratēs ekklēsias genētai, kathaireisthō kai aphorizesthō, kai hoi koinōnountes autǭ pantes.
If any bishop, making use of worldly rulers, obtains a church through them, let him be deposed and excommunicated, and all who communicate with him.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop who gains a church through secular rulers is deposed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δί αὐτῶν → δι᾽ αὐτῶν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 30 (Funk 1:572; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-30). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 31
31Funk 1:572
Εἴ τις πρεσβύτερος, καταφρονήσας τοῦ ἰδίου ἐπισκόπου, χωρὶς συναγάγῃ καὶ θυσιαστήριον ἕτερον πήξῃ, μηδὲν κατεγνωκὼς τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ, καθαιρείσθω ὡς φίλαρχος, τύραννος γάρ ἐστιν, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ κληρικοί, ὅσοι ἂν αὐτῷ προσθῶνται· οἱ δὲ λαϊκοὶ ἀφοριζέσθωσαν. ταῦτα δὲ μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν ἢ καὶ τρίτην τοῦ ἐπισκόπου παράκλησιν γινέσθω.
Ei tis presbyteros, kataphronēsas tou idiou episkopou, chōris synagagę̄ kai thysiastērion heteron pēxę̄, mēden kategnōkōs tou episkopou en eusebeią kai dikaiosynę̄, kathaireisthō hōs philarchos, tyrannos gar estin, kai hoi loipoi klērikoi, hosoi an autǭ prosthōntai; hoi de laïkoi aphorizesthōsan. tauta de meta mian kai deuteran ē kai tritēn tou episkopou paraklēsin ginesthō.
If any presbyter, despising his own bishop, holds assemblies apart and sets up another altar, without having condemned the bishop in matters of piety and righteousness, let him be deposed as one who loves to rule, for he is a tyrant; and likewise the other clergy, as many as join him; and let the laymen be excommunicated. But let this be done after one, a second, or even a third entreaty from the bishop.
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Summary: A presbyter who sets up a rival altar without cause is deposed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): τοῖ ἰδίου → τοῦ ἰδίου; ι" → ι· .
Topics: Church office, Heresy
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 31 (Funk 1:572; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 32
32Funk 1:572
Εἴ τις πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ὑπὸ ἐπισκόπου γένηται ἐν ἀφορισμῷ, τοῦτον μὴ ἐξεῖναι παρ᾽ ἑτέρου δεχθῆναι, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ παρὰ τοῦ ἀφορίσαντος αὐτόν, εἰ μὴ ἂν κατὰ συγκυρίαν τελευτήσῃ ὁ ἀφορίσας αὐτὸν ἐπίσκοπος.
Ei tis presbyteros ē diakonos hypo episkopou genētai en aphorismǭ, touton mē exeinai par᾽ heterou dechthēnai, all᾽ ē para tou aphorisantos auton, ei mē an kata synkyrian teleutēsę̄ ho aphorisas auton episkopos.
If any presbyter or deacon is put under excommunication by a bishop, he may not be received by another, but only by him who excommunicated him, unless the bishop who excommunicated him happens to die.
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Summary: Only the bishop who excommunicated a cleric may restore him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Εἰ τις → Εἴ τις; ὃ ἀφορίσας → ὁ ἀφορίσας.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 32 (Funk 1:572; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-32). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 33
33Funk 1:572
Μηδένα τῶν ξένων ἐπισκόπων ἢ πρεσβυτέρων ἢ διακόνων ἄνευ συστατικῶν προσδέχεσθε· καὶ ἐπιφερομένων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀνακρινέσθωσαν, καὶ ἐὰν μὲν ὦσιν κήρυκες τῆς εὐσεβείας, προσδεχέσθωσαν, εἰ δὲ μήγε, τὰ πρὸς τὰς χρείας αὐτοῖς ἐπιχορηγήσαντες εἰς κοινωνίαν αὐτοὺς μὴ προσδέξησθεʼ πολλὰ γὰρ κατὰ συναρπαγὴν γίνεται.
Mēdena tōn xenōn episkopōn ē presbyterōn ē diakonōn aneu systatikōn prosdechesthe; kai epipheromenōn de autōn anakrinesthōsan, kai ean men ōsin kērykes tēs eusebeias, prosdechesthōsan, ei de mēge, ta pros tas chreias autois epichorēgēsantes eis koinōnian autous mē prosdexēstheʼ polla gar kata synarpagēn ginetai.
Receive none of the foreign bishops or presbyters or deacons without letters of commendation; and even when they bring them, let them be examined; and if they are preachers of piety, let them be received; but if not, supply them with what they need, but do not receive them into communion; for many things are done by fraud.
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Summary: Visiting clergy need letters and examination before they are received.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): προσδέχεσθε᾽ → προσδέχεσθε·; εἰ Ób μήγε → εἰ δὲ μήγε.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 33 (Funk 1:572; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-33). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 34
34Funk 1:572–574
Τοὺς ἐπισκόπους ἑκάστου ἔθνους εἰδέναι χρὴ τὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς πρῶτον καὶ ἡγεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὡς κεφαλὴν καὶ μηδέν τι περιττὸν πράττειν ἄνευ τῆς ἐκείνου γνώμης, ἐκεῖνα δὲ μόνα ἕκαστον, ὅσα τῇ αὐτοῦ παροικίᾳ ἐπιβάλλει καὶ ταῖς ὑπ᾽ αὐτὴν χώραις· ἀλλὰ μηδὲ ἐκεῖνος ἄνευ τῆς πάντων γνώμης ποιείτω τι· οὕτως γὰρ ὁμόνοια ἔσται, καὶ δοξασθήσεται ὁ θεὸς διὰ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι.
Tous episkopous hekastou ethnous eidenai chrē ton en autois prōton kai hēgeisthai auton hōs kephalēn kai mēden ti peritton prattein aneu tēs ekeinou gnōmēs, ekeina de mona hekaston, hosa tę̄ autou paroikią epiballei kai tais hyp᾽ autēn chōrais; alla mēde ekeinos aneu tēs pantōn gnōmēs poieitō ti; houtōs gar homonoia estai, kai doxasthēsetai ho theos dia Christou en tǭ hagiǭ pneumati.
The bishops of each nation must know the first among them and consider him as head, and do nothing of consequence without his consent; but each may do only those things that concern his own diocese and the country districts under it. But neither let him do anything without the consent of all; for so there will be concord, and God will be glorified through Christ in the Holy Spirit.
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Summary: The bishops of each province act with their chief bishop, and he with them.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἐπισχόπους → ἐπισκόπους; ἔθγνους → ἔθνους; τι 1ὅ περιττὸν → τι περιττὸν; ἐχείνου → ἐκείνου; ox αὐτὴν → ὑπ᾽ αὐτὴν; ς" → ς· ; ι" → ι· ; ὃ θεὸς → ὁ θεὸς.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 34 (Funk 1:572–574; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-34). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 35
35Funk 1:574
Ἐπίσκοπον μὴ τολμᾶν ἔξω τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὅρων χειροτονίας ποιεῖσθαι εἰς τὰς μὴ ὑποκειμένας αὐτῷ πόλεις καὶ χώρας· εἰ δὲ ἐλεγχθείη τοῦτο πεποιηκὼς παρὰ τὴν τῶν κατεχόντων τὰς πόλεις ἐκείνας ἢ τὰς χώρας γνώμην, καθαιρείσθω καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ οὕς ἐχειροτόνησεν.
Episkopon mē tolman exō tōn heautou horōn cheirotonias poieisthai eis tas mē hypokeimenas autǭ poleis kai chōras; ei de elenchtheiē touto pepoiēkōs para tēn tōn katechontōn tas poleis ekeinas ē tas chōras gnōmēn, kathaireisthō kai autos kai hous echeirotonēsen.
Let a bishop not dare to perform ordinations outside his own bounds in cities and country districts not subject to him; and if he is convicted of having done so without the consent of those who hold those cities or districts, let both him and those he ordained be deposed.
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Summary: A bishop may not ordain outside his own territory.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὑποχειμένας → ὑποκειμένας; yoQac: si δὲ → χώρας· εἰ δὲ; ἐχείνας → ἐκείνας.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 35 (Funk 1:574; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-35). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 36
36Funk 1:574
Εἴ τις χειροτονηθεὶς ἐπίσκοπος μὴ καταδέχοιτο τὴν λειτουργίαν καὶ τὴν φροντίδα τοῦ λαοῦ τὴν ἐγχειρισθεῖσαν αὐτῷ, τοῦτον ἀφωρισμένον τυγχάνειν, ἕως ἂν καταδέξηται· ὡσαύτως καὶ πρεσβύτερος καὶ διάκονος. εἰ δὲ ἀπελθὼν μὴ δεχθείη, οὐ παρὰ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γνώμην, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὴν τοῦ λαοῦ μοχθηρίαν, αὐτὸς μὲν ἔστω ἐπίσκοπος, ὁ δὲ κλῆρος τῆς πόλεως ἀφοριζέσθω, ὅτι τοιούτου λαοῦ ἀνυποτάκτου παιδευταὶ οὐκ ἐγένοντο.
Ei tis cheirotonētheis episkopos mē katadechoito tēn leitourgian kai tēn phrontida tou laou tēn encheiristheisan autǭ, touton aphōrismenon tynchanein, heōs an katadexētai; hōsautōs kai presbyteros kai diakonos. ei de apelthōn mē dechtheiē, ou para tēn heautou gnōmēn, alla para tēn tou laou mochthērian, autos men estō episkopos, ho de klēros tēs poleōs aphorizesthō, hoti toioutou laou anypotaktou paideutai ouk egenonto.
If anyone ordained bishop does not accept the ministry and the care of the people entrusted to him, let him remain excommunicated until he accepts it; likewise a presbyter and a deacon. But if he goes and is not received, not against his own will but because of the wickedness of the people, let him remain bishop, and let the clergy of the city be excommunicated, because they did not become teachers of so unruly a people.
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Summary: An ordained man who refuses his charge is excommunicated; if the people reject him, their clergy are punished.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ur καταδέχοιτο → μὴ καταδέχοιτο; καταδέξηται᾽ → καταδέξηται·; ὃ δὲ κλῆρος → ὁ δὲ κλῆρος; ἀνυποτάχτου → ἀνυποτάκτου.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 36 (Funk 1:574; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-36). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 37
37Funk 1:574
Δεύτερον τοῦ ἔτους σύνοδος γινέσθω τῶν ἐπισκόπων, καὶ ἀνακρινέτωσαν ἀλλήλους τὰ δόγματα τῆς εὐσεβείας, καὶ τὰς ἐμπιπτούσας ἐκκλησιαστικὰς ἀντιλογίας διαλυέτωσαν· ἅπαξ μὲν τῇ τετάρτῃ ἑβδομάδι τῆς πεντηκοστῆς, δεύτερον δὲ Ὑπερβερεταίου δωδεκάτῃ.
Deuteron tou etous synodos ginesthō tōn episkopōn, kai anakrinetōsan allēlous ta dogmata tēs eusebeias, kai tas empiptousas ekklēsiastikas antilogias dialyetōsan; hapax men tę̄ tetartę̄ hebdomadi tēs pentēkostēs, deuteron de Hyperberetaiou dōdekatę̄.
Let a synod of the bishops be held twice a year, and let them examine with one another the doctrines of piety, and settle the ecclesiastical disputes that arise: once in the fourth week of Pentecost, and the second time on the twelfth of Hyperberetaeus.
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Summary: Bishops hold synods twice a year.
- Pentecost here is the fifty days after Easter. Hyperberetaeus is a Macedonian month, roughly October.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀναχρινέτωσαν → ἀνακρινέτωσαν; διαλυέτωσαν᾽ → διαλυέτωσαν·.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 37 (Funk 1:574; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-37). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 38
38Funk 1:574–576
Πάντων τῶν ἐκκλησιαστικῶν πραγμάτων ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ἐχέτω τὴν φροντίδα, καὶ διοικείτω αὐτὰ ὡς θεοῦ ἐφορῶντος· μὴ ἐξεῖναι δὲ αὐτῷ σφετερίζεσθαί τι ἐξ αὐτῶν ἢ συγγενέσιν ἰδίοις τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ χαρίζεσθαι· εἰ δὲ πένητες ὦσιν, ἐπιχορηγείτω ὡς πένησιν, ἀλλὰ μὴ προφάσει τούτων τὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀπεμπολείτω.
Pantōn tōn ekklēsiastikōn pragmatōn ho episkopos echetō tēn phrontida, kai dioikeitō auta hōs theou ephorōntos; mē exeinai de autǭ spheterizesthai ti ex autōn ē syngenesin idiois ta tou theou charizesthai; ei de penētes ōsin, epichorēgeitō hōs penēsin, alla mē prophasei toutōn ta tēs ekklēsias apempoleitō.
Let the bishop have the care of all the affairs of the church, and administer them as with God overseeing; but let him not be permitted to appropriate any of them, or to give the things of God to his own relatives. If they are poor, let him supply them as poor, but not sell off the church's property on their pretext.
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop manages church property but may not take it or give it to relatives.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἐχκχλησιαστικῶν → ἐκκλησιαστικῶν; ὃ ἐπίσκοπος → ὁ ἐπίσκοπος; ς" → ς· ; ι" → ι· ; ἐχκλησίας → ἐκκλησίας.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 38 (Funk 1:574–576; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-38). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 39
39Funk 1:576
Οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ διάκονοι ἄνευ γνώμης τοῦ ἐπισκόπου μηδὲν ἐπιτελείτωσαν· αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ πεπιστευμένος τὸν λαὸν κυρίου καὶ τὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν αὐτῶν λόγον ἀπαιτηθησόμενος.
Hoi presbyteroi kai hoi diakonoi aneu gnōmēs tou episkopou mēden epiteleitōsan; autos gar estin ho pepisteumenos ton laon kyriou kai ton hyper tōn psychōn autōn logon apaitēthēsomenos.
Let the presbyters and the deacons do nothing without the consent of the bishop; for it is he who has been entrusted with the Lord's people and who will be required to give account for their souls.
Heb 13:17 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Presbyters and deacons act only with the bishop's consent.
- Heb 13:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Oi πρεσβύτεροι → Οἱ πρεσβύτεροι; oi διάκονοι → οἱ διάκονοι; ἐπισχόπου → ἐπισκόπου; ἐπιτελείτωσαν᾽ → ἐπιτελείτωσαν·; ὃ πεπιστευμένος → ὁ πεπιστευμένος; ἀπαιτηθησόμενος. . → ἀπαιτηθησόμενος..
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 39 (Funk 1:576; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-39). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 40
40Funk 1:576
Ἔστω φανερὰ τὰ ἴδια τοῦ ἐπισκόπου πράγματα, εἴγε καὶ ἴδια ἔχει, καὶ φανερὰ τὰ κυριακά, ἵνα ἐξουσίαν ἔχῃ τῶν ἰδίων τελευτῶν ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ὡς βούλεται καὶ οἷς βούλεται καταλεῖψαι, καὶ μὴ προφάσει τῶν ἐκκλησιαστικῶν πραγμάτων διαπίπτειν τὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἔσθ᾽ ὅτε γυναῖκα καὶ παῖδας κεκτημένου ἢ συγγενεῖς ἢ οἰκέτας· δίκαιον γὰρ τοῦτο παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις, τὸ μήτε τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ζημίαν τινὰ ὑπομένειν ἀγνοίᾳ τῶν τοῦ ἐπισκόπου πραγμάτων, μήτε τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἢ τοὺς αὐτοῦ συγγενεῖς προφάσει τῆς ἐκκλησίας δημεύεσθαι, ἢ καὶ εἰς πράγματα ἐμπίπτειν τοὺς αὐτῷ διαφέροντας, καὶ τὸν αὐτοῦ θάνατον δυσφημίᾳ περιβάλλεσθαι.
Estō phanera ta idia tou episkopou pragmata, eige kai idia echei, kai phanera ta kyriaka, hina exousian echę̄ tōn idiōn teleutōn ho episkopos hōs bouletai kai hois bouletai kataleipsai, kai mē prophasei tōn ekklēsiastikōn pragmatōn diapiptein ta tou episkopou esth᾽ hote gynaika kai paidas kektēmenou ē syngeneis ē oiketas; dikaion gar touto para theǭ kai anthrōpois, to mēte tēn ekklēsian zēmian tina hypomenein agnoią tōn tou episkopou pragmatōn, mēte ton episkopon ē tous autou syngeneis prophasei tēs ekklēsias dēmeuesthai, ē kai eis pragmata empiptein tous autǭ diapherontas, kai ton autou thanaton dysphēmią periballesthai.
Let the bishop's own property, if indeed he has any of his own, be clearly known, and the Lord's property clearly known, so that the bishop may have power at his death to leave his own property as he wishes and to whom he wishes, and so that the bishop's property may not be lost on the pretext of church property, since he sometimes has a wife and children, or relatives, or household slaves. For this is just “before God and men,” that neither the church suffer any loss through ignorance of the bishop's property, nor the bishop or his relatives have their goods confiscated on the pretext of the church, nor those who belong to him fall into lawsuits, and his death be surrounded with ill repute.
Prov 3:4 (quotation, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 8:21 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop's own property and the church's must be kept distinct.
- Prov 3:4 (LXX); 2 Cor 8:21. The canon assumes that a bishop may have a wife and children.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ὃ ἐπίσκοπος → ὁ ἐπίσκοπος; ἔσθʼ᾽ ὅτε γυναῖχα → ἔσθ᾽ ὅτε γυναῖκα; οἰχέτας᾽ → οἰκέτας·; ,παρὰ θεῷ → παρὰ θεῷ; ἀνθραδποις“ → ἀνθρώποις; Gvyγενεῖς → συγγενεῖς.
Topics: Church office, Marriage
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 40 (Funk 1:576; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-40). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 41
41Funk 1:576
Προστάσσομεν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν τῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας πραγμάτων· εἰ γὰρ τὰς τιμίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων ψυχὰς αὐτῷ πιστευτέον, πολλῷ ἂν δέοι περὶ τῶν χρημάτων ἐντέλλεσθαι, ὥστε κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἐξουσίαν πάντα διοικεῖσθαι τοῖς δεομένοις διὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ τῶν διακόνων καὶ ἐπιχορηγεῖσθαι μετὰ φόβου θεοῦ καὶ πάσης εὐλαβείας· μεταλαμβάνειν δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν τῶν δεόντων, εἴγε δέοιτο, εἰς τὰς ἀναγκαίας αὐτοῦ χρείας καὶ τῶν ἐπιξενουμένων ἀδελφῶν, ὡς κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον αὐτοὺς ὑστερεῖσθαι. ὁ γὰρ νόμος τοῦ θεοῦ διετάξατο τοὺς τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ παραμένοντας ἐκ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τρέφεσθαι, ἐπείπερ οὐδὲ στρατιώτης ἰδίοις ὀψωνίοις ὅπλα κατὰ πολεμίων ἐπιφέρεται.
Prostassomen ton episkopon exousian echein tōn tēs ekklēsias pragmatōn; ei gar tas timias tōn anthrōpōn psychas autǭ pisteuteon, pollǭ an deoi peri tōn chrēmatōn entellesthai, hōste kata tēn autou exousian panta dioikeisthai tois deomenois dia tōn presbyterōn kai tōn diakonōn kai epichorēgeisthai meta phobou theou kai pasēs eulabeias; metalambanein de kai auton tōn deontōn, eige deoito, eis tas anankaias autou chreias kai tōn epixenoumenōn adelphōn, hōs kata mēdena tropon autous hystereisthai. ho gar nomos tou theou dietaxato tous tǭ thysiastēriǭ paramenontas ek tou thysiastēriou trephesthai, epeiper oude stratiōtēs idiois opsōniois hopla kata polemiōn epipheretai.
We command that the bishop have authority over the affairs of the church; for if the precious souls of men are to be entrusted to him, much more ought he to be charged with the money, so that by his authority everything may be distributed to those in need through the presbyters and the deacons, and supplied with the fear of God and all reverence; and that he himself also partake of what is needed, if indeed he needs it, for his own necessary uses and those of the brothers who are his guests, so that they may in no way be in want. For the law of God ordained that those who serve at the altar should be fed from the altar, since not even a soldier bears arms against the enemy at his own expense.
1 Cor 9:13 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 9:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop administers the church's money and may take what he needs from it.
- Stray marks in the scan are removed. 1 Cor 9:7, 13.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks removed): ἐχχλησίας πραγμάτων εἰ γὰρ → ἐκκλησίας πραγμάτων· εἰ γὰρ; xoi πάσης → καὶ πάσης; ς" → ς· ; ὃ γὰρ νόμος → ὁ γὰρ νόμος; ἐπείπερ 3 £4 , PEN II 23 , e * , 2 / οὐδὲ → ἐπείπερ οὐδὲ; ἐπιφέρεται. "EE , » , » H , ; → ἐπιφέρεται..
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 41 (Funk 1:576; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-41). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 42
42Funk 1:576
Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος κύβοις σχολάζων καὶ μέθαις ἢ παυσάσθω ἢ καθαιρείσθω.
Episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos kybois scholazōn kai methais ē pausasthō ē kathaireisthō.
A bishop or presbyter or deacon who gives himself to dice and drunkenness, let him either stop or be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who gamble or get drunk must stop or be deposed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): καθαιρείσθο → καθαιρείσθω.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 42 (Funk 1:576; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-42). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 43
43Funk 1:576–578
Ὑποδιάκονος ἢ ἀναγνώστης ἢ ψάλτης τὰ ὅμοια ποιῶν ἢ παυσάσθω ἢ ἀφοριζέσθω· ὡσαύτως καὶ λαϊκός.
Hypodiakonos ē anagnōstēs ē psaltēs ta homoia poiōn ē pausasthō ē aphorizesthō; hōsautōs kai laïkos.
A subdeacon or reader or singer who does the like, let him either stop or be excommunicated; likewise a layman also.
Notes and citation
Summary: Minor clergy and laymen who gamble or get drunk must stop or be excommunicated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀφοριξζέσθω → ἀφοριζέσθω·.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 43 (Funk 1:576–578; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-43). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 44
44Funk 1:578
Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος τόκους ἀπαιτῶν τοὺς δανειζομένους ἢ παυσάσθω ἢ καθαιρείσθω.
Episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos tokous apaitōn tous daneizomenous ē pausasthō ē kathaireisthō.
A bishop or presbyter or deacon who demands interest from those who borrow, let him either stop or be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy may not take interest on loans.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 44 (Funk 1:578; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-44). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 45
45Funk 1:578
Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος αἱρετικοῖς συνευξάμενοι μόνον ἀφοριζέσθωσαν· εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπέτρεψαν αὐτοῖς ὡς κληρικοῖς ἐνεργῆσαί τι, καθαιρείσθωσαν.
Episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos hairetikois syneuxamenoi monon aphorizesthōsan; ei de kai epetrepsan autois hōs klērikois energēsai ti, kathaireisthōsan.
A bishop or presbyter or deacon who has only prayed with heretics, let him be excommunicated; but if he has also permitted them to perform any function as clergy, let him be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who pray with heretics are excommunicated; if they let them minister, deposed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): μόνον ἀφοριζέσθωσαν᾽ εἰ ὀὲ → μόνον ἀφοριζέσθωσαν· εἰ δὲ.
Topics: Heresy, Church office, Prayer
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 45 (Funk 1:578; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-45). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 46
46Funk 1:578
Ἐπίσκοπον ἢ πρεσβύτερον ἢ διάκονον αἱρετικῶν δεξαμένους βάπτισμα ἢ θυσίαν καθαιρεῖσθαι προστάσσομεν. τίς γὰρ συμφώνησις Χριστοῦ πρὸς Βελίαρ; ἢ τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου.
Episkopon ē presbyteron ē diakonon hairetikōn dexamenous baptisma ē thysian kathaireisthai prostassomen. tis gar symphōnēsis Christou pros Beliar? ē tis meris pistǭ meta apistou.
We command that a bishop or presbyter or deacon who has accepted the baptism or sacrifice of heretics be deposed. “For what agreement has Christ with Beliar? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?”
2 Cor 6:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who accept heretical baptism or sacrifice are deposed.
- 2 Cor 6:15.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): διάχονον → διάκονον; ,, → ; ς“ → ς ; ὡοσυμφώνησις → συμφώνησις; υ“. → υ..
Topics: Baptism, Heresy, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 46 (Funk 1:578; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-46). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 47
47Funk 1:578
Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος τὸν κατὰ ἀλήθειαν ἔχοντα βάπτισμα ἐὰν ἄνωθεν βαπτίσῃ, ἢ τὸν μεμολυσμένον παρὰ τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἐὰν μὴ βαπτίσῃ, καθαιρείσθω ὡς γελῶν τὸν σταυρὸν καὶ τὸν τοῦ κυρίου θάνατον καὶ μὴ διακρίνων ἱερέας ψευδιερέων.
Episkopos ē presbyteros ton kata alētheian echonta baptisma ean anōthen baptisę̄, ē ton memolysmenon para tōn asebōn ean mē baptisę̄, kathaireisthō hōs gelōn ton stauron kai ton tou kyriou thanaton kai mē diakrinōn hiereas pseudiereōn.
If a bishop or presbyter baptizes again one who has true baptism, or does not baptize one who has been polluted by the ungodly, let him be deposed, as mocking the cross and the death of the Lord, and not distinguishing priests from false priests.
Notes and citation
Summary: True baptism is not repeated; baptism by the ungodly is no baptism.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ἐπίσχοπος → Ἐπίσκοπος; xarà ἀλήθειαν → κατὰ ἀλήθειαν.
Topics: Baptism, Heresy, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 47 (Funk 1:578; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-47). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 48
48Funk 1:578
Εἴ τις λαϊκὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐκβαλὼν ἑτέραν λάβοι ἢ παρὰ ἄλλου ἀπολελυμένην, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis laïkos tēn heautou gynaika ekbalōn heteran laboi ē para allou apolelymenēn, aphorizesthō.
If any layman puts away his own wife and takes another, or one who has been divorced by another man, let him be excommunicated.
Matt 5:32 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 19:9 (allusion, medium confidence) · Mark 10:11–12 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A layman who divorces his wife and remarries, or marries a divorced woman, is excommunicated.
- The canon gives no exception. Cf. Matt 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:11–12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐχβαλὼν → ἐκβαλὼν; ἀφοριζέσθοω → ἀφοριζέσθω.
Topics: Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, Divorce and remarriage
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 48 (Funk 1:578; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-48). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 49
49Funk 1:578
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος κατὰ τὴν τοῦ κυρίου διάταξιν μὴ βαπτίσῃ εἰς πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, ἀλλὰ εἰς τρεῖς ἀνάρχους ἢ εἰς τρεῖς υἱοὺς ἢ εἰς τρεῖς παρακλήτους, καθαιρείσθω.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros kata tēn tou kyriou diataxin mē baptisę̄ eis patera kai huion kai hagion pneuma, alla eis treis anarchous ē eis treis huious ē eis treis paraklētous, kathaireisthō.
If any bishop or presbyter does not baptize, according to the Lord's ordinance, into the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, but into three without beginning, or into three sons, or into three paracletes, let him be deposed.
Matt 28:19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Baptism must be into the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- Matt 28:19.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Εἰ τις → Εἴ τις; καθαιρείσθοω → καθαιρείσθω.
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 49 (Funk 1:578; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-49). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 50
50Funk 1:578–580
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος μὴ τρία βαπτίσματα μιᾶς μυήσεως ἐπιτελέσῃ, ἀλλὰ ἕν βάπτισμα τὸ εἰς τὸν θάνατον τοῦ κυρίου διδόμενον, καθαιρείσθω· οὐ γὰρ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος· Εἰς τὸν θάνατόν μου βαπτίσατε, ἀλλά, Πορευθέντες μαθητεύσατε πάντα ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros mē tria baptismata mias myēseōs epitelesę̄, alla hen baptisma to eis ton thanaton tou kyriou didomenon, kathaireisthō; ou gar eipen ho kyrios; Eis ton thanaton mou baptisate, alla, Poreuthentes mathēteusate panta ethnē, baptizontes autous eis to onoma tou patros kai tou huiou kai tou hagiou pneumatos
If any bishop or presbyter does not perform three immersions of one initiation, but one immersion given into the death of the Lord, let him be deposed; for the Lord did not say, “Baptize into my death,” but, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
Matt 28:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 6:3 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Baptism is by threefold immersion, according to the threefold name.
- “Immersions” renders βαπτίσματα, literally “baptisms”. Matt 28:19; cf. Rom 6:3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): El τις → Εἴ τις; ω" → ω· ; ὃ κύριος" → ὁ κύριος·; ά", → ά,; sig → εἰς; τοῦ U καὶ → τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ; ος“ → ος.
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 50 (Funk 1:578–580; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-50). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 51
51Funk 1:580
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ὅλως τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ γάμου καὶ κρεῶν καὶ οἴνου οὐ δι᾽ ἄσκησιν, ἀλλὰ διὰ βδελυρίαν ἀπέχεται, ἐπιλαθόμενος, ὅτι πάντα καλὰ λίαν καὶ ὅτι ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀλλὰ βλασφημῶν διαβάλλει τὴν δημιουργίαν, ἢ διορθούσθω ἢ καθαιρείσθω καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀποβαλλέσθω· ὡσαύτως καὶ λαϊκός.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos ē holōs tou katalogou tou hieratikou gamou kai kreōn kai oinou ou di᾽ askēsin, alla dia bdelyrian apechetai, epilathomenos, hoti panta kala lian kai hoti arsen kai thēly epoiēsen ho theos ton anthrōpon alla blasphēmōn diaballei tēn dēmiourgian, ē diorthousthō ē kathaireisthō kai tēs ekklēsias apoballesthō; hōsautōs kai laïkos.
If any bishop or presbyter or deacon, or anyone at all of the priestly list, abstains from marriage and meat and wine not for the sake of discipline but out of abhorrence, forgetting that “all things are very good,” and that “God made man male and female,” but blasphemously slanders the creation, let him either be corrected or be deposed and cast out of the church; likewise a layman also.
Gen 1:31 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:27 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Abstaining from marriage, meat or wine out of abhorrence of creation is condemned.
- Gen 1:31; 1:27. Abstinence for the sake of discipline (ἄσκησις) is allowed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): οὐ δὲ ἄσκησιν → οὐ δι᾽ ἄσκησιν; ὅτι, πάντα → ὅτι πάντα; ν“ → ν ; (ἄρσεν → ἄρσεν; “,, → ; ἀποβαλλέσθω: ὧσαὐτῶς → ἀποβαλλέσθω· ὡσαύτως.
Topics: Marriage, Fasting, Heresy, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 51 (Funk 1:580; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-51). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 52
52Funk 1:580
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος τὸν ἐπιστρέφοντα ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας οὐ προσδέχεται, ἀλλὰ ἀποβάλλεται, καθαιρείσθω, ὅτι λυπεῖ τὸν Χριστὸν τὸν εἰπόντα, Χαρὰ γίνεται ἐν οὐρανῷ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ton epistrephonta apo hamartias ou prosdechetai, alla apoballetai, kathaireisthō, hoti lypei ton Christon ton eiponta, Chara ginetai en ouranǭ epi heni hamartōlǭ metanoounti.
If any bishop or presbyter does not receive one who turns back from sin, but rejects him, let him be deposed, because he grieves Christ, who said, “There is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 15:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 15:10 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who refuse a penitent are deposed.
- Luke 15:7, 10.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): Ei τις → Εἴ τις; α", → α,; ι“. → ι..
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 52 (Funk 1:580; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-52). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 53
53Funk 1:580
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν ἑορτῶν οὐ μεταλαμβάνει κρεῶν καὶ οἴνου, καθαιρείσθω ὡς κεκαυτηριασμένος τὴν συνείδησιν καὶ αἴτιος σκανδάλου πολλοῖς γινόμενος.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos en tais hēmerais tōn heortōn ou metalambanei kreōn kai oinou, kathaireisthō hōs kekautēriasmenos tēn syneidēsin kai aitios skandalou pollois ginomenos.
If any bishop or presbyter or deacon does not partake of meat and wine on the days of the feasts, let him be deposed, as “seared in his conscience” and becoming a cause of stumbling to many.
1 Tim 4:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who refuse meat and wine on feast days are deposed.
- 1 Tim 4:2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,χεκαυτηριασμένος → κεκαυτηριασμένος; ν“ → ν .
Topics: Fasting, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 53 (Funk 1:580; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-53). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 54
54Funk 1:580–582
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ἐν καπηλείῳ φωραθῇ ἐσθίων, ἀφοριζέσθω, παρὲξ τοῦ ἐν πανδοχείῳ ἐν ὁδῷ δι᾽ ἀνάγκην καταλύειν.
Ei tis klērikos en kapēleiǭ phōrathę̄ esthiōn, aphorizesthō, parex tou en pandocheiǭ en hodǭ di᾽ anankēn katalyein.
If any cleric is caught eating in a tavern, let him be excommunicated, except when he lodges at an inn on a journey from necessity.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy may not eat in taverns except when travelling.
- Stray letters in the scan are removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): iv καπηλείῳ → ἐν καπηλείῳ; διʼ ἀνάγκην καταλύειν. Ἀ τὰ → δι᾽ ἀνάγκην καταλύειν..
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 54 (Funk 1:580–582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-54). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 55
55Funk 1:582
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ὑβρίσει τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀδίκως, καθαιρείσθω. ἄρχοντα γάρ, φησί, τοῦ λαοῦ σου οὐκ ἐρεῖς κακῶς.
Ei tis klērikos hybrisei ton episkopon adikōs, kathaireisthō. archonta gar, phēsi, tou laou sou ouk ereis kakōs.
If any cleric insults the bishop unjustly, let him be deposed. “For you shall not speak evil,” it says, “of a ruler of your people.”
Exod 22:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 23:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A cleric who insults his bishop is deposed.
- Exod 22:28; Acts 23:5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): El τις → Εἴ τις; καθαιρεἰίσθω. ,, → καθαιρείσθω. ; α“ → α ; «τ → τ; ς“. → ς..
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 55 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-55). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 56
56Funk 1:582
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ὑβρίσει πρεσβύτερον ἢ διάκονον, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis klērikos hybrisei presbyteron ē diakonon, aphorizesthō.
If any cleric insults a presbyter or deacon, let him be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: A cleric who insults a presbyter or deacon is excommunicated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): El τις → Εἴ τις; ἀφοριζέσθοω → ἀφοριζέσθω.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 56 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-56). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 57
57Funk 1:582
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς κωφὸν ἢ χωλὸν ἢ τυφλὸν ἢ τὰς βάσεις πεπληγμένον χλευάσῃ, ἀφοριζέσθω· ὡσαύτως καὶ λαϊκός.
Ei tis klērikos kōphon ē chōlon ē typhlon ē tas baseis peplēgmenon chleuasę̄, aphorizesthō; hōsautōs kai laïkos.
If any cleric mocks one who is deaf or lame or blind or crippled in the legs, let him be excommunicated; likewise a layman also.
Notes and citation
Summary: Mocking the disabled brings excommunication.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ω" → ω· .
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 57 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-57). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 58
58Funk 1:582
Ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἀμελῶν τοῦ κλήρου ἢ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ μὴ παιδεύων αὐτοὺς τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἀφοριζέσθω, ἐπιμένων δὲ τῇ ῥαθυμίᾳ καθαιρείσθω.
Episkopos ē presbyteros amelōn tou klērou ē tou laou kai mē paideuōn autous tēn eusebeian aphorizesthō, epimenōn de tę̄ rhathymią kathaireisthō.
A bishop or presbyter who neglects the clergy or the people and does not instruct them in piety, let him be excommunicated, and if he persists in his negligence, let him be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who neglect to teach their people are punished.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): καθαιρείσθοω → καθαιρείσθω.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 58 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-58). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 59
59Funk 1:582
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος, τινὸς τῶν κληρικῶν ἐνδεοῦς ὄντος, μὴ ἐπιχορηγεῖ τὰ δέοντα, ἀφοριζέσθω· ἐπιμένων δὲ καθαιρείσθω, ὡς φονεύσας τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros, tinos tōn klērikōn endeous ontos, mē epichorēgei ta deonta, aphorizesthō; epimenōn de kathaireisthō, hōs phoneusas ton adelphon autou.
If any bishop or presbyter, when one of the clergy is in need, does not supply what he needs, let him be excommunicated; and if he persists, let him be deposed, as having murdered his brother.
1 John 3:15–17 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy who neglect needy fellow clergy are punished.
- Cf. 1 John 3:15–17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ei τις → Εἴ τις; ἀφοριζέσθω᾽ → ἀφοριζέσθω·.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 59 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-59). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 60
60Funk 1:582
Εἴ τις τὰ ψευδεπίγραφα τῶν ἀσεβῶν βιβλία ὡς ἅγια ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας δημοσιεύει ἐπὶ λύπῃ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τοῦ κλήρου, καθαιρείσθω.
Ei tis ta pseudepigrapha tōn asebōn biblia hōs hagia epi tēs ekklēsias dēmosieuei epi lypę̄ tou laou kai tou klērou, kathaireisthō.
If anyone reads publicly in the church the falsely inscribed books of the ungodly as holy, to the harm of the people and the clergy, let him be deposed.
Notes and citation
Summary: Reading spurious books of the ungodly in church brings deposition.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): φευδεπίγραφα → ψευδεπίγραφα; ἐχχλησίας → ἐκκλησίας; καθαιρείσθοω → καθαιρείσθω.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Heresy
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 60 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-60). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 61
61Funk 1:582
Εἴ τις κατηγορία γένηται κατὰ πιστοῦ πορνείας ἢ μοιχείας ἢ ἄλλης τινὸς ἀπηγορευμένης πράξεως καὶ ἐλεγχθῇ, εἰς κλῆρον μὴ προαγέσθω.
Ei tis katēgoria genētai kata pistou porneias ē moicheias ē allēs tinos apēgoreumenēs praxeōs kai elenchthę̄, eis klēron mē proagesthō.
If an accusation is made against a believer of sexual immorality or adultery or any other forbidden act, and he is convicted, let him not be promoted to the clergy.
Notes and citation
Summary: A believer convicted of sexual sin may not be ordained.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐλεγχθῆῇ → ἐλεγχθῇ; προαγέσθο → προαγέσθω.
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 61 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-61). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 62
62Funk 1:582
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς διὰ φόβον ἀνθρώπινον Ἰουδαίου ἢ Ἕλληνος ἢ αἱρετικοῦ ἀρνήσηται, εἰ μὲν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἀποβαλλέσθω, εἰ δὲ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κληρικοῦ, καθαιρείσθω· μετανοήσας δὲ ὡς λαϊκὸς δεχθήτω.
Ei tis klērikos dia phobon anthrōpinon Ioudaiou ē Hellēnos ē hairetikou arnēsētai, ei men to onoma tou Christou, apoballesthō, ei de to onoma tou klērikou, kathaireisthō; metanoēsas de hōs laïkos dechthētō.
If any cleric, through human fear of a Jew or a Greek or a heretic, denies: if it is the name of Christ, let him be cast out; if the name of cleric, let him be deposed; but if he repents, let him be received as a layman.
Notes and citation
Summary: A cleric who denies Christ is cast out; one who denies his office is deposed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Ei τις → Εἴ τις; ἀποβάλλέσθω → ἀποβαλλέσθω; ω" → ω· .
Topics: Persecution, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 62 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-62). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 63
63Funk 1:582
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ὅλως ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ φάγῃ κρέας ἐν αἵματι ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἢ θηριάλωτον ἢ θνησιμαῖον, καθαιρείσθω· τοῦτο γὰρ ὁ νόμος ἀπεῖπεν· ἐὰν δὲ λαϊκὸς ᾖ, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos ē holōs ek tou katalogou tou hieratikou phagę̄ kreas en haimati psychēs autou ē thērialōton ē thnēsimaion, kathaireisthō; touto gar ho nomos apeipen; ean de laïkos ę̄, aphorizesthō.
If any bishop or presbyter or deacon, or anyone at all of the priestly list, “eats meat with its life-blood,” or what has been “torn by beasts,” or “what has died,” let him be deposed; for the law forbade this. And if he is a layman, let him be excommunicated.
Gen 9:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Lev 17:15 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 15:29 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Eating blood, or meat torn by beasts or found dead, is forbidden.
- Gen 9:4; Lev 17:15; Acts 15:29.
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): (φάγῃ → φάγῃ; ῦ“ → ῦ ; »θ → θ; “ ἢ,,θνησιμαῖον“,, καθαιρείσθω, → ἢ θνησιμαῖον, καθαιρείσθω·; ὃ νόμος → ὁ νόμος; ν" → ν· ; λαϊκὸς 5, ἀφοριζέσθο → λαϊκὸς ᾖ, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 63 (Funk 1:582; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-63). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 64
64Funk 1:582–584
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς εὑρεθῇ τὴν κυριακὴν ἡμέραν ἢ τὸ σάββατον πλὴν τοῦ ἑνὸς μόνου νηστεύων, καθαιρείσθω· ἐὰν δὲ λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis klērikos heurethę̄ tēn kyriakēn hēmeran ē to sabbaton plēn tou henos monou nēsteuōn, kathaireisthō; ean de laïkos, aphorizesthō.
If any cleric is found fasting on the Lord's day, or on the Sabbath except for the one only, let him be deposed; and if a layman, let him be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: Fasting on Sunday or Saturday, except one Saturday, is forbidden.
- The one Sabbath is the Saturday before Easter.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τὸ 1ὅ σάββατον → τὸ σάββατον; καθαιρείσθω᾽ → καθαιρείσθω·; ἀφοριζέσθο → ἀφοριζέσθω.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 64 (Funk 1:582–584; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-64). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 65
65Funk 1:584
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ἢ λαϊκὸς εἰσέλθοι εἰς συναγωγὴν Ἰουδαίων ἢ αἱρετικῶν προσεύξασθαι, καθαιρείσθω καὶ ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis klērikos ē laïkos eiselthoi eis synagōgēn Ioudaiōn ē hairetikōn proseuxasthai, kathaireisthō kai aphorizesthō.
If any cleric or layman enters a synagogue of Jews or of heretics to pray, let him be deposed and excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: Praying in a synagogue or heretical assembly is forbidden.
- The two penalties apply to the cleric and the layman respectively.
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 65 (Funk 1:584; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-65). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 66
66Funk 1:584
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ἐν μάχῃ τινὰ κρούσας καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑνὸς κρούσματος ἀποκτείνῃ, καθαιρείσθω διὰ τὴν προπέτειαν αὐτοῦ· ἐὰν δὲ λαϊκὸς ᾖ, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis klērikos en machę̄ tina krousas kai apo tou henos krousmatos apokteinę̄, kathaireisthō dia tēn propeteian autou; ean de laïkos ę̄, aphorizesthō.
If any cleric strikes someone in a fight and kills him with the one blow, let him be deposed for his rashness; and if he is a layman, let him be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: A cleric who kills someone in a fight is deposed.
- Stray marks in the scan are removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: stray marks removed): χρούσματος → κρούσματος; αὐτοῦ" 24 » "EM 3 ) , ἐὰν δὲ λαϊκὸς ἡ, ἀφοριζέσθο → αὐτοῦ· ἐὰν δὲ λαϊκὸς ᾖ, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Topics: Ethics, Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 66 (Funk 1:584; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-66). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 67
67Funk 1:584
Εἴ τις παρθένον ἀμνήστευτον βιασάμενος ἔχῃ, ἀφοριζέσθω· μὴ ἐξεῖναι δὲ αὐτῷ ἑτέραν λαμβάνειν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκείνην κατέχειν, ἣν καὶ ἠρετίσατο, κἂν πενιχρὰ τυγχάνῃ.
Ei tis parthenon amnēsteuton biasamenos echę̄, aphorizesthō; mē exeinai de autǭ heteran lambanein, all᾽ ekeinēn katechein, hēn kai ēretisato, kan penichra tynchanę̄.
If anyone has violated an unbetrothed virgin and keeps her, let him be excommunicated; and let it not be permitted him to take another, but let him keep her whom he chose, even if she happens to be poor.
Exod 22:16 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 22:28–29 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A man who violates an unbetrothed virgin must keep her as his wife.
- Cf. Exod 22:16; Deut 22:28–29.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ω" → ω· ; κατέχειν, e ^ P ἣν → κατέχειν, ἣν.
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 67 (Funk 1:584; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-67). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 68
68Funk 1:584
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος δευτέραν χειροτονίαν δέξηται παρά τινος, καθαιρείσθω καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ ὁ χειροτονήσας, εἰ μὴ δείξῃ παρὰ αἱρετικῶν αὐτὸν ἔχειν τὴν χειροτονίαν· τοὺς γὰρ παρὰ τοιούτων βαπτισθέντας ἢ χειροτονηθέντας οὔτε πιστοὺς οὔτε κληρικοὺς εἶναι δυνατόν.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos deuteran cheirotonian dexētai para tinos, kathaireisthō kai autos kai ho cheirotonēsas, ei mē deixę̄ para hairetikōn auton echein tēn cheirotonian; tous gar para toioutōn baptisthentas ē cheirotonēthentas oute pistous oute klērikous einai dynaton.
If any bishop or presbyter or deacon receives a second ordination from anyone, let both him and the one who ordained him be deposed, unless he shows that he had his ordination from heretics; for those baptized or ordained by such cannot be either believers or clergy.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ordination is not repeated, except for those ordained by heretics.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Εἴ vig ἐπίσχοπος → Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος; χειροτογίαν᾽ → χειροτονίαν·.
Topics: Church office, Baptism, Heresy
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 68 (Funk 1:584; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-68). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 69
69Funk 1:584
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ πρεσβύτερος ἢ διάκονος ἢ ὑποδιάκονος ἢ ἀναγνώστης ἢ ψάλτης τὴν ἁγίαν τεσσαρακοστὴν οὐ νηστεύει ἢ τετράδα ἢ παρασκευήν, καθαιρείσθω, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν σωματικὴν ἐμποδίζοιτο· ἐὰν δὲ λαϊκὸς ᾖ, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis episkopos ē presbyteros ē diakonos ē hypodiakonos ē anagnōstēs ē psaltēs tēn hagian tessarakostēn ou nēsteuei ē tetrada ē paraskeuēn, kathaireisthō, ektos ei mē di᾽ astheneian sōmatikēn empodizoito; ean de laïkos ę̄, aphorizesthō.
If any bishop or presbyter or deacon or subdeacon or reader or singer does not fast the holy Forty Days, or the Wednesday or the Friday, let him be deposed, unless he is hindered by bodily weakness; and if he is a layman, let him be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy and laity must keep the Lenten fast and the Wednesday and Friday fasts.
- Stray marks in the scan are removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks removed; OCR: stray marks removed; δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν): οὐ , 32^ , ἊΝ , H 2 ' 2 ^ } νηστεύει → οὐ νηστεύει; εἰ μὴ δὲ 2 ’ ^ 2 H . ΦᾺ » T 3 2 / ἀσθένδιαν → εἰ μὴ δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν; ο" → ο· ; λαϊκὸς ἢ, ἀφοριζέσθο → λαϊκὸς ᾖ, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 69 (Funk 1:584; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-69). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 70
70Funk 1:584–586
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος ἢ ἄλλος κληρικὸς νηστεύει μετὰ Ἰουδαίων ἢ ἑορτάζει μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ἢ δέχεται αὐτῶν τὰ τῆς ἑορτῆς ξένια, οἷον ἄζυμα ἤ τι τοιοῦτον, καθαιρείσθω· εἰ δὲ λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis episkopos ē allos klērikos nēsteuei meta Ioudaiōn ē heortazei met᾽ autōn ē dechetai autōn ta tēs heortēs xenia, hoion azyma ē ti toiouton, kathaireisthō; ei de laïkos, aphorizesthō.
If any bishop or other cleric fasts with the Jews, or keeps festival with them, or receives from them the gifts of their festival, such as unleavened bread or anything of the kind, let him be deposed; and if a layman, let him be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: Sharing Jewish fasts and festivals is forbidden.
- Translated as written; the rule reflects the work's separation of church and synagogue.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ξορτάζει → ἑορτάζει; ὁὀέχεται → δέχεται; ἄζυμα 7] τι → ἄζυμα ἤ τι; καθαιρείσθω᾽ → καθαιρείσθω·.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 70 (Funk 1:584–586; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-70). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 71
71Funk 1:586
Εἴ τις Χριστιανὸς ἔλαιον ἀπενέγκοι εἰς ἱερὸν ἐθνῶν ἢ εἰς συναγωγὴν Ἰουδαίων ἢ ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς αὐτῶν λύχνους ἅψῃ, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Ei tis Christianos elaion apenenkoi eis hieron ethnōn ē eis synagōgēn Ioudaiōn ē en tais heortais autōn lychnous hapsę̄, aphorizesthō.
If any Christian brings oil to a temple of the Gentiles or to a synagogue of the Jews, or lights lamps at their festivals, let him be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians may not bring offerings to pagan temples or synagogues.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): El τις → Εἴ τις; συ᾽αγωγὴν → συναγωγὴν; αὐτῶν» λύχνους → αὐτῶν λύχνους; ἀφοριζέσθο → ἀφοριζέσθω.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 71 (Funk 1:586; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-71). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 72
72Funk 1:586
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ἢ λαϊκὸς ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας ἀφέληται κηρὸν ἢ ἔλαιον, ἀφοριζέσθω καὶ τὸ ἐπίπεμπτον προστιθέτω μεθ᾽ οὗ ἔλαβεν.
Ei tis klērikos ē laïkos apo tēs hagias ekklēsias aphelētai kēron ē elaion, aphorizesthō kai to epipempton prostithetō meth᾽ hou elaben.
If any cleric or layman takes away wax or oil from the holy church, let him be excommunicated and add a fifth part to what he took.
Lev 5:16 (allusion, medium confidence) · Lev 6:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theft from the church is repaid with a fifth added.
- Lev 5:16; 6:5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): El τις → Εἴ τις; ἀφέa » » 2 , D ^2 , ληται → ἀφέληται; μεθʼ οὐ ἔλαβεν → μεθ᾽ οὗ ἔλαβεν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 72 (Funk 1:586; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-72). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 73
73Funk 1:586
Σκεῦος ἀργύρου ἢ χρυσοῦ ἢ ὀθόνης ἁγιασθὲν μηδεὶς ἔτι εἰς οἰκείαν χρῆσιν σφετεριζέσθω, παράνομον γάρ· εἰ δέ τις φωραθείη, ἐπιτιμάσθω ἀφορισμῷ.
Skeuos argyrou ē chrysou ē othonēs hagiasthen mēdeis eti eis oikeian chrēsin spheterizesthō, paranomon gar; ei de tis phōratheiē, epitimasthō aphorismǭ.
Let no one any longer appropriate for his own use a vessel of silver or gold, or a linen cloth, that has been sanctified; for it is unlawful. And if anyone is caught, let him be punished with excommunication.
Notes and citation
Summary: Consecrated vessels and cloths may not be taken for private use.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): γάρ᾽ → γάρ·.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 73 (Funk 1:586; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-73). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 74
74Funk 1:586
Ἐπίσκοπον κατηγορηθέντα ἐπί τινι ὑπὸ ἀξιοπίστων καὶ πιστῶν ἀνθρώπων, καλεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἀναγκαῖον ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπισκόπων· κἄν μὲν ἀπαντήσῃ καὶ ὁμολογήσῃ, ἐλεγχθέντος αὐτοῦ ὁριζέσθω τὸ ἐπιτίμιον· ἐὰν δὲ καλούμενος μὴ ὑπακούσῃ, καλείσθω καὶ δεύτερον, ἀποστελλομένων ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν δύο ἐπισκόπων· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ οὕτω μὴ ὑπακούσῃ, καλείσθω καὶ τρίτον, δύο πάλιν ἐπισκόπων ἀποσταλέντων πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ οὕτως καταφρονήσας μὴ ἀπαντήσῃ, ἡ σύνοδος ἀποφαινέσθω κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ τὰ δοκοῦντα, ὅπως μὴ δόξῃ κερδαίνειν φυγοδικῶν.
Episkopon katēgorēthenta epi tini hypo axiopistōn kai pistōn anthrōpōn, kaleisthai auton anankaion hypo tōn episkopōn; kan men apantēsę̄ kai homologēsę̄, elenchthentos autou horizesthō to epitimion; ean de kaloumenos mē hypakousę̄, kaleisthō kai deuteron, apostellomenōn ep᾿ auton dyo episkopōn; ean de kai houtō mē hypakousę̄, kaleisthō kai triton, dyo palin episkopōn apostalentōn pros auton; ean de kai houtōs kataphronēsas mē apantēsę̄, hē synodos apophainesthō kat᾽ autou ta dokounta, hopōs mē doxę̄ kerdainein phygodikōn.
When a bishop has been accused of something by trustworthy and faithful men, he must be summoned by the bishops; and if he appears and confesses, let the penalty be determined once he has been convicted. But if when summoned he does not obey, let him be summoned a second time, two bishops being sent to him; and if even so he does not obey, let him be summoned a third time, two bishops again being sent to him; and if even so he despises it and does not appear, let the synod pronounce against him what seems good, so that he may not seem to profit by evading judgment.
Matt 18:15–17 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: An accused bishop is summoned three times before a synod judges him.
- Stray marks in the scan are removed. Cf. Matt 18:15–17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks removed): ἐπισχόπων" → ἐπισκόπων·; δριζέσθω → ὁριζέσθω; ον" ἐ → ον· ἐ; καλείσθω * , 3 7, 2.2 2 M ^ 2 , 3*5 * καὶ → καλείσθω καὶ; àxioxOxcov: → ἐπισκόπων·; δίο πάλι» ἐπισχόπων → δύο πάλιν ἐπισκόπων; όν" ἐ → όν· ἐ; 7) σύνοδος → ἡ σύνοδος; xav αὐτοῦ → κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 74 (Funk 1:586; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-74). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 75
75Funk 1:586
Εἰς μαρτυρίαν τὴν κατὰ ἐπισκόπου αἱρετικὸν μὴ προσδέχεσθε, ἀλλὰ μηδὲ πιστὸν ἕνα μόνον· ἐπὶ στόματος γὰρ δύο ἢ τριῶν μαρτύρων σταθήσεται πᾶν ῥῆμα.
Eis martyrian tēn kata episkopou hairetikon mē prosdechesthe, alla mēde piston hena monon; epi stomatos gar dyo ē triōn martyrōn stathēsetai pan rhēma.
For testimony against a bishop do not receive a heretic, nor even one believer alone; for “on the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”
Deut 19:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 18:16 (quotation, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 13:1 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A heretic, or a single witness, cannot testify against a bishop.
- Stray marks in the scan are removed. Deut 19:15; Matt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1.
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; OCR: stray marks removed): Ei; μαρτυρίαν → Εἰς μαρτυρίαν; ἐπισχόπου → ἐπισκόπου; " ,,(ἐπὶ στόματος“ yàg ,,δύο PA - , - - ἢ → · ἐπὶ στόματος γὰρ δύο ἢ; α“. → α..
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 75 (Funk 1:586; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-75). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 76
76Funk 1:586–588
Ὅτι μὴ χρὴ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον τῷ ἀδελφῷ ἢ τῷ υἱῷ ἢ ἑτέρῳ συγγενεῖ χαριζόμενον τὸ ἀξίωμα τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς χειροτονεῖν οὓς αὐτὸς βούλεται· κληρονόμους γὰρ τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς αὐτοῦ ποιεῖσθαι οὐ δίκαιον, τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ χαριζόμενον πάθει ἀνθρωπίνῳ· οὐ γὰρ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίαν ὑπὸ κληρονομίαν ὀφείλει τιθέναι. εἰ δέ τις τοῦτο ποιήσει, ἄκυρος μὲν ἔστω ἡ χειροτονία, αὐτὸς δὲ ἐπιτιμάσθω ἀφορισμῷ.
Hoti mē chrē ton episkopon tǭ adelphǭ ē tǭ huiǭ ē heterǭ syngenei charizomenon to axiōma tēs episkopēs cheirotonein hous autos bouletai; klēronomous gar tēs episkopēs autou poieisthai ou dikaion, ta tou theou charizomenon pathei anthrōpinǭ; ou gar tēn tou theou ekklēsian hypo klēronomian opheilei tithenai. ei de tis touto poiēsei, akyros men estō hē cheirotonia, autos de epitimasthō aphorismǭ.
A bishop must not, as a favor to his brother or son or other relative, ordain to the dignity of the episcopate whom he wishes; for it is not just to make heirs of his episcopate, giving the things of God as a favor to human affection; for he must not place the church of God under inheritance. And if anyone does this, let the ordination be void, and let him be punished with excommunication.
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop may not appoint a relative as his successor.
- A footnote reference and stray marks printed in the text are removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: footnote reference and stray marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks removed): ovg 2 ^ , , - - - - αὐτὸς → οὓς αὐτὸς; ι" → ι· ; ποιεῖσθαι Deut. r9, 15. μ᾿ οι οὐ δίκαιον, và τοῦ 9:00 → ποιεῖσθαι οὐ δίκαιον, τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ; ἀνθρωπίνῳ᾽ → ἀνθρωπίνῳ·; ἐχκλησίαν → ἐκκλησίαν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 76 (Funk 1:586–588; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-76). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 77
77Funk 1:588
Ἐάν τις ἀνάπηρος ἢ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἢ τὸ σκέλος πεπληγμένος, ἄξιος δὲ ᾖ εἰς ἐπισκοπήν, γινέσθω· οὐ γὰρ λώβη σώματος αὐτὸν μιαίνει, ἀλλὰ ψυχῆς μολυσμός.
Ean tis anapēros ē ton ophthalmon ē to skelos peplēgmenos, axios de ę̄ eis episkopēn, ginesthō; ou gar lōbē sōmatos auton miainei, alla psychēs molysmos.
If anyone is maimed, or injured in an eye or a leg, but is worthy of the episcopate, let him be made bishop; for a bodily defect does not defile him, but pollution of the soul.
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Summary: A bodily defect does not bar a worthy man from the episcopate.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἄξιος δὲ ἢ εἰς → ἄξιος δὲ ᾖ εἰς; ω" → ω· .
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 77 (Funk 1:588; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-77). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 78
78Funk 1:588
Κωφὸς δὲ ὧν καὶ τυφλὸς μὴ γινέσθω ἐπίσκοπος, οὐχ ὡς μεμιαμμένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα μὴ τὰ ἐκκλησιαστικὰ παρεμποδίζοιτο.
Kōphos de hōn kai typhlos mē ginesthō episkopos, ouch hōs memiammenos, all᾽ hina mē ta ekklēsiastika parempodizoito.
But one who is deaf and blind, let him not be made bishop, not as defiled, but so that the affairs of the church may not be hindered.
Notes and citation
Summary: The deaf and blind are not made bishops, for practical reasons.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 78 (Funk 1:588; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-78). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 79
79Funk 1:588
Ἐάν τις δαίμονα ἔχῃ, κληρικὸς μὴ γινέσθω, ἀλλὰ μηδὲ τοῖς πιστοῖς συνευχέσθω· καθαρισθεὶς δὲ προσδεχέσθω, καὶ ἐὰν ᾖ ἄξιος, γινέσθω.
Ean tis daimona echę̄, klērikos mē ginesthō, alla mēde tois pistois syneuchesthō; katharistheis de prosdechesthō, kai ean ę̄ axios, ginesthō.
If anyone has a demon, let him not be made a cleric, nor even pray with the faithful; but when he has been cleansed, let him be received, and, if he is worthy, let him be made one.
Notes and citation
Summary: The demon-possessed may not be ordained until cleansed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ω" → ω· ; ὁὲ → δὲ ; ἐὰν ἢ ἄξιος, γινέσθο → ἐὰν ᾖ ἄξιος, γινέσθω.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 79 (Funk 1:588; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-79). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 80
80Funk 1:588
Τὸν ἐξ ἐθνῶν προσελθόντα καὶ βαπτισθέντα ἢ ἐκ φαύλης διαγωγῆς οὐ δίκαιόν ἐστι παραυτὰ προχειρίζεσθαι εἰς ἐπισκοπήν· ἄδικον γὰρ τὸν μηδέπω πεῖραν ἐπιδειξάμενον ἑτέρων εἶναι διδάσκαλον, εἰ μή που κατὰ θείαν χάριν τοῦτο γένοιτο.
Ton ex ethnōn proselthonta kai baptisthenta ē ek phaulēs diagōgēs ou dikaion esti parauta procheirizesthai eis episkopēn; adikon gar ton mēdepō peiran epideixamenon heterōn einai didaskalon, ei mē pou kata theian charin touto genoito.
It is not right that one who has come over from the Gentiles and been baptized, or from an evil way of life, should at once be advanced to the episcopate; for it is unjust that one who has not yet given proof of himself should be a teacher of others, unless perhaps this happens by divine grace.
1 Tim 3:6 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A new convert is not to be made a bishop at once.
- Cf. 1 Tim 3:6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ν" → ν· .
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 80 (Funk 1:588; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-80). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 81
81Funk 1:588
Εἴπομεν, ὅτι μὴ χρὴ ἐπίσκοπον καθεῖναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς δημοσίας διοικήσεις, ἀλλὰ προσευκαιρεῖν ταῖς ἐκκλησιαστικαῖς χρείαις· ἢ πειθέσθω οὖν τοῦτο μὴ ποιεῖν, ἢ καθαιρείσθω. οὐδεὶς γὰρ δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν κατὰ τὴν κυριακὴν παρακέλευσιν.
Eipomen, hoti mē chrē episkopon katheinai heauton eis dēmosias dioikēseis, alla proseukairein tais ekklēsiastikais chreiais; ē peithesthō oun touto mē poiein, ē kathaireisthō. oudeis gar dynatai dysi kyriois douleuein kata tēn kyriakēn parakeleusin.
We have said that a bishop must not let himself down into public administration, but devote himself to the needs of the church. Let him therefore either be persuaded not to do this or be deposed. “For no one can serve two masters,” according to the Lord's exhortation.
Matt 6:24 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A bishop may not hold public office.
- Matt 6:24.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks removed): ἐχκλησιαστικαῖς → ἐκκλησιαστικαῖς; ς" → ς· ; ,,.οὐδεὶς““ γὰρ (δύναται → οὐδεὶς γὰρ δύναται; ν“ → ν .
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 81 (Funk 1:588; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-81). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 82
82Funk 1:588–590
Οἰκέτας εἰς κλῆρον προχειρίζεσθαι ἄνευ τῆς τῶν δεσποτῶν γνώμης οὐκ ἐπιτρέπομεν ἐπὶ λύπῃ τῶν κεκτημένων· οἴκων γὰρ ἀνατροπὴν τὸ τοιοῦτο ἐργάζεται. εἰ δέ ποτε καὶ ἄξιος φανείη οἰκέτης πρὸς χειροτονίαν βαθμοῦ, οἷος Ὀνήσιμος ὁ ἡμέτερος ἀνεφάνη, καὶ συγχωροῦσιν οἱ δεσπόται καὶ ἐλευθεροῦσιν καὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἑαυτῶν ἐξαποστέλλουσιν, γινέσθω.
Oiketas eis klēron procheirizesthai aneu tēs tōn despotōn gnōmēs ouk epitrepomen epi lypę̄ tōn kektēmenōn; oikōn gar anatropēn to toiouto ergazetai. ei de pote kai axios phaneiē oiketēs pros cheirotonian bathmou, hoios Onēsimos ho hēmeteros anephanē, kai synchōrousin hoi despotai kai eleutherousin kai tou oikou heautōn exapostellousin, ginesthō.
We do not permit household slaves to be advanced into the clergy without the consent of their masters, to the grief of their owners; for such a thing works the overthrow of households. But if ever a household slave should appear worthy of ordination to a rank, as our Onesimus appeared, and the masters consent and set him free and send him out of their household, let him be ordained.
Phlm 1:10–17 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Slaves may be ordained only with their masters' consent and freedom.
- Phlm 10–17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Οἰχέτας → Οἰκέτας; κεχτημένων᾽ οἴχων → κεκτημένων· οἴκων; Ó ἡμέτερος → ὁ ἡμέτερος; οἴχου → οἴκου; γινέσθο → γινέσθω.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 82 (Funk 1:588–590; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-82). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 83
83Funk 1:590
Ἐπίσκοπον ἢ πρεσβύτερον ἢ διάκονον στρατείαις παραμένοντα καὶ ἀμφότερα ποιεῖν βουλόμενον, κατέχειν ῥωμαϊκὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ ἱερατικὴν ἀρχὴν διοικεῖν, καθαιρεῖν χρή· τὰ γὰρ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι, καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ.
Episkopon ē presbyteron ē diakonon strateiais paramenonta kai amphotera poiein boulomenon, katechein rhōmaïkēn archēn kai hieratikēn archēn dioikein, kathairein chrē; ta gar Kaisaros Kaisari, kai ta tou theou tǭ theǭ.
A bishop or presbyter or deacon who stays in military service and wishes to do both, to hold a Roman command and to administer a priestly office, must be deposed; for “the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.”
Matt 22:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Clergy may not hold military command.
- Matt 22:21.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πρεσβίτερον → πρεσβύτερον; χρή ,và' γὰρ ,xaicagog καίσαρι → χρή· τὰ γὰρ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι; τῷ θεῶ“ → τῷ θεῷ..
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 83 (Funk 1:590; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-83). (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.
Chapter 84
84Funk 1:590
Ὅστις ὑβρίσει βασιλέα ἢ ἄρχοντα παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον, τιμωρίαν τιννύτω· καὶ εἰ μὲν κληρικός, καθαιρείσθω, εἰ δὲ λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.
Hostis hybrisei basilea ē archonta para to dikaion, timōrian tinnytō; kai ei men klērikos, kathaireisthō, ei de laïkos, aphorizesthō.
Whoever insults an emperor or a ruler contrary to justice, let him pay the penalty; and if he is a cleric, let him be deposed, and if a layman, let him be excommunicated.
Notes and citation
Summary: Unjustly insulting the emperor or a ruler is punished.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τιννύτω᾽ → τιννύτω·; εἶ μὲν → εἰ μὲν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 84 (Funk 1:590; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-84). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 85
85Funk 1:590–592
Ἔστω δὲ ὑμῖν πᾶσι κληρικοῖς καὶ λαϊκοῖς βιβλία σεβάσμια καὶ ἅγια τῆς μὲν παλαιᾶς διαθήκης Μωσέως πέντε, Γένεσις, Ἔξοδος, Λευϊτικόν, Ἀριθμοί, Δευτερονόμιον· Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυὴ ἕν, τῶν Κριτῶν ἕν, τῆς Ῥούθ ἕν, Βασιλείων τέσσαρα, Παραλειπομένων τῆς βίβλου τῶν ἡμερῶν δύο, Ἔσδρα δύο, Ἐσθὴρ ἕν, Ἰουδίθ ἕν, Μακκαβαίων τρία, Ἰὼβ ἕν, Ψαλμοὶ ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα· Σολομῶντος βιβλία τρία, Παροιμίαι, Ἐκκλησιαστής, Ἆισμα ἀσμάτων· Προφῆται δέκα ἕξ· καὶ ἔξωθεν ὑμῖν προσιστορείσθω μανθάνειν ὑμῶν τοὺς νέους τὰς Σοφίας τοῦ πολυμαθοῦς Σιράχ. ἡμέτερα δέ, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης, Εὐαγγέλια τέσσαρα, ὡς καὶ ἐν τοῖς προλαβοῦσιν εἴπομεν, Ματθαίου, Μάρκου, Λουκᾶ, Ἰωάννου· Παύλου ἐπιστολαὶ δεκατέσσαρες, Ἰακώβου μία, Ἰωάννου τρεῖς, Ἰούδα μία, Πέτρου δύο, Κλήμεντος δύο, καὶ αἱ Διαταγαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἐπισκόποις δι᾽ ἐμοῦ Κλήμεντος ἐν ὀκτὼ βιβλίοις προσπεφωνημέναι, ἃς οὐ χρὴ δημοσιεύειν ἐπὶ πάντων διὰ τὰ ἐν αὐταῖς μυστικά· καὶ αἱ Πράξεις ἡμῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων.
Estō de hymin pasi klērikois kai laïkois biblia sebasmia kai hagia tēs men palaias diathēkēs Mōseōs pente, Genesis, Exodos, Leuïtikon, Arithmoi, Deuteronomion; Iēsou tou Nauē hen, tōn Kritōn hen, tēs Rhouth hen, Basileiōn tessara, Paraleipomenōn tēs biblou tōn hēmerōn dyo, Esdra dyo, Esthēr hen, Ioudith hen, Makkabaiōn tria, Iōb hen, Psalmoi hekaton pentēkonta; Solomōntos biblia tria, Paroimiai, Ekklēsiastēs, Aisma asmatōn; Prophētai deka hex; kai exōthen hymin prosistoreisthō manthanein hymōn tous neous tas Sophias tou polymathous Sirach. hēmetera de, tout᾽ esti tēs kainēs diathēkēs, Euangelia tessara, hōs kai en tois prolabousin eipomen, Matthaiou, Markou, Louka, Iōannou; Paulou epistolai dekatessares, Iakōbou mia, Iōannou treis, Iouda mia, Petrou dyo, Klēmentos dyo, kai hai Diatagai hymin tois episkopois di᾽ emou Klēmentos en oktō bibliois prospephōnēmenai, has ou chrē dēmosieuein epi pantōn dia ta en autais mystika; kai hai Praxeis hēmōn tōn apostolōn.
And let the venerable and holy books for all of you, clergy and laity, be these. Of the Old Testament: five of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; one of Joshua the son of Nun; one of Judges; one of Ruth; four of Kingdoms; two of Chronicles, of the book of Days; two of Ezra; one of Esther; one of Judith; three of Maccabees; one of Job; a hundred and fifty Psalms; three books of Solomon, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs; sixteen Prophets. And besides these, let it be added for you that your young people learn the Wisdom of the very learned Sirach. And ours, that is, of the New Testament: four Gospels, as we said also before, of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; fourteen letters of Paul; one of James; three of John; one of Jude; two of Peter; two of Clement; and the Constitutions addressed to you bishops through me, Clement, in eight books, which must not be made public before all because of the mysteries in them; and the Acts of us the apostles.
Notes and citation
Summary: The canon lists the books to be held holy, Old and New Testament, adding Sirach for the young.
- “Four of Kingdoms” are 1–2 Samuel and 1–2 Kings; “Chronicles” renders Παραλειπόμενα. Manuscripts of the canon differ in this list (Judith, for example, is not in all of them). Revelation is not named. The list includes 1–2 Clement and the Apostolic Constitutions (`constitutiones-apostolorum`), the work in which this canon stands; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Agi8uol → Ἀριθμοί; ον" Ἰ → ον· Ἰ; Ῥοὺθʼ → Ῥούθ; Ἰουδὶθʼ → Ἰουδίθ; πεντήχοντα᾽ → πεντήκοντα·; Auua ἀσμάτων" → Ἆισμα ἀσμάτων·; δέκα ἕξ᾽ → δέκα ἕξ·; νέου: τὰς → νέους τὰς; διαθήχης → διαθήκης; ὧὡς → ὡς; υ" → υ· ; ᾿Ιωάννου → Ἰωάννου; ἐπισχόποις δί ἐμοῦ → ἐπισκόποις δι᾽ ἐμοῦ; ὀχτὼ → ὀκτὼ; iv αὐταῖς → ἐν αὐταῖς; ά" → ά· .
Extrabiblical texts: Jdt (Judith [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion); 1 Macc (1 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion); 2 Macc (2 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion); 3 Macc (3 Maccabees [in the EO canon]; allusion); Sir (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion); 1 Clem. (1 Clement; allusion); 2 Clem. (2 Clement; allusion)
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Can. ap. 85 (Funk 1:590–592; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/canones-apostolorum/1/#p-85). (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.