Apostolic Constitutions 2.6.1–2.18.12

Anonymous · Apostolic Constitutions · ca. 380 · Antioch (probably) · 65 passages

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

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

Apostolic 2, chapter 6

2.6.1Funk 1:39

Ἔστω δὲ ,,ὁ ἐπίσκοπος μὴ αἰσχροκερδής“, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν, βλαπτόμενος μᾶλλον ἢ βλάπτων, μὴ πλεονέκτης, μὴ ἅρπαξ, μὴ ἀποστερητής, μὴ φιλοπλούσιος, μὴ μισόπτωχος, μὴ κατάλαλος, μὴ ψευδομάρτυς, μὴ θυμώδης, μὴ φιλόμαχος, μὴ ταῖς τοῦ βίου πραγματείαις συμπεπλεγμένος, μὴ ἐγγυώμενός τινα ἢ συνηγορῶν δίκαις χρηματικαῖς, μὴ φίλαρχος, μὴ δίγνωμος, μὴ δίγλωσσος, μὴ πρὸς διαβολὴν ἢ καταλαλιὰν φιλήκοος, μὴ ὑποκριτής, μὴ ταῖς ἑορταῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπορεγόμενος, ἀπάταις κεναῖς μὴ χρώμενος, μηδὲ ἐπιθυμητικός, μὴ φιλάργυρος, ὅτι πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐχθρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπάρχει καὶ δαιμόνων φίλα.

Estō de ,,ho episkopos mē aischrokerdēs“, kai malista epi tōn ethnōn, blaptomenos mallon ē blaptōn, mē pleonektēs, mē harpax, mē aposterētēs, mē philoplousios, mē misoptōchos, mē katalalos, mē pseudomartys, mē thymōdēs, mē philomachos, mē tais tou biou pragmateiais sympeplegmenos, mē engyōmenos tina ē synēgorōn dikais chrēmatikais, mē philarchos, mē dignōmos, mē diglōssos, mē pros diabolēn ē katalalian philēkoos, mē hypokritēs, mē tais heortais tōn ethnōn eporegomenos, apatais kenais mē chrōmenos, mēde epithymētikos, mē philargyros, hoti panta ta toiauta echthra tou theou hyparchei kai daimonōn phila.

Let the bishop be “not greedy for gain,” especially among the Gentiles, rather suffering wrong than doing it; not grasping, not rapacious, not a defrauder, not a lover of the rich, not a hater of the poor, not a slanderer, not a false witness, not hot-tempered, not quarrelsome, not entangled in the business of life, not standing surety for anyone or acting as advocate in suits over money, not ambitious for power, not double-minded, not double-tongued, not eager to listen to slander or evil-speaking, not a hypocrite, not hankering after the festivals of the Gentiles, not given to empty deceits, not covetous, not a lover of money; for all such things are hostile to God and dear to demons.

Titus 1:7 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 3:8 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: A long list of vices a bishop must avoid.

Titus 1:7; 1 Tim 3:3, 8.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,,0 ἐπίσκοπος → ,,ὁ ἐπίσκοπος; πλεονέχτης → πλεονέκτης; $χοκριτής → ὑποκριτής.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.6.1 (Funk 1:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-6-1). (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.

2.6.2Funk 1:39

ταῦτα δὲ πάντα ὁ ἐπίσκοπος καὶ τοῖς λαϊκοῖς διαβεβαιούμενος παραγγελλέτω, ἐνάγων αὐτοὺς μιμητὰς γίνεσθαι τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ τρόπου᾽,,Εὐλαβεῖς“ γάρ, φησίν, ,,ποιήσατε τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ισραήλ.

tauta de panta ho episkopos kai tois laïkois diabebaioumenos parangelletō, enagōn autous mimētas ginesthai tou heautou tropou᾽,,Eulabeis“ gar, phēsin, ,,poiēsate tous huious ᾿Israēl.

All these things let the bishop also firmly enjoin on the laity, leading them to become imitators of his own manner of life; for “Make the sons of Israel reverent,” it says.

Lev 15:31 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The bishop must teach the laity the same virtues by his example.

Lev 15:31 (LXX).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,, ΕὐAafsic" γάρ, φησίν, ,ἰποιήσατε → ,,Εὐλαβεῖς“ γάρ, φησίν, ,,ποιήσατε.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.6.2 (Funk 1:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.6.3Funk 1:39

ἔστω δὲ σοφός, ταπεινόφρων, νουθετητικὸς ἐν ταῖς κυριακαῖς παιδείαις, καλογνώμων, ἀποτεταγμένος πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν τῷ βίῳ πονηροῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν καὶ πάσαις ἐθνικαῖς ἐπιθυμίαις.

estō de sophos, tapeinophrōn, nouthetētikos en tais kyriakais paideiais, kalognōmōn, apotetagmenos pasin tois en tǭ biǭ ponērois epitēdeumasin kai pasais ethnikais epithymiais.

Let him be wise, humble, apt to admonish with the Lord’s instructions, of sound judgment, having renounced all wicked practices of life and all Gentile desires.

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Summary: A bishop must be wise, humble and free of worldly desires.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐν vai; κυριακαῖς → ἐν ταῖς κυριακαῖς.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.6.3 (Funk 1:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.6.4Funk 1:39–41

ἔστω εὐπρόστακτος, ὀξὺς πρὸς τὸ γνῶναι τοὺς φαύλους καὶ φυλάσσεσθαι ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν, φίλος δὲ ὧν πάντων, δικαιοκριτικός, καὶ ὅσα καλὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἔστιν ἢ ὑπάρχει, ταῦτα ὃ ἐπίσκοπος ἐν ἑαυτῷ κεκτήσθω. 5. ὅτι ἀνεπίληπτος ἀδικίας ὢν ποιμὴν τοὺς ἰδίους αὐτοῦ μαθητὰς ἀναγκάσει καὶ διὰ τῆς ἀναστροφῆς αὐτοῦ προτρέψασθαι τῶν ἰδίων αὐτοῦ ποιημάτων μιμητὰς ἀξίους γενηθῆναι, ὡς λέγει που καὶ ὃ προφήτης", Καὶ ἔσται καθὼς ὃ ἱερεύς, οὕτως καὶ ὃ λαός“.

estō euprostaktos, oxys pros to gnōnai tous phaulous kai phylassesthai ap᾽ autōn, philos de hōn pantōn, dikaiokritikos, kai hosa kala en anthrōpois estin ē hyparchei, tauta ho episkopos en heautǭ kektēsthō. 5. hoti anepilēptos adikias ōn poimēn tous idious autou mathētas anankasei kai dia tēs anastrophēs autou protrepsasthai tōn idiōn autou poiēmatōn mimētas axious genēthēnai, hōs legei pou kai ho prophētēs", Kai estai kathōs ho hiereus, houtōs kai ho laos“.

Let him be readily obedient, quick to recognize the wicked and to guard himself against them, yet a friend of all, just in judgment; and whatever things are good among men, let the bishop possess them in himself. [5] For if the shepherd is free from all reproach of wrongdoing, he will constrain his own disciples, and urge them by his conduct, to become worthy imitators of his own works, as the prophet too says somewhere: “And it shall be: as the priest, so also the people.”

Hos 4:9 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: A bishop must have every good quality, since the people imitate their shepherd.

Funk’s section 5 sits inside this staged ref (numeral misread); marked [5]. Hos 4:9.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; apparatus reference removed; section numeral misread): εὐπρόσταχτος → εὐπρόστακτος; ἀπ᾽ αἰτῶν → ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν; ἀνθρόποις → ἀνθρώποις; κεκτήσθω᾽ s. ὅτι → κεκτήσθω. 5. ὅτι; ὧν ποιμὴν → ὢν ποιμὴν; αὐτοῦ I5, 31. μαθητὰς → αὐτοῦ μαθητὰς; λέγει zov καὶ → λέγει που καὶ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.6.4 (Funk 1:39–41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.6.6Funk 1:41

καὶ γὰρ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν καὶ διδάσκαλος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἤρξατο πρῶτον ποιεῖν καὶ τότε διδάσκειν, ὥς ποὺ λέγει" ,,Ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν“. διό φησιν" ,,Ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ“.

kai gar ho kyrios hēmōn kai didaskalos Iēsous Christos ho huios tou theou ērxato prōton poiein kai tote didaskein, hōs pou legei" ,,Hōn ērxato ho Iēsous poiein te kai didaskein“. dio phēsin" ,,Hos d᾽ an poiēsę̄ kai didaxę̄, houtos megas klēthēsetai en tę̄ basileią tou theou“.

For our Lord and Teacher Jesus Christ, the Son of God, began first to do and then to teach, as it says somewhere: “which Jesus began both to do and to teach.” Therefore he says: “Whoever does and teaches, he shall be called great in the kingdom of God.”

Acts 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:19 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Christ did before he taught, and so must the bishop.

Acts 1:1; Matt 5:19 (“of God” for “of heaven”).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): καὶ γὰρ Ó κύριος → καὶ γὰρ ὁ κύριος; ,Qv ἤρξατο ὃ [goobg → ,,Ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς; διδάσχειν“΄ → διδάσκειν“; ,,Oc δ᾽ → ,,Ὃς δ᾽; ἐν τὴ βασιλείᾳ → ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.6.6 (Funk 1:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.6.7Funk 1:41

σκοποὺς γὰρ εἶναι δεῖ ὑμᾶς τοῦ λαοῦ τοὺς ἐπισκόπους, ὅτι καὶ ὑμεῖς σκοπὸν ἔχετε τὸν Χριστόν. καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν γίνεσθε σκοποὶ ἀγαθοὶ τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι λέγει κύριος διὰ τοῦ Ἰεζεκιὴλ πρὸς ἕκαστον ὑμῶν φάσκων"

skopous gar einai dei hymas tou laou tous episkopous, hoti kai hymeis skopon echete ton Christon. kai hymeis oun ginesthe skopoi agathoi tǭ laǭ tou theou, hoti legei kyrios dia tou Iezekiēl pros hekaston hymōn phaskōn"

For you bishops must be watchmen over the people, because you too have Christ as your watchman. So you too be good watchmen for the people of God, for the Lord says through Ezekiel, addressing each of you:

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Summary: Bishops are watchmen over God’s people, as Ezekiel says.

The Greek plays on σκοπός (“watchman”) and ἐπίσκοπος (“bishop”).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): σχοποὺς γὰρ εἶναι δεῖ ὑμᾶς τοῦ λαῷ → σκοποὺς γὰρ εἶναι δεῖ ὑμᾶς τοῦ λαοῦ; ὕτι καὶ ὑμεῖς σχοπὸν → ὅτι καὶ ὑμεῖς σκοπὸν.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.6.7 (Funk 1:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.6.8Funk 1:41

,,Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, σκοπὸν δέδωκά σε τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἀκούσῃ ἐκ στόματός μου λόγον καὶ διαφυλάξεις καὶ διαγγελεῖς αὐτὸν παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ.

,,Huie anthrōpou, skopon dedōka se tǭ oikǭ Israēl, kai akousę̄ ek stomatos mou logon kai diaphylaxeis kai diangeleis auton par᾽ emou.

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel, and you shall hear a word from my mouth and keep it and declare it from me.

Ezek 33:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 3:17 (quotation, medium confidence)

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Summary: God appoints Ezekiel as watchman for Israel.

Ezek 33:7 (cf. 3:17).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,Yi ἀνθρώπου, σκοπὸν δέδωκά os τῷ οἴχῳ → ,,Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, σκοπὸν δέδωκά σε τῷ οἴκῳ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.6.8 (Funk 1:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.6.9Funk 1:41–43

ἐν τῷ λέγειν με τῷ ἀνόμῳ· Θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ, καὶ οὐκ ἐλάλησας τοῦ διαστεῖλαι ἄνομον ἐκ τῆς ἀνομίας αὐτοῦ, ὃ ἄνομος ἐκεῖνος ἐν τῇ ἀνομίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖται, καὶ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου ἐκζητήσω" σὺ δὲ ἐὰν διαστείλῃ τῷ ἀνόμῳ ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀποστρέψαι ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς, καὶ μὴ ἀποστρέψῃ, αὐτὸς ἐν τῇ ἀνομίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖται, καὶ σὺ τὴν ψυχήν σου ἐρρύσω“. 10. ὡσαύτως καὶ ,μάχαιρα πολέμου ἐὰν ἢ ἐρχομένη, καὶ στήσῃ ὁ λαὸς σκοπὸν εἰς προφυλακὴν καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν ἐρχομένην μὴ προμηνύσῃ καὶ λάβῃ ψυχήν, ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ αὐτῆς ἐλήφθη, τὸ δὲ αἷμα ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ σκοποῦ ἐκζητηθήσεται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐσήμανεν ἐν τῇ σάλπιγγι. ἐὰν δὲ σημάνῃ τῇ κερατίνῃ καὶ μὴ φυλάξηται ὁ ἀκούσας καὶ ἔλθηῃ ἡ μάχαιρα καὶ λάβῃ αὐτόν, τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἔσται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐφυλάξατο ἀκούσας τῆς κερατίνης, ὃ δὲ φυλαξάμενος τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐρρύσατο“, καὶ ὁ σκοπός, ὅτι ἐσήμανεν, ζωῇ ζήσεται. 11. μάχαιρα μὲν ἔστιν ἡ κρίσις, σάλπιγξ δὲ τὸ ἱερὸν εὐαγγέλιον, σκοπὸς δὲ ὁ κατασταθεὶς τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐπίσκοπος, ὃν δεῖ κηρύσσοντα διαμαρτύρεσθαι καὶ διαβεβαιοῦσθαι περὶ τῆς κρίσεως. 12. ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ διαγγείλητε καὶ διαμαρτύρησθε τῷ λαῷ, εἰς ὑμᾶς ἡ ἁμαρτία τῶν ἀγνοούντων εὑρεθήσεται" διὸ τοὺς ἀναστρεφομένους ἐν ἀπαιδευσίᾳ νουθετεῖτε καὶ ἐλέγχετε μετὰ παρρησίας, τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας διδάσκετε, τοὺς ἐπισταμένους στηρίζετε, τοὺς πεπλανημένους ἐπιστρέφετε. 13. τὰ αὐτὰ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν λέγοντες, ἀδελφοί, οὐχ ἁμαρτησόμεθα· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ πολλάκις ἀκούειν εἶκός τινας δυσωπηθέντας κἂν ἅπαξ τι τῶν as ποιῆσαι καὶ τῶν πονηρῶν παραιτήσασθαι. 14. λέγει γὰρ διὰ τοῦ προφήτου ὃ θεός" ,,Διαμαρτύρει αὐτοῖς ταῦτα, ἴσως ἀκούσονται τῆς φωνῆς σου“, καὶ πάλιν , Ἐὰν ἄρα ἀκούσωσιν, ἐὰν ἄρα ἐνδῶσιν“. 15. καὶ ὁ Μωσῆς φησιν τῷ λαῷ" ,, Ἄκουε, Ἰσραήλ, κύριος ὃ θεὸς σου κύριος εἷς ἐστιν“. 16. καὶ ὁ κύριος ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ πολλάκις μιμνήσκεται λέγων᾽ ,,Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω“, καὶ ὁ σοφὸς Σολομών φησιν" ,, Ἄκουε, υἱέ, παιδείαν πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου“. 17. καὶ μέχρι σήμερον οὐκ ἤκουσαν" καὶ οἱ δοκοῦντες δὲ ἀκηκοέναι παρήκουσαν, καταλείψαντες ,τὸν ἕνα καὶ μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεὸν“ καὶ εἰς τὰς ὀλεθρίους καὶ δεινὰς αἱρέσεις κατασυρέντες, περὶ ὧν αὖθις ἐροῦμεν.

en tǭ legein me tǭ anomǭ; Thanatǭ apothanę̄, kai ouk elalēsas tou diasteilai anomon ek tēs anomias autou, ho anomos ekeinos en tę̄ anomią autou apothaneitai, kai to haima autou ek tēs cheiros sou ekzētēsō" sy de ean diasteilę̄ tǭ anomǭ apo tēs hodou autou apostrepsai ap᾽ autēs, kai mē apostrepsę̄, autos en tę̄ anomią autou apothaneitai, kai sy tēn psychēn sou errysō“. 10. hōsautōs kai ,machaira polemou ean ē erchomenē, kai stēsę̄ ho laos skopon eis prophylakēn kai idōn autēn erchomenēn mē promēnysę̄ kai labę̄ psychēn, hē men psychē tę̄ hamartią autēs elēphthē, to de haima ek cheiros tou skopou ekzētēthēsetai, hoti ouk esēmanen en tę̄ salpingi. ean de sēmanę̄ tę̄ keratinę̄ kai mē phylaxētai ho akousas kai elthēę̄ hē machaira kai labę̄ auton, to haima autou ep᾽ auton estai, hoti ouk ephylaxato akousas tēs keratinēs, ho de phylaxamenos tēn psychēn autou errysato“, kai ho skopos, hoti esēmanen, zōę̄ zēsetai. 11. machaira men estin hē krisis, salpinx de to hieron euangelion, skopos de ho katastatheis tę̄ ekklēsią episkopos, hon dei kēryssonta diamartyresthai kai diabebaiousthai peri tēs kriseōs. 12. ean gar mē diangeilēte kai diamartyrēsthe tǭ laǭ, eis hymas hē hamartia tōn agnoountōn heurethēsetai" dio tous anastrephomenous en apaideusią noutheteite kai elenchete meta parrēsias, tous agnoountas didaskete, tous epistamenous stērizete, tous peplanēmenous epistrephete. 13. ta auta peri tōn autōn legontes, adelphoi, ouch hamartēsometha; ek gar tou pollakis akouein eikos tinas dysōpēthentas kan hapax ti tōn as poiēsai kai tōn ponērōn paraitēsasthai. 14. legei gar dia tou prophētou ho theos" ,,Diamartyrei autois tauta, isōs akousontai tēs phōnēs sou“, kai palin , Ean ara akousōsin, ean ara endōsin“. 15. kai ho Mōsēs phēsin tǭ laǭ" ,, Akoue, Israēl, kyrios ho theos sou kyrios heis estin“. 16. kai ho kyrios en tǭ Euangeliǭ pollakis mimnēsketai legōn᾽ ,,Ho echōn ōta akouein akouetō“, kai ho sophos Solomōn phēsin" ,, Akoue, huie, paideian patros sou, kai mē apōsę̄ thesmous mētros sou“. 17. kai mechri sēmeron ouk ēkousan" kai hoi dokountes de akēkoenai parēkousan, kataleipsantes ,ton hena kai monon alēthinon theon“ kai eis tas olethrious kai deinas haireseis katasyrentes, peri hōn authis eroumen.

When I say to the lawless man, You shall surely die, and you have not spoken to warn the lawless man away from his lawlessness, that lawless man shall die in his lawlessness, and his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the lawless man to turn from his way, and he does not turn, he shall die in his lawlessness, and you have delivered your soul.” [10] Likewise also: “If the sword of war is coming, and the people set a watchman as a lookout, and he sees it coming and does not give warning, and it takes a life, that soul was taken in its sin, but the blood will be required at the hand of the watchman,” because he did not sound the trumpet. “But if he sounds the horn, and the one who hears does not take heed, and the sword comes and takes him, his blood shall be upon him, because he did not take heed when he heard the horn; but the one who took heed has delivered his soul,” and the watchman, because he gave warning, shall surely live. [11] The sword is the judgment, the trumpet is the holy Gospel, and the watchman is the bishop appointed for the church, who must preach and testify and affirm concerning the judgment. [12] For if you do not declare and testify to the people, the sin of those who are ignorant will be found upon you. Therefore admonish and rebuke with boldness those who live without instruction, teach the ignorant, strengthen those who have knowledge, bring back those who have gone astray. [13] In saying the same things about the same matters, brothers, we shall not sin; for from hearing often it is likely that some, put to shame, will do at least once something good and reject what is evil. [14] For God says through the prophet: “Testify these things to them; perhaps they will hear your voice”; and again: “If perhaps they will hear, if perhaps they will yield.” [15] And Moses says to the people: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is one Lord.” [16] And the Lord in the Gospel often reminds us, saying: “He who has ears to hear, let him hear”; and the wise Solomon says: “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s ordinances.” [17] And to this day they have not heard; and even those who seem to have heard have heard amiss, abandoning “the one and only true God” and being dragged into destructive and terrible heresies, of which we shall speak again.

Ezek 33:8–9 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 33:2–6 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 26:3 (33:3 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence) · Ezek 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 6:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 1:8 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:3 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ezekiel’s watchman is applied to the bishop, who must warn the people of judgment by the Gospel and teach them tirelessly, since many have not listened and have fallen into heresy.

Funk’s sections 10–17 sit inside this staged ref (numerals lost or misread); marked [10]–[17]. Ezek 33:8–9; 33:2–6; the first “perhaps” quotation is close to Jer 26:3 (LXX 33:3) and Ezek 3:11; the second is Ezek 2:5 (LXX). Deut 6:4; Matt 11:15; Prov 1:8; John 17:3. In section 13 the word for “good” is garbled in the digital text (“as”) and is translated by sense.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral misread; section numeral misread; OCR slip): λέγειν us τῷ dvóuo: → λέγειν με τῷ ἀνόμῳ·; ἐχεῖνος → ἐκεῖνος; αὐτοῦ ix τῆς χειρός → αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς χειρός; ἀποστρέψαι dx. αὐτῆς → ἀποστρέψαι ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς; ἐρρύσω“ IO. ὡσαύτως → ἐρρύσω“. 10. ὡσαύτως; καὶ στη 1! ὁ λαὸς → καὶ στήσῃ ὁ λαὸς; Ott οὐκ → ὅτι οὐκ; αὐτοῦ ix αὐτὸν → αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν; ζήσεται. τι. μάχαιρα μὲν ἔστιν ἢ κρίσις → ζήσεται. 11. μάχαιρα μὲν ἔστιν ἡ κρίσις; ἁμαρτησόμεθα᾽ ix γὰρ → ἁμαρτησόμεθα· ἐκ γὰρ; (à τοῦ προφήτου → διὰ τοῦ προφήτου; τς. καὶ ὁ Μωσῆς → 15. καὶ ὁ Μωσῆς; τό. καὶ ὃ κύριος iv τῷ → 16. καὶ ὁ κύριος ἐν τῷ; μιμνήσχεται → μιμνήσκεται; ,,0 ἔχων → ,,Ὁ ἔχων; καὶ ó σοφὸς → καὶ ὁ σοφὸς; τ7. καὶ μέχρι → 17. καὶ μέχρι; παρἤκουσαν → παρήκουσαν; ἀληθινὸν 9:0» καὶ → ἀληθινὸν θεὸν“ καὶ.

Topics: Church office, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.6.9 (Funk 1:41–43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 7

2.7.1Funk 1:43

Γνωστὸν δὲ ἔστω ὑμῖν, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι, οἱ βαπτισθέντες εἰς τὸν θάνατον τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ“, οὐκέτι ὀφείλουσιν ἁμαρτάνειν" οἱ τοιοῦτοι. ὡς γὰρ οἱ ἀποθανόντες ἀνενέργητοι πρὸς ἁμαρτίαν" ὑπάρχουσιν, οὕτως καὶ οἱ συναποθανόντες τῷ Χριστῷ ἄπρακτοι πρὸς ἁμαρτίαν.

Gnōston de estō hymin, agapētoi, hoti, hoi baptisthentes eis ton thanaton tou kyriou Iēsou“, ouketi opheilousin hamartanein" hoi toioutoi. hōs gar hoi apothanontes anenergētoi pros hamartian" hyparchousin, houtōs kai hoi synapothanontes tǭ Christǭ apraktoi pros hamartian.

Let it be known to you, beloved, that those who have been “baptized into the death of the Lord Jesus” ought no longer to sin; for as the dead are incapable of acting toward sin, so those who have died with Christ are inactive toward sin.

Rom 6:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 6:8 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Those baptized into Christ’s death must no longer sin.

Rom 6:3, with 6:2, 8.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): οὐχέτι → οὐκέτι.

Topics: Baptism, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.7.1 (Funk 1:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.7.2Funk 1:43

οὐ πιστεύομεν οὖν, ἀδελφοί, λουσάμενόν τινα τὸ τῆς ζωῆς λουτρὸν ἔτι πράσσειν τὰ τῶν ἀνόμων ἀσελγήματα᾽ ὁ δὲ ἁμαρτήσας μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα, οὗτος, ἐὰν μὴ μεταγνῷ καὶ παύσηται τοῦ πλημμελεῖν, εἰς γέενναν κατακριθήσεται.

ou pisteuomen oun, adelphoi, lousamenon tina to tēs zōēs loutron eti prassein ta tōn anomōn aselgēmata᾽ ho de hamartēsas meta to baptisma, houtos, ean mē metagnǭ kai pausētai tou plēmmelein, eis geennan katakrithēsetai.

We do not believe, then, brothers, that anyone who has washed in the washing of life still commits the licentious deeds of the lawless. But whoever has sinned after baptism, unless he repents and ceases to transgress, will be condemned to Gehenna.

Titus 3:5 (allusion, low confidence)

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Summary: One who sins after baptism and does not repent will be condemned.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks removed): καταχριθήσεται. - uM → κατακριθήσεται..

Topics: Baptism, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.7.2 (Funk 1:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 8

2.8.1Funk 1:43–45

Εἰ δέ τις ὑπὸ ἀπίστων συκοφαντηθῇ διὰ τὸ μηκέτι αὐτοῖς συνασελγαίνειν, γινωσκέτω, ὅτι “μακάριος ὁ τοιοῦτος ὑπάρχει παρὰ θεῷ, καθὼς καὶ ὃ κύριος ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ λέγει" : ,,Μακάριοί ἐστε, ὅταν ὀνειδίσωσιν ὑμᾶς ἢ διώξωσιν ἢ εἴπωσι καθ᾽ ὑμῶν πᾶν πονηρὸν ῥῆμα ψευδόμενοι ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ᾽ χαίρετε καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὅτι ὃ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς“.

Ei de tis hypo apistōn sykophantēthę̄ dia to mēketi autois synaselgainein, ginōsketō, hoti “makarios ho toioutos hyparchei para theǭ, kathōs kai ho kyrios en tǭ Euangeliǭ legei" : ,,Makarioi este, hotan oneidisōsin hymas ē diōxōsin ē eipōsi kath᾽ hymōn pan ponēron rhēma pseudomenoi heneken emou᾽ chairete kai agalliasthe, hoti ho misthos hymōn polys en tois ouranois“.

But if anyone is slandered by unbelievers because he no longer joins them in licentiousness, let him know that such a one is blessed before God, as the Lord too says in the Gospel: “Blessed are you when they revile you or persecute you or speak every evil word against you falsely for my sake; rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.”

Matt 5:11–12 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Those slandered for leaving their old vices are blessed.

Matt 5:11–12. A long block of Funk’s apparatus that the OCR placed inside the quotation is removed.

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Topics: Persecution, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.8.1 (Funk 1:43–45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.8.2Funk 1:45

εἰ οὖν τις βλασφημηθείη ἐπὶ ψεύσματι, μακάριος ὃ τοιοῦτος" λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή" ,,Ἀνὴρ ἀδόκιμος ἀπείραστος παρὰ τῷ θεῷ“

ei oun tis blasphēmētheiē epi pseusmati, makarios ho toioutos" legei gar hē graphē" ,,Anēr adokimos apeirastos para tǭ theǭ“

If, then, anyone is reviled on a false charge, such a one is blessed; for the Scripture says: “A man untested is unapproved before God.”

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Summary: To be reviled falsely is a blessing and a test.

The saying is not in the Old or New Testament; it is a saying of unknown source (an agraphon), also cited by other early writers. It can also be construed “an unapproved man is untested by God”.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.8.2 (Funk 1:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.8.3Funk 1:45

εἰ δέ τις ἐλεγχθῇ πράξας τι ἄνομον, ὃ τοιοῦτος οὐ μόνον ἑαυτὸν ἔβλαψεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ βλασφημίαν προύξερεψεριες τῷ κοινῷ τῆς ἐκκλησίας σώματι καὶ τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, ὡς μὴ ποιούντων ἐκεῖνα, ἃ λέγομεν εἶναι καλά" καὶ ὀνειδισθησόμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, ὅτι, λέγουσιν καὶ οὐ ποιοῦσιν“

ei de tis elenchthę̄ praxas ti anomon, ho toioutos ou monon heauton eblapsen, alla kai blasphēmian prouxerepseries tǭ koinǭ tēs ekklēsias sōmati kai tę̄ didaskalią, hōs mē poiountōn ekeina, ha legomen einai kala" kai oneidisthēsometha kai hēmeis hypo tou kyriou, hoti, legousin kai ou poiousin“

But if anyone is convicted of having done something lawless, such a one has not only harmed himself but has also brought blasphemy on the common body of the church and on its teaching, as though we did not do the things that we say are good; and we too shall be reproached by the Lord, that “they say and do not do.”

Matt 23:3 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: A sinner who is exposed brings blasphemy on the church and its teaching.

Matt 23:3. The verb “brought” renders a word garbled in the digital text (“προύξερεψεριες”), translated by sense.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): μόνο» ἑαυτὸν i ἔβλαψεν → μόνον ἑαυτὸν ἔβλαψεν; τῆς ἐχκλησίας oo. σώματι → τῆς ἐκκλησίας σώματι; cz μὴ ποιούντων → ὡς μὴ ποιούντων; & «λέγομεν → ἃ λέγομεν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.8.3 (Funk 1:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.8.4Funk 1:45

ὅθεν τοὺς τοιούτους ἐλεγχθέντας ἀληθῶς παραιτήσεται μετὰ παρρησίας ὃ ἐπίσκοπος, εἰ μὴ μεταβάλωνται τὸν τρόπον.

hothen tous toioutous elenchthentas alēthōs paraitēsetai meta parrēsias ho episkopos, ei mē metabalōntai ton tropon.

Therefore the bishop will with boldness reject those who are truly convicted, unless they change their ways.

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Summary: The bishop must expel convicted sinners who do not reform.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.8.4 (Funk 1:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 9

2.9.1Funk 1:45

Οὐ γὰρ μόνον ἀπρόσκοπον εἶναι χρὴ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπροσωπόληπτον, ἐν χρηστότητι σωφρονίζοντα τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας.

Ou gar monon aproskopon einai chrē ton episkopon, alla kai aprosōpolēpton, en chrēstotēti sōphronizonta tous hamartanontas.

For the bishop must not only be without offence, but also impartial, correcting sinners with kindness.

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Summary: A bishop must be impartial and correct sinners kindly.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀπρόσχοπον → ἀπρόσκοπον.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.9.1 (Funk 1:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.9.2Funk 1:45

εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ εὐσυνείδητος ὑπάρχων, προσωπολήπτης γενόμενος διά τινα αἰσχροκερδῇ δωροληψίαν φείσεται τοῦ ἀνόμως ἁμαρτάνοντος, ἐάσας: ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ μένειν αὐτόν, παρακούσας τῆς θείας καὶ κυριακῆς φωνῆς τῆς λεγούσης" ,,Δικαίως διώξει τὸ δίκαιον· οὐ λήψῃ πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει" οὐ δικαιώσεις τὸν ἀσεβῆ οὐ λήψῃ δῶρα ἐπὶ ψυχῇ, τὰ γὰρ δῶρα ἐκτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς σοφῶν καὶ λυμαίνεται ῥήματα δικαίωνʼ

ei de kai autos ouk eusyneidētos hyparchōn, prosōpolēptēs genomenos dia tina aischrokerdę̄ dōrolēpsian pheisetai tou anomōs hamartanontos, easas: en tę̄ ekklēsią menein auton, parakousas tēs theias kai kyriakēs phōnēs tēs legousēs" ,,Dikaiōs diōxei to dikaion; ou lēpsę̄ prosōpon en krisei" ou dikaiōseis ton asebē ou lēpsę̄ dōra epi psychę̄, ta gar dōra ektyphloi ophthalmous sophōn kai lymainetai rhēmata dikaiōnʼ

But if he himself, not having a good conscience, shows partiality and, for the sake of some shameful taking of gifts, spares one who sins lawlessly, allowing him to remain in the church, disregarding the divine voice of the Lord, which says: “You shall pursue what is just justly; you shall not accept a person in judgment; you shall not justify the ungodly; you shall not take gifts against a life, for gifts blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the words of the just”;

Deut 16:19–20 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 23:7–8 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: A bishop who takes bribes to spare a sinner disobeys God’s commands on justice.

Deut 16:19–20; Exod 23:7–8; Deut 1:17. The sentence continues in 9.3 and 10.1.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.9.2 (Funk 1:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.9.3Funk 1:45

καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις φησίν, Ἐξαρεῖτε τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν“ καὶ ὁ Σολομῶν λέγει ἐν Παροιμίαις᾽ ,,,Ἔκβαλε λοιμὸν ἐκ συνεδρίου, καὶ συνεξελεύσεται αὐτῷ νεῖκος"

kai en allois phēsin, Exareite ton ponēron ex hymōn autōn“ kai ho Solomōn legei en Paroimiais᾽ ,,,Ekbale loimon ek synedriou, kai synexeleusetai autǭ neikos"

and elsewhere it says, “Remove the wicked one from among yourselves”; and Solomon says in Proverbs: “Cast a pestilent man out of the council, and strife will go out with him” —

1 Cor 5:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 17:7 (quotation, medium confidence) · Prov 22:10 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Scripture commands the removal of the wicked from the community.

1 Cor 5:13 (Deut 17:7); Prov 22:10 (LXX).

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.9.3 (Funk 1:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-9-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 10

2.10.1Funk 1:45–47

Ὁ δὲ μὴ προσέχων τούτοις ἀκρίτως φείσεται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀφείλοντι τιμωρίαν, ὡς ὁ Σαοὺλ ἐπὶ τῷ Ἀγάγ καὶ ὁ Ἡλεὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῖς οὐκ εἰδόσι τὸν κύριον, ὃ τοιοῦτος ἐβεβήλωσεν καὶ τὴν οἰκείαν ἀξίαν καὶ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίαν τὴν κατὰ τὴν παροικίαν αὐτοῦ. ἄδικος οὖν οὗτος καὶ θεῷ καὶ ὁσίοις ἀνθρώποις, ὡς αἴτιος σκανδάλου πολλοῖς νεοφωτίστοις καὶ κατηχουμένοις γενόμενος, ἔτι δὲ νέοις καὶ νέαις τῇ ἡλικίᾳ, ὃν τὸ ,,οὐαὶ“ περιμένει καὶ ὃ ,,ὀνικὸς μύλος ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ καὶ ὃ βυθός“, ἐν ᾧ ὑπόδικος ὑπάρχει.

Ho de mē prosechōn toutois akritōs pheisetai epi tǭ opheilonti timōrian, hōs ho Saoul epi tǭ Agag kai ho Hēlei epi tois huiois tois ouk eidosi ton kyrion, ho toioutos ebebēlōsen kai tēn oikeian axian kai tēn tou theou ekklēsian tēn kata tēn paroikian autou. adikos oun houtos kai theǭ kai hosiois anthrōpois, hōs aitios skandalou pollois neophōtistois kai katēchoumenois genomenos, eti de neois kai neais tę̄ hēlikią, hon to ,,ouai“ perimenei kai ho ,,onikos mylos en tǭ trachēlǭ kai ho bythos“, en hǭ hypodikos hyparchei.

he who pays no heed to these things, and without discernment spares one who deserves punishment, as Saul spared Agag and Eli his sons who did not know the Lord, such a one has profaned both his own dignity and the church of God in his district. He is therefore unjust both to God and to holy men, since he has become a cause of stumbling to many of the newly baptized and the catechumens, and also to young men and young women. The “woe” awaits him, and “the donkey’s millstone on the neck, and the deep,” to which he is liable.

1 Sam 15:9 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 2:12 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 18:6–7 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: A bishop who spares the guilty, like Saul and Eli, profanes the church and scandalizes the young and the catechumens.

1 Sam 15:9; 1 Sam 2:12–17, 3:13; Matt 18:6–7. “Newly baptized” renders νεοφώτιστοι (“newly enlightened”). A block of Funk’s apparatus inside the sentence is removed.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.10.1 (Funk 1:45–47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.10.2Funk 1:47

διὰ γὰρ τὴν τῆς ἀκρισίας ἀνομίαν, βλέποντες τὸν τοιοῦτον αὐτῶν ἄρχοντα, ἐν ἑαυτοῖς διακριθήσονται, καὶ χρησάμενοι τῇ αὐτῇ νόσῳ συναπολέσθαι αὐτῷ ἀναγκασθήσονται, ὡς τῷ Ἱεροβοὰμ ὁ λαὸς καὶ τῷ Κορὲ οἱ συναράμενοι αὐτῷ.

dia gar tēn tēs akrisias anomian, blepontes ton toiouton autōn archonta, en heautois diakrithēsontai, kai chrēsamenoi tę̄ autę̄ nosǭ synapolesthai autǭ anankasthēsontai, hōs tǭ Hieroboam ho laos kai tǭ Kore hoi synaramenoi autǭ.

For because of the lawlessness of his lack of discernment, seeing such a man as their ruler, they will waver within themselves, and, sharing the same disease, will be forced to perish with him, as the people did with Jeroboam, and those who joined with Korah.

1 Kgs 12:28 (allusion, medium confidence) · Num 16:32 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: A lax bishop leads his people to share his ruin, as with Jeroboam and Korah.

1 Kgs 12:25–33; Num 16.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.10.2 (Funk 1:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.10.3Funk 1:47

εἰ δὲ βλέποι ὃ ἁμαρτὼν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον καὶ τοὺς διακόνους ἀθώους ἐγκλήματος καὶ τὸ ποίμνιον καθαρὸν ὑπάρχον, πρῶτον μὲν οὐ τολμήσει καταφρονήσας εἰς ἐκκλησίαν θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν, πλησσόμενος τῇ συνειδήσει αὐτοῦ" εἰ δὲ καὶ παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἡγησάμενος εἰσέλθοι, ἢ παραχρῆμα ἐλεγχθήσεται, ὡς ὃ Ὀζᾶ ἐπὶ τῆς κιβωτοῦ ἁψάμενος ὥστε ἑδράσαι, καὶ ὡς Ἀχὰρ ἐπὶ τῇ κλοπῇ τοῦ ἀναθέματος, καὶ ὡς Γιεζεῖ ἐπὶ τοῖς τοῦ Νεεμὰν χρήμασιν, καὶ παραυτίκα τιμωρηθήσεται, ἢ νουθετούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιμένος εἰς μετάνοιαν ὑπαχθήσεται.

ei de blepoi ho hamartōn ton episkopon kai tous diakonous athōous enklēmatos kai to poimnion katharon hyparchon, prōton men ou tolmēsei kataphronēsas eis ekklēsian theou eiselthein, plēssomenos tę̄ syneidēsei autou" ei de kai par᾽ ouden hēgēsamenos eiselthoi, ē parachrēma elenchthēsetai, hōs ho Oza epi tēs kibōtou hapsamenos hōste hedrasai, kai hōs Achar epi tę̄ klopę̄ tou anathematos, kai hōs Giezei epi tois tou Neeman chrēmasin, kai parautika timōrēthēsetai, ē nouthetoumenos hypo tou poimenos eis metanoian hypachthēsetai.

But if the sinner sees the bishop and the deacons free of blame and the flock pure, first he will not dare in contempt to enter the church of God, being smitten by his conscience; and if, thinking nothing of it, he does enter, either he will be exposed at once, like Uzzah when he touched the ark to steady it, and like Achar over the theft of the devoted thing, and like Gehazi over Naaman’s money, and will be punished immediately; or, admonished by the shepherd, he will be led to repentance.

2 Sam 6:6–7 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 7:1 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 5:20–27 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: A pure clergy and flock deter sinners, who are either punished or brought to repentance.

2 Sam 6:6–7; Josh 7 (Achar is the LXX form of Achan); 2 Kgs 5:20–27.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.10.3 (Funk 1:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.10.4Funk 1:47

περιβλεψάμενος γὰρ τοὺς καθ᾽ ἕνα καὶ ἐν οὐδενὶ μῶμον εὑρίσκων οὔτε παρὰ τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ οὔτε μὴν παρὰ τῷ ὑπ᾽ αὐτὸν τεταγμένῳ λαῷ, αἰσχυνθεὶς μετὰ αἰδοῦς καὶ πολλῶν δακρύων ἐξελεύσεται εἰρηνικῶς κατανενυγμένος, καὶ μενεῖ κεκαθαρισμένον τὸ ποίμνιον, προσκλαύσει τε τῷ θεῷ καὶ μετανοήσει ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἥμαρτεν, καὶ ἕξει ἐλπίδα" καὶ τὸ ποίμνιον ὅλον, θεασάμενον ἐκείνου τὰ δάκρυα, νουθεσίαν ἕξει, ὅτι ὃ ἁμαρτὼν διὰ μετάνοιαν οὐκ ἀπόλλυται.

periblepsamenos gar tous kath᾽ hena kai en oudeni mōmon heuriskōn oute para tǭ episkopǭ oute mēn para tǭ hyp᾽ auton tetagmenǭ laǭ, aischyntheis meta aidous kai pollōn dakryōn exeleusetai eirēnikōs katanenygmenos, kai menei kekatharismenon to poimnion, prosklausei te tǭ theǭ kai metanoēsei eph᾽ hois hēmarten, kai hexei elpida" kai to poimnion holon, theasamenon ekeinou ta dakrya, nouthesian hexei, hoti ho hamartōn dia metanoian ouk apollytai.

For having looked round at each one and found no blemish in any, neither in the bishop nor in the people placed under him, he will be ashamed, and with shame and many tears he will go out quietly, pierced to the heart; the flock will remain cleansed; and he will weep before God and repent of his sins and will have hope. And the whole flock, seeing his tears, will receive admonition, that the sinner does not perish because of repentance.

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Summary: Seeing no fault in the church, the sinner leaves in tears, repents and has hope, and the flock learns from him.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.10.4 (Funk 1:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 11

2.11.1Funk 1:47

Διὰ τοῦτο οὖν, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, σπούδαζε καθαρὸς εἶναι τοῖς ἔργοις, γνωρίζων τὸν τόπον σου καὶ τὴν ἀξίαν, ὡς θεοῦ τύπον ἔχων ἐν ἀνθρώποις τῷ πάντων ἄρχειν ἀνθρώπων, ἱερέων, βασιλέων, ἀρχόντων, πατέρων, υἱῶν, διδασκάλων καὶ πάντων ὁμοῦ τῶν ὑπηκόων.

Dia touto oun, ō episkope, spoudaze katharos einai tois ergois, gnōrizōn ton topon sou kai tēn axian, hōs theou typon echōn en anthrōpois tǭ pantōn archein anthrōpōn, hiereōn, basileōn, archontōn, paterōn, huiōn, didaskalōn kai pantōn homou tōn hypēkoōn.

For this reason, then, O bishop, be eager to be pure in your works, knowing your place and your dignity, as one who holds the figure of God among men, ruling over all men: priests, kings, rulers, fathers, sons, teachers, and all your subjects together.

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Summary: The bishop, who stands in God’s place among men, must be pure in conduct.

“Figure of God” renders θεοῦ τύπον.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.11.1 (Funk 1:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.11.2Funk 1:47–49

καὶ οὕτως ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ καθέζου τὸν λόγον ποιούμενος, ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων κρίνειν τοὺς ἡμαρτηκότας, ὅτι ὑμῖν τοῖς ἐπισκόποις εἴρηται᾽ ,,(Ὁ ἐὰν δήσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται δεδεμένον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν λύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται λελυμένον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ“

kai houtōs en ekklēsią kathezou ton logon poioumenos, hōs exousian echōn krinein tous hēmartēkotas, hoti hymin tois episkopois eirētai᾽ ,,(Ho ean dēsēte epi tēs gēs estai dedemenon en tǭ ouranǭ, kai ho ean lysēte epi tēs gēs estai lelymenon en tǭ ouranǭ“

And so sit in the church when you speak, as one who has authority to judge those who have sinned, for to you bishops it has been said: “Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Matt 18:18 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The bishop has authority to judge sinners, by Christ’s word on binding and loosing.

Matt 18:18.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐχχλησίᾳ → ἐκκλησίᾳ; λίσητε → λύσητε.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.11.2 (Funk 1:47–49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 12

2.12.1Funk 1:49

Κρῖνε οὖν, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, μετὰ ἐξουσίας ὡς θεός, ἀλλὰ τοὺς μετανοοῦντας προσλαμβάνουʼ ὁ θεὸς γὰρ θεὸς ἐστιν ἐλέους. ἐπίπλησσε τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν, νουθέτει τοὺς μὴ ἐπιστρέφοντας, παρακάλει τοὺς ἑστῶτας ἐμμένειν τοῖς καλοῖς, τοὺς μετανοοῦντας προσδέχου, ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεὸς μετὰ ὅρκου ἐπηγγείλατο ἄφεσιν παρασχεῖν τοῖς μετανοοῦσιν ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἥμαρτον.

Krine oun, ō episkope, meta exousias hōs theos, alla tous metanoountas proslambanouʼ ho theos gar theos estin eleous. epiplēsse tois hamartanousin, nouthetei tous mē epistrephontas, parakalei tous hestōtas emmenein tois kalois, tous metanoountas prosdechou, hoti kyrios ho theos meta horkou epēngeilato aphesin paraschein tois metanoousin eph᾽ hois hēmarton.

Judge, then, O bishop, with authority, as God; but receive the penitent, for God is a God of mercy. Rebuke those who sin, admonish those who do not turn, exhort those who stand to persevere in what is good, receive the penitent; for the Lord God promised with an oath to grant forgiveness to those who repent of their sins.

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Summary: The bishop judges with authority but must receive the penitent, to whom God has sworn forgiveness.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.12.1 (Funk 1:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.12.2Funk 1:49

λέγει γὰρ διὰ τοῦ Ἰεζεκιήλ·,, Εἰπὸν πρὸς αὐτούς" Ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει Ἀδωναὶ κύριος, εἰ θελήσω τὸν θάνατον τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἐν τῷ ἀποστρέψαι τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς καὶ ζῆν. ἐπιστράφητε οὖν ἀπὸ τῶν ὁδῶν ὑμῶν τῶν πονηρῶν᾽ καὶ ἱνατί ἀποθνήσκετε, οἶκος Ισραήλ΄;

legei gar dia tou Iezekiēl;,, Eipon pros autous" Zō egō, legei Adōnai kyrios, ei thelēsō ton thanaton tou hamartōlou, all᾽ ē en tǭ apostrepsai ton asebē ek tēs hodou autou tēs ponēras kai zēn. epistraphēte oun apo tōn hodōn hymōn tōn ponērōn᾽ kai hinati apothnēskete, oikos Israēl΄?

For he says through Ezekiel: “Say to them: As I live, says the Lord Adonai, I do not desire the death of the sinner, but that the ungodly turn from his evil way and live. Turn, then, from your evil ways; and why will you die, O house of Israel?”

Ezek 33:11 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ezekiel shows God desires the sinner’s repentance, not his death.

Ezek 33:11.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.12.2 (Funk 1:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.12.3Funk 1:49

ἐνταῦθα εὐέλπιδας ἐποίησεν τοὺς ἡμαρτηκότας, ὅτι, ἐὰν μετανοήσωσιν, ἐλπίδα σωτηρίας ἕξουσιν, μή ποτε ὡς ἀπηλγηκότες ἑαυτοὺς ἐκδῶσιν ταῖς παρανομίαις, ἀλλ᾿ ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα σωτηρίας ἐπιστραφέντες προσκλαύσωσιν θεῷ περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν καὶ μετανοήσωσιν ἐκ καρδίας ἐξευμενισάμενοι αὐτόν, καὶ λήψονται παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀμνηστίαν ὡς παρὰ πατρὸς ἀγαθοῦ.

entautha euelpidas epoiēsen tous hēmartēkotas, hoti, ean metanoēsōsin, elpida sōtērias hexousin, mē pote hōs apēlgēkotes heautous ekdōsin tais paranomiais, all᾿ echontes elpida sōtērias epistraphentes prosklausōsin theǭ peri tōn hamartiōn autōn kai metanoēsōsin ek kardias exeumenisamenoi auton, kai lēpsontai par᾽ autou tēn amnēstian hōs para patros agathou.

Here he has given good hope to those who have sinned, that if they repent they will have hope of salvation, lest, having grown callous, they give themselves up to transgressions; but having hope of salvation, they may turn and weep before God for their sins and repent from the heart, having appeased him, and they will receive from him the forgetting of their sins, as from a good father.

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Summary: God’s promise gives sinners hope, so that they repent rather than despair.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐχδῶσιν → ἐκδῶσιν.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.12.3 (Funk 1:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 13

2.13.1Funk 1:49

Τοὺς μέντοι ἀναμαρτήτους τοιούτους μένειν χρὴ καὶ μὴ χρείαν ἔχειν τῆς πείρας τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, ὅπως μὴ δέωνται ὀδύνης, λύπης καὶ κλαυθμῶν ἀφέσεως.

Tous mentoi anamartētous toioutous menein chrē kai mē chreian echein tēs peiras tōn hamartiōn, hopōs mē deōntai odynēs, lypēs kai klauthmōn apheseōs.

Those, however, who are without sin should remain such, and have no need of the experience of sins, so that they may not need the pain, grief and tears that forgiveness requires.

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Summary: The sinless should stay so and not need the pains of forgiveness.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.13.1 (Funk 1:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.13.2Funk 1:49

τί γὰρ οἶδας, ἄνθρωπε, ἁμαρτήσας, εἰ ἡμέρας ἐν τῷδε τῷ βίῳ ζήσεις, ἵνα καὶ μετανοήσῃς; ὅτι ἄδηλος ἡ ἔξοδός σου ἐκ τοῦ βίου ὑπάρχει, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίᾳ τελευτήσαντι μετάνοια οὐκ ἔστιν, ὡς λέγει διὰ τοῦ Δαυίδʼ ,,Ἐν δὲ τῷ ᾅδῃ τίς ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι;

ti gar oidas, anthrōpe, hamartēsas, ei hēmeras en tǭde tǭ biǭ zēseis, hina kai metanoēsę̄s? hoti adēlos hē exodos sou ek tou biou hyparchei, kai en hamartią teleutēsanti metanoia ouk estin, hōs legei dia tou Dauidʼ ,,En de tǭ hądę̄ tis exomologēsetai soi?

For how do you know, O man, when you have sinned, whether you will live days enough in this life to repent as well? For your departure from this life is uncertain, and for one who dies in sin there is no repentance, as he says through David: “In Hades who will confess to you?”

Ps 6:5 (6:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Since death is uncertain and there is no repentance after it, one must not sin counting on later repentance.

Ps 6:5 (LXX 6:6).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): οὐχ ἔστι" → οὐκ ἔστιν; (Ἐν δὲ τῷ eon tíc → ,,Ἐν δὲ τῷ ᾅδῃ τίς.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.13.2 (Funk 1:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.13.3Funk 1:49

δεῖ οὖν ἕτοιμον εἶναι ἐν ἀγαθοῖς, ἵνα ἄνευ λύπης τὴν ὁδὸν ἐκείνην στειλώμεθα. διὸ καὶ παραινεῖ ὃ θεῖος λόγος διὰ SFO Aoi τοῦ σοφοῦ λέγων σοι" ,,Ἑτοίμαζε εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον τὰ ἔργα σου“, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλείψῃ ἡμῖν τι τῶν καλῶν, ὥσπερ καὶ ταῖς πέντε ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ παρθένοις διὰ μωρίαν ἐπέλειπεν τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἔλαιον, καὶ ἀπεβλήθησαν τοῦ νυμφῶνος.

dei oun hetoimon einai en agathois, hina aneu lypēs tēn hodon ekeinēn steilōmetha. dio kai parainei ho theios logos dia SFO Aoi tou sophou legōn soi" ,,Hetoimaze eis tēn exodon ta erga sou“, hina mē epileipsę̄ hēmin ti tōn kalōn, hōsper kai tais pente en tǭ Euangeliǭ parthenois dia mōrian epeleipen to tēs eusebeias elaion, kai apeblēthēsan tou nymphōnos.

We must therefore be ready in good works, so that we may set out on that road without grief. Therefore the divine word also exhorts through Solomon the wise, saying to you: “Prepare your works for your departure,” so that nothing of the good may fail us, as the oil of piety failed the five virgins in the Gospel through their folly, and they were shut out of the bridal chamber.

Prov 24:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 25:1–12 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Believers must be prepared in good works for death, unlike the foolish virgins.

The name “Solomon” is garbled in the digital text and is read by sense. Prov 24:27 (LXX); Matt 25:1–12.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,Eroiuabs → ,,Ἑτοίμαζε.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.13.3 (Funk 1:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-13-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.13.4Funk 1:49–51

διὰ τοῦτο ἀκίνδυνος μένει πᾶς ὃ φειδόμενος τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆς καὶ μένων ἀναμάρτητος, ὅπως καὶ τὰς προγεγονυίας ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ δικαιοσύνας αὐτῷ συντηρήσῃ. 5. σὺ οὖν οὕτως κρῖνε ὡς θεῷ δικάζων", Τοῦ γὰρ κυρίου, φησίν, ἡ κρίσις“. πρῶτον οὖν ἀπʼ ἐξουσίας τὸν ἔνοχον καταδίκαζε· ἔπειτα μετὰ ἐλέους καὶ οἰκτιρμοῦ καὶ προσλήψεως οἰκειοῦ, ὑπισχνούμενος αὐτῷ σωτηρίαν, εἰ μετάθοιτο τοῦ τρόπου καὶ πρὸς μετάνοιαν χωρήσει" μεταμελόμενον δὲ στύφων προσδέχου, μεμνημένος τοῦ κυρίου εἰπόντος, ὅτι, χαρὰ γίνεται ἐν οὐρανῷ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι“

dia touto akindynos menei pas ho pheidomenos tēs heautou zōēs kai menōn anamartētos, hopōs kai tas progegonuias hypʼ autou dikaiosynas autǭ syntērēsę̄. 5. sy oun houtōs krine hōs theǭ dikazōn", Tou gar kyriou, phēsin, hē krisis“. prōton oun apʼ exousias ton enochon katadikaze; epeita meta eleous kai oiktirmou kai proslēpseōs oikeiou, hypischnoumenos autǭ sōtērian, ei metathoito tou tropou kai pros metanoian chōrēsei" metamelomenon de styphōn prosdechou, memnēmenos tou kyriou eipontos, hoti, chara ginetai en ouranǭ epi heni hamartōlǭ metanoounti“

Therefore everyone who spares his own life and remains without sin is free of danger, so that he may preserve for himself the righteous deeds he did before. [5] Judge, then, as one who judges for God; for “the judgment,” it says, “is the Lord’s.” First, then, condemn the guilty with authority; then, with mercy and compassion and receiving him, draw him to yourself, promising him salvation if he changes his ways and comes to repentance. When he repents, discipline him and receive him, remembering the Lord who said that “there is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents.”

Deut 1:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 15:7 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The bishop should first condemn the guilty, then receive the penitent with mercy.

Funk’s section 5 sits inside this staged ref (numeral misread); marked [5]. Deut 1:17; Luke 15:7.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral misread): tavroU → ἑαυτοῦ; συντηρήσῃ. s. σὺ → συντηρήσῃ. 5. σὺ; xavadixate: → καταδίκαζε·; οἰχτιρμοῦ → οἰκτιρμοῦ; οἰχειοῦ → οἰκειοῦ; χυρίου → κυρίου.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.13.4 (Funk 1:49–51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 14

2.14.1Funk 1:51

Ἐὰν δὲ τὸν μετανοοῦντα μὴ προσδέξῃ, ἐπιβούλοις αὐτὸν ἔκδοτον παρέχεις, ἐπιλαθόμενος τοῦ Δαυὶδ λέγοντος",, Μὴ παραδῷς τοῖς θηρίοις ψυχὴν ἐξομολογουμένην σοι“.

Ean de ton metanoounta mē prosdexę̄, epiboulois auton ekdoton parecheis, epilathomenos tou Dauid legontos",, Mē paradǭs tois thēriois psychēn exomologoumenēn soi“.

But if you do not receive the penitent, you hand him over to those who lie in wait for him, forgetting David, who says: “Do not deliver to the beasts a soul that confesses to you.”

Ps 74:19 (73:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Refusing the penitent hands him over to his enemies.

Ps 74:19 (LXX 73:19).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): usvavooóvta → μετανοοῦντα; ἔχδοτον → ἔκδοτον; ἐξομολογουμένην 60. → ἐξομολογουμένην σοι“..

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.1 (Funk 1:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.2Funk 1:51

διὸ παρορμῶν εἰς μετάνοιαν ὁ Ἱερεμίας λέγει", Μὴ ὁ πίπτων οὐκ ἀνίσταται ἢ ὃ ἀποστρέφων οὐκ ἐπιστρέφει; τί ὅτι ἀπέστρεψεν ὃ λαός μου ἀποστροφὴν ἀναιδῆ καὶ κατεκρατύνθησαν ἐν τῇ προαιρέσει αὐτῶν; ἐπιστράφητε, υἱοὶ ἀφεστηκότες, καὶ ἐγὼ ἰάσομαι τὰ συντρίμματα ὑμῶν“.

dio parormōn eis metanoian ho Hieremias legei", Mē ho piptōn ouk anistatai ē ho apostrephōn ouk epistrephei? ti hoti apestrepsen ho laos mou apostrophēn anaidē kai katekratynthēsan en tę̄ proairesei autōn? epistraphēte, huioi aphestēkotes, kai egō iasomai ta syntrimmata hymōn“.

Therefore, urging to repentance, Jeremiah says: “Does not he who falls rise again, or he who turns away return? Why has my people turned away with a shameless turning, and been confirmed in their choice? Turn back, you rebellious sons, and I will heal your breaches.”

Jer 8:4–5 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 3:22 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Jeremiah calls the fallen to return.

Jer 8:4–5; 3:22.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὃ “Ἱερεμίας → ὁ Ἱερεμίας; κτεκοατύθησαν → κατεκρατύνθησαν; ἐξιεράφητε → ἐπιστράφητε.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.2 (Funk 1:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.3Funk 1:51

δέξαι οὖν τὸν μετανοοῦντα, μὴ iniu ὅλως μηδὲ παρεμποδιζόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνηλεῶς λεγόντων μὴ δεῖν τοιούτοις συμμολύνεσθαι μήτε λόγου κοινωνεῖν" αὗται γὰρ αἱ συμβουλίαι ἀγνοούντων εἰσὶν θεὸν καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ πρόνοιαν, ἀλόγων δὲ ἀκρίτων καὶ θηρίων ἀμειλίκτων" οὐ γὰρ γινώσκουσιν, ὅτι χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι οὐ τὴν ἐν λόγῳ κοινωνίαν πρὸς τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐν ἔργῳ.

dexai oun ton metanoounta, mē iniu holōs mēde parempodizomenos hypo tōn anēleōs legontōn mē dein toioutois symmolynesthai mēte logou koinōnein" hautai gar hai symbouliai agnoountōn eisin theon kai tēn autou pronoian, alogōn de akritōn kai thēriōn ameiliktōn" ou gar ginōskousin, hoti chrē phylassesthai ou tēn en logǭ koinōnian pros tous hamartanontas, alla tēn en ergǭ.

Receive, then, the penitent, without hesitating at all, and do not be hindered by those who say without mercy that one must not be defiled with such people nor even share a word with them. For these counsels are those of people who do not know God and his providence, of irrational, undiscerning and implacable beasts. For they do not know that what must be avoided is not fellowship in word with sinners, but fellowship in deed.

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Summary: The penitent must be received, against rigorists who refuse all contact with sinners.

“Without hesitating” renders a word garbled in the digital text (“iniu”), translated by sense.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): παρεμποδιξόμενος → παρεμποδιζόμενος; γινώσχουσιν → γινώσκουσιν.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.3 (Funk 1:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.4Funk 1:51

,,Δικαιοσύνη γὰρ δικαίου ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἔσται, καὶ ἀνομία ἀνόμου ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἔσται“. καὶ πάλιν. (Γῆ ἐὰν ἁμάρτῃ μοι τοῦ ἀδικῆσαι ἀδίκημα, καὶ ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ αὐτὴν καὶ συντρίψω ix αὐτῆς στήριγμα ἄρτου καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ εἰς αὐτὴν λιμὸν καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσω ἐξ αὐτῆς ἄνθρωπον καὶ κτῆνος" κἂν ὦσιν οἱ τρεῖς ἄνδρες ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς, Νῶε καὶ Ἰὼβ καὶ Δανιήλ, αὐτοὶ ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ αὐτῶν σώσουσιν τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν, λέγει Ἀδωναὶ κύριος“. 5. σαφέστατα δεδήλωκεν ἡ γραφή, ὅτι συνὼν δίκαιος ἀδίκῳ οὐ συναπόλλυται μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ. ἐν γὰρ τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ καὶ δίκαιοι καὶ ἄδικοι ἀλλήλοις συναγελάζονται κοινωνίᾳ βίου, οὐ μὴν καὶ ὁσιότητος, καὶ τοῦτο οὐχ ἁμαρτάνουσιν οἱ θεοφιλεῖς" μιμηταὶ γάρ εἶσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν τοῦ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, τοῦ ,,τὸν ἥλιον αὐτοῦ ἀνατέλλοντος ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους, καὶ βρέχοντος αὐτοῦ τὸν ὑετὸν ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθούς“.

,,Dikaiosynē gar dikaiou ep᾽ auton estai, kai anomia anomou ep᾽ auton estai“. kai palin. (Gē ean hamartę̄ moi tou adikēsai adikēma, kai ektenō tēn cheira mou epi autēn kai syntripsō ix autēs stērigma artou kai exapostelō eis autēn limon kai exolothreusō ex autēs anthrōpon kai ktēnos" kan ōsin hoi treis andres en mesǭ autēs, Nōe kai Iōb kai Daniēl, autoi en tę̄ dikaiosynę̄ autōn sōsousin tas psychas autōn, legei Adōnai kyrios“. 5. saphestata dedēlōken hē graphē, hoti synōn dikaios adikǭ ou synapollytai met᾽ autou. en gar tǭ kosmǭ toutǭ kai dikaioi kai adikoi allēlois synagelazontai koinōnią biou, ou mēn kai hosiotētos, kai touto ouch hamartanousin hoi theophileis" mimētai gar eisin tou patros autōn tou en tois ouranois, tou ,,ton hēlion autou anatellontos epi dikaious kai adikous, kai brechontos autou ton hyeton epi ponērous kai agathous“.

“For the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the lawlessness of the lawless shall be upon him.” And again: “If a land sins against me by committing wrong, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its staff of bread and send famine upon it and destroy man and beast from it, even if these three men are in the midst of it, Noah and Job and Daniel, they shall save their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord Adonai.” [5] The Scripture has shown most clearly that a righteous man living with an unrighteous one does not perish with him. For in this world righteous and unrighteous herd together in a fellowship of life, though not of holiness, and in this those who love God do not sin; for they are imitators of their Father in heaven, “who makes his sun rise on the righteous and the unrighteous, and sends his rain on the wicked and the good.”

Ezek 18:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 14:13–14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:45 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Scripture shows that the righteous do not perish for living alongside sinners, as God himself does good to all.

Funk’s section 5 sits inside this staged ref (numeral misread); marked [5]. Ezek 18:20; Ezek 14:13–14; Matt 5:45.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral misread): àx αὐτὸν → ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν; ovrτρίψω → συντρίψω; xai ἐξολοθρεύσω → καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσω; Noc καὶ → Νῶε καὶ; αὐτῶν, λέγει Ἀδωναὶ κύριος“. $. σαφέστατα → αὐτῶν, λέγει Ἀδωναὶ κύριος“. 5. σαφέστατα; uer αὐτοῦ → μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ; τοῦ »τὸν ἥλιον → τοῦ ,,τὸν ἥλιον.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.4 (Funk 1:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.6Funk 1:51–53

καὶ οὐδὲν κινδυνεύσει ὁ δίκαιος ἐκ τούτου· ἐν γὰρ τῷ σταδίῳ καὶ νικηταὶ καὶ νικώμενοι εἰσίν, ἐν δὲ τῷ στεφάνῳ μόνοι οἱ γενναίως ἀγωνισάμενοι" ,,οὐδεὶς δὲ στεφανοῦται, ἐὰν μὴ νομίμως ἀθλήσῃ“.

kai ouden kindyneusei ho dikaios ek toutou; en gar tǭ stadiǭ kai nikētai kai nikōmenoi eisin, en de tǭ stephanǭ monoi hoi gennaiōs agōnisamenoi" ,,oudeis de stephanoutai, ean mē nomimōs athlēsę̄“.

And the righteous man will be in no danger from this; for in the stadium there are both victors and vanquished, but at the crowning only those who have contended nobly; “and no one is crowned unless he competes lawfully.”

2 Tim 2:5 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Like athletes, only those who contend lawfully are crowned.

2 Tim 2:5.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ix τούτουʼ iv yàg → ἐκ τούτου· ἐν γὰρ; νικομενοι → νικώμενοι.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.6 (Funk 1:51–53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.7Funk 1:53

ἕκαστος γὰρ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ ἐξομολογήσεται, καὶ οὐ, μὴ συναπολέσῃ“ ὁ θεὸς ,τὸν δίκαιον μετὰ τοῦ ἀδίκου“, ἐπείπερ παρ αὐτῷ τὸ ἀναμάρτητον ἀτιμώρητον. οὔτε γὰρ τὸν Νῶε κατέκλυσεν, οὔτε τὸν Λὼτ κατέφλεξεν, οὔτε τὴν Ῥαὰβ συναπώλεσεν.

hekastos gar peri heautou exomologēsetai, kai ou, mē synapolesę̄“ ho theos ,ton dikaion meta tou adikou“, epeiper par autǭ to anamartēton atimōrēton. oute gar ton Nōe kateklysen, oute ton Lōt katephlexen, oute tēn Rhaab synapōlesen.

For each will make confession for himself, and God “will not destroy the righteous with the unrighteous,” since with him sinlessness goes unpunished. For he neither drowned Noah, nor burned up Lot, nor destroyed Rahab with the rest.

Gen 18:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Josh 6:25 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: God does not destroy the righteous with the wicked, as Noah, Lot and Rahab show.

Gen 18:23–25; Gen 7; Gen 19; Josh 6:25.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τὸν Adv κατέφλεξεν → τὸν Λὼτ κατέφλεξεν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.7 (Funk 1:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.8Funk 1:53

εἰ δὲ βούλεσθὲ γνῶναι καὶ τὰ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῶν γενόμενα, Ἰούδας σὺν ἡμῖν ὧν ἔλαβεν τὸν κλῆρον τῆς διακονίας, ὃν καὶ ἡμεῖς, καὶ Σίμων ὃ μάγος τὴν ἐν κυρίῳ σφραγῖδα᾽ ἀλλ᾽ ἑκάτερος αὐτῶν ἀναδειχθεὶς φαῦλος, ὁ μὲν ἤγξατο, ὃ δὲ παρὰ φύσιν ἱπτάμενος συνετρίβη. καὶ ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ Νῶε καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπῆρχον, ἀλλὰ πονηρὸς ὁ Χὰμ εὑρεθεὶς μόνος εἷς τῶν υἱῶν ἐδέξατο τιμωρίαν.

ei de boulesthe gnōnai kai ta eph᾽ hēmōn genomena, Ioudas syn hēmin hōn elaben ton klēron tēs diakonias, hon kai hēmeis, kai Simōn ho magos tēn en kyriǭ sphragida᾽ all᾽ hekateros autōn anadeichtheis phaulos, ho men ēnxato, ho de para physin hiptamenos synetribē. kai en tę̄ kibōtǭ Nōe kai hoi huioi autou hypērchon, alla ponēros ho Cham heuretheis monos heis tōn huiōn edexato timōrian.

And if you wish to know also what happened in our own time: Judas, who was with us, received the lot of the ministry, as we did too, and Simon the magician received the seal in the Lord; but each of them was shown to be wicked: the one hanged himself, and the other, flying against nature, was dashed to pieces. And in the ark there were Noah and his sons, but Ham, found wicked, alone of the sons received punishment.

Acts 1:17 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 27:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 8:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 9:22–25 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Judas, Simon Magus and Ham were punished for their own sins while those around them were spared.

Acts 1:17; Matt 27:5; Acts 8:13. Simon’s fatal flight is the story told in the Acts of Peter, not in the New Testament. Gen 9:22–25 (the curse falls on Ham’s son Canaan).

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.8 (Funk 1:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.9Funk 1:53

εἰ δὲ καὶ πατέρες ὑπὲρ παίδων οὐ τιμωροῦνται οὔτε υἱοὶ ὑπὲρ πατέρων“, δῆλον ὡς οὔτε γυναῖκες ὑπὲρ ἀνδρῶν, οὔτε οἰκέται ὑπὲρ δεσποτῶν, οὔτε συγγενεῖς ὑπὲρ συγγενῶν, οὔτε φίλοι ὑπὲρ φίλων, οὔτε δίκαιοι ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων, ἀλλ᾽ ἕκαστος ὑπὲρ τοῦ οἰκείου ἔργου τὸν λόγον ἀπαιτηθήσεται. οὔτε γὰρ Νῶε ὑπὲρ τοῦ κόσμου δίκην εἰσεπράχθη, οὔτε Λὼτ ὑπὲρ Σοδόμων ἐπυρπολήθη, οὔτε Ῥαὰβ ὑπὲρ Ἱεριχουντίων ἐσφάγη, οὔτε Ισραὴλ ὑπὲρ Αἰγυπτίων οὐ γὰρ ἡ συνοίκησις κατακρίνει τοὺς δικαίους σὺν τοῖς ἀδίκοις, ἀλλ ἡ τῆς γνώμης ὁμόνοια.

ei de kai pateres hyper paidōn ou timōrountai oute huioi hyper paterōn“, dēlon hōs oute gynaikes hyper andrōn, oute oiketai hyper despotōn, oute syngeneis hyper syngenōn, oute philoi hyper philōn, oute dikaioi hyper adikōn, all᾽ hekastos hyper tou oikeiou ergou ton logon apaitēthēsetai. oute gar Nōe hyper tou kosmou dikēn eiseprachthē, oute Lōt hyper Sodomōn epyrpolēthē, oute Rhaab hyper Hierichountiōn esphagē, oute Israēl hyper Aigyptiōn ou gar hē synoikēsis katakrinei tous dikaious syn tois adikois, all hē tēs gnōmēs homonoia.

And if “fathers are not punished for their children, nor sons for their fathers,” it is clear that neither wives are punished for husbands, nor servants for masters, nor kin for kin, nor friends for friends, nor the righteous for the unrighteous; but each will be required to give account for his own work. For neither did Noah pay the penalty for the world, nor was Lot burned for Sodom, nor Rahab slain for the people of Jericho, nor Israel for the Egyptians. For it is not living together that condemns the righteous with the unrighteous, but agreement of mind.

Deut 24:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:20 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Each is judged for his own deeds; living among sinners does not condemn the righteous, only sharing their mind.

Deut 24:16; Ezek 18:20.

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Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.9 (Funk 1:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.10Funk 1:53–55

οὐ χρὴ οὖν τοῖς ἑτοιμοθανάτοις καὶ μισανθρώποις καὶ φιλεγκλήμοσιν καὶ μετὰ προφάσεως θανατοποιοῖς προσέχειν. ἕτερος γὰρ ὑπὲρ ἑτέρου οὐχ ἀποθανεῖται, ἀλλὰ ,,σειραῖς τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτιῶν ἕκαστος σφίγγεται“, καί" ,. Ιδοὺ ἄνθρωπος καὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ“. 11. δεῖ δὲ ἡμᾶς βοηθεῖν τοῖς νοσοῦσιν καὶ κινδυνεύουσιν καὶ σφαλλομένοις, καὶ ὅσον οἷόν τε τῇ παραινέσει τοῦ λόγου ὑγιάζειν αὐτοὺς καὶ ῥύεσθαι ἐκ θανάτου" ,,Οὐ χρείαν γὰρ ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες“, ἐπειδὴ ,,οὐκ ἔστιν θέλημα ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός, ἵνα ἀπόληται εἷς τῶν μικρῶν“ οὐ γὰρ τὴν τῶν σκληροκαρδίων ἀνθρώπων βούλησιν ἱστᾶν χρή, ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς τῶν ὅλων τὴν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας" ἀμήν.

ou chrē oun tois hetoimothanatois kai misanthrōpois kai philenklēmosin kai meta prophaseōs thanatopoiois prosechein. heteros gar hyper heterou ouch apothaneitai, alla ,,seirais tōn heautou hamartiōn hekastos sphingetai“, kai" ,. Idou anthrōpos kai to ergon autou pro prosōpou autou“. 11. dei de hēmas boēthein tois nosousin kai kindyneuousin kai sphallomenois, kai hoson hoion te tę̄ parainesei tou logou hygiazein autous kai rhyesthai ek thanatou" ,,Ou chreian gar echousin hoi ischyontes iatrou, all᾽ hoi kakōs echontes“, epeidē ,,ouk estin thelēma emprosthen tou patros, hina apolētai heis tōn mikrōn“ ou gar tēn tōn sklērokardiōn anthrōpōn boulēsin histan chrē, alla tēn tou theou kai patros tōn holōn tēn dia Iēsou Christou tou kyriou hēmōn, hǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas" amēn.

We must not, then, heed those who are quick to condemn to death, who hate mankind, who love accusations, and who on a pretext deal death. For one will not die for another, but “each is bound by the cords of his own sins,” and: “Behold the man and his work before his face.” [11] But we must help those who are sick and in danger and stumbling, and as far as we can heal them by the exhortation of the word and rescue them from death; for “those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill,” since “it is not the will before the Father that one of the little ones should perish.” For we must establish not the will of hard-hearted men, but that of God the Father of all, made known through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Prov 5:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 62:11 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 9:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 18:14 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Harsh rigorists are not to be followed; the church must heal sinners, as God wills that none of the little ones perish.

Funk’s section 11 sits inside this staged ref (numeral misread); marked [11]. Prov 5:22; Isa 62:11 (cf. 40:10); Matt 9:12; Matt 18:14.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.10 (Funk 1:53–55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.12Funk 1:55

οὐδὲ γὰρ δίκαιον κεφαλὴν ὄντα σε, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, οὐρᾷ προσέχειν, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν λαϊκῷ στασιώδει ἀνθρώπῳ, εἰς ἑτέρου ἀπώλειαν, ἀλλὰ θεῷ μόνῳ. ἄρχειν γάρ σε χρὴ τῶν ὑπηκόων, οὐ μὴν καὶ ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἄρχεσθαι· οὔτε γὰρ υἱὸς ἄρχει πατρὸς κατὰ τὸν τῆς γενέσεως λόγον, οὔτε δοῦλος τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὸν τῆς ἐξουσίας, οὔτε μαθητὴς διδασκάλου, οὔτε στρατιώτης βασιλέως, οὔτε μὴν λαϊκὸς ἐπισκόπου.

oude gar dikaion kephalēn onta se, ō episkope, ourą prosechein, tout᾽ estin laïkǭ stasiōdei anthrōpǭ, eis heterou apōleian, alla theǭ monǭ. archein gar se chrē tōn hypēkoōn, ou mēn kai hyp᾽ autōn archesthai; oute gar huios archei patros kata ton tēs geneseōs logon, oute doulos tou kyriou autou kata ton tēs exousias, oute mathētēs didaskalou, oute stratiōtēs basileōs, oute mēn laïkos episkopou.

Nor is it right for you, O bishop, who are the head, to heed the tail, that is, a seditious layman, to the destruction of another, but God alone. For you must rule your subjects, not be ruled by them; for neither does a son rule his father, according to the order of birth, nor a slave his master, according to the order of authority, nor a disciple his teacher, nor a soldier his king, nor indeed a layman his bishop.

Deut 28:13 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: The bishop, as head, must not be led by seditious laymen.

“Head” and “tail”: Deut 28:13. OCR garbage in the middle of the sentence is removed; the words restored there are clear from the context.

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.12 (Funk 1:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.13Funk 1:55

περὶ γὰρ τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν τοὺς πλησιάζοντας ἀδίκοις τῇ τοῦ λόγου διδαχῇ συμμολύνεσθαι ἢ κοινωνεῖν ταῖς αὐτῶν ἁμαρτίαις ὁ Ἰεζεκιὴλ ἐκκόπτων τὴν τῶν κακοήθων ὑπόνοιαν λέγει"

peri gar tou mē dokein tous plēsiazontas adikois tę̄ tou logou didachę̄ symmolynesthai ē koinōnein tais autōn hamartiais ho Iezekiēl ekkoptōn tēn tōn kakoēthōn hyponoian legei"

For on the notion that those who draw near to the unrighteous with the teaching of the word are defiled with them or share in their sins, Ezekiel, cutting off the suspicion of the malicious, says:

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Summary: Ezekiel is cited against the idea that teaching sinners defiles the teacher.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.13 (Funk 1:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.14.14Funk 1:55–59

,, Ti ὑμεῖς λέγετε αὑτοῖς τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην ἐπὶ γῆς Ἰσραήλ᾽ οἱ πατέρες ἔφαγον ὄμφακα, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες τῶν τέκνων ἡμωδίασαν; ζῶ ἐγὼ, λέγει ᾿Αδωναὶ κύριος, εἰ ἔτι ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν λεγομένη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ. ὅτι πᾶσαι αἱ ψυχαὶ ἐμαί εἰσιν, ὃν τρόπον ἡ ψυχὴ τοῦ πατρός, οὕτως καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐμή ἐστιν. 15. ἡ ψυχὴ ἡ ἁμαρτάνουσα αὐτὴ ἀποθανεῖται᾽ ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἔσται δίκαιος, ποιῶν κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην“, καὶ ἑξῆς ἐπιλέγων τὰς λοιπὰς ἀρετὰς ἐπισφραγίζεται λέγων· 16. ,,Ὁ τοιοῦτος δίκαιος ὑπάρχει, ζωῇ ζήσεται, λέγει Αδωναὶ κύριος. καὶ ἐὰν γεννήσῃ υἱὸν λοιμόν, ἐκχέοντα αἷμα, ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ τοῦ δικαίου οὐκ ἐπορεύθη“. 17. καὶ ἐπαγαγὼν τὰ ἑξῆς, ἐπάγει τοῖς τελευταίοις: ,,Ζωῇ οὐ ζήσεται᾽ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας ταύτας ἐποίησεν, θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖται, τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἔσται. 18. καὶ ἐρεῖτε" Τί ὅτι οὐκ ἔλαβεν ὃ υἱὸς τὴν ἀδικίαν τοῦ πατρὸς ἢ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ, δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἔλεος πεποιηκώς“; καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτοῖς" ,,Ἡ ψυχὴ ἡ ἁμαρτάνουσα αὐτὴ ἀποθανεῖταιʼ υἱὸς οὐ λήψεται ἀδικίαν πατρός, καὶ πατὴρ οὐ λήψεται ἀδικίαν υἱοῦ" δικαιοσύνη δικαίου ἐπ αὐτὸν ἔσται, καὶ ἀνομία ἀνόμου ἐπὶ αὐτὸν ἔσταιʼ 19. καὶ μετ᾽ ὀλίγα φησίν: ,,Ἐν τῷ ἀποστρέψαι δίκαιον ἐκ τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιῆσαι ἀδικίαν, κατὰ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτοῦ, πᾶσαι αἱ δικαιοσύναι αὐτοῦ, ἃς ἐποίησεν, οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσιν· ἐν τῇ ἀδικίᾳ αὐτοῦ ᾗ ἠδίκησεν, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ αὐτοῦ ᾗ ἥμαρτεν, ἐν αὐτῇ ἀποθανεῖται. 20. καὶ μετ᾽ ὀλίγα ἐπάγει" »Ἐν τῷ ἀποστρέψαι ἄνομον ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας αὐτοῦ ἧς ἐποίησεν, καὶ ποιήσει κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην, οὗτος τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξεν καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἀσεβειῶν αὐτοῦ ὧν ἐποίησεν, ζωῇ ζήσεται καὶ οὐκ ἀποθανεῖται“. 21. καὶ ἑξῆς" ,,Ἕκαστον κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς ὑμῶν κρινῶ ὑμᾶς, οἶκος ᾿Ισραήλ, λέγει Ἀδωναὶ κύριος"

,, Ti hymeis legete hautois tēn parabolēn tautēn epi gēs Israēl᾽ hoi pateres ephagon omphaka, kai hoi odontes tōn teknōn hēmōdiasan? zō egō, legei ᾿Adōnai kyrios, ei eti estai en hymin legomenē hē parabolē hautē en tǭ ᾿Israēl. hoti pasai hai psychai emai eisin, hon tropon hē psychē tou patros, houtōs kai hē psychē tou huiou emē estin. 15. hē psychē hē hamartanousa autē apothaneitai᾽ ho de anthrōpos, hos estai dikaios, poiōn krima kai dikaiosynēn“, kai hexēs epilegōn tas loipas aretas episphragizetai legōn; 16. ,,Ho toioutos dikaios hyparchei, zōę̄ zēsetai, legei Adōnai kyrios. kai ean gennēsę̄ huion loimon, ekcheonta haima, en tę̄ hodǭ tou patros autou tou dikaiou ouk eporeuthē“. 17. kai epagagōn ta hexēs, epagei tois teleutaiois: ,,Zōę̄ ou zēsetai᾽ pasas tas anomias tautas epoiēsen, thanatǭ apothaneitai, to haima autou ep᾽ auton estai. 18. kai ereite" Ti hoti ouk elaben ho huios tēn adikian tou patros ē tēn dikaiosynēn autou, dikaiosynēn kai eleos pepoiēkōs“? kai ereis autois" ,,Hē psychē hē hamartanousa autē apothaneitaiʼ huios ou lēpsetai adikian patros, kai patēr ou lēpsetai adikian huiou" dikaiosynē dikaiou ep auton estai, kai anomia anomou epi auton estaiʼ 19. kai met᾽ oliga phēsin: ,,En tǭ apostrepsai dikaion ek tēs dikaiosynēs autou kai poiēsai adikian, kata pasas tas anomias autou, pasai hai dikaiosynai autou, has epoiēsen, ou mē mnēsthōsin; en tę̄ adikią autou hę̄ ēdikēsen, kai en tę̄ hamartią autou hę̄ hēmarten, en autę̄ apothaneitai. 20. kai met᾽ oliga epagei" »En tǭ apostrepsai anomon apo tēs anomias autou hēs epoiēsen, kai poiēsei krima kai dikaiosynēn, houtos tēn psychēn autou ephylaxen kai apestrepsen apo pasōn tōn asebeiōn autou hōn epoiēsen, zōę̄ zēsetai kai ouk apothaneitai“. 21. kai hexēs" ,,Hekaston kata tas hodous hymōn krinō hymas, oikos ᾿Israēl, legei Adōnai kyrios"

“Why do you speak this parable among yourselves in the land of Israel: The fathers ate sour grapes, and the children’s teeth were set on edge? As I live, says the Lord Adonai, this parable shall no longer be spoken among you in Israel. For all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. [15] The soul that sins, it shall die. But the man who is righteous, doing judgment and righteousness —” and, going on to list the remaining virtues, he seals it, saying: [16] “Such a one is righteous; he shall surely live, says the Lord Adonai. And if he begets a son who is a pestilent man, shedding blood, he did not walk in the way of his righteous father.” [17] And after adding what follows, he brings in at the end: “He shall not live; he has done all these lawless things, he shall surely die, his blood shall be upon him. [18] And you will say: Why did the son not bear the father’s injustice, or his righteousness, having done righteousness and mercy?” And you shall say to them: “The soul that sins, it shall die; the son shall not bear the injustice of the father, nor shall the father bear the injustice of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the lawlessness of the lawless shall be upon him.” [19] And a little later he says: “When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, according to all his lawless deeds, all his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered; in the injustice that he has committed and in the sin that he has sinned, in it he shall die.” [20] And a little later he adds: “When the lawless turns away from the lawlessness that he has done, and does judgment and righteousness, he has guarded his soul and turned away from all the ungodly deeds that he has done; he shall surely live and shall not die.” [21] And next: “I will judge each of you according to your ways, O house of Israel, says the Lord Adonai.”

Ezek 18:2–5 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:9–10 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:19–20 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:27–28 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:30 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ezekiel 18 is quoted at length: each soul is judged for its own sin, and the repentant wicked man lives.

Funk’s sections 15–21 sit inside this staged ref (numerals lost or misread); marked [15]–[21]. Ezek 18:2–5, 9–10, 13, 19–20, 24, 27–28, 30. In section 18 the words “or his righteousness” are not in the LXX of Ezek 18:19 and make the question awkward; they are translated as printed.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.14.14 (Funk 1:55–59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-14-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 15

2.15.1Funk 1:59

Ὁρᾶτε, τέκνα ἡμῶν ἠγαπημένα, πῶς εὔσπλαγχνος μετὰ δικαιοσύνης κύριος ὃ θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, καὶ ,,ἀθῳῶν οὐχ ἀθωώσει τὸν ἔνοχον“, καὶ τὸν ἐπιστρέφοντα προσιέμενος καὶ ζωοποιῶν, μὴ καταλιπὼν τόπον ὑπονοίας τοῖς ἀπηνῶς βουλομένοις κρίνειν καὶ τέλεον ἀποστρέφεσθαι τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας καὶ μὴ κοινωνεῖν αὐτοῖς λόγων παρακλητικῶν πρὸς μετάνοιαν ἐπαναγαγεῖν δυναμένων, οἷς ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων ὁ θεὸς διὰ Ἡσαΐου λέγει πρὸς τοὺς ἐπισκόπους᾽ ,, Παρακαλεῖτε, παρακαλεῖτε τὸν λαόν μου, ἱερεῖς, λαλήσατε εἰς τὴν καρδίαν Ἱερουσαλήμ“.

Horate, tekna hēmōn ēgapēmena, pōs eusplanchnos meta dikaiosynēs kyrios ho theos hēmōn, agathos kai philanthrōpos, kai ,,athǭōn ouch athōōsei ton enochon“, kai ton epistrephonta prosiemenos kai zōopoiōn, mē katalipōn topon hyponoias tois apēnōs boulomenois krinein kai teleon apostrephesthai tous hamartanontas kai mē koinōnein autois logōn paraklētikōn pros metanoian epanagagein dynamenōn, hois ek tōn enantiōn ho theos dia Hēsaïou legei pros tous episkopous᾽ ,, Parakaleite, parakaleite ton laon mou, hiereis, lalēsate eis tēn kardian Hierousalēm“.

You see, our beloved children, how compassionate, together with righteousness, the Lord our God is, good and loving toward mankind; and “while acquitting he will not acquit the guilty,” yet he receives the one who turns and gives him life, leaving no ground for suspicion to those who wish to judge pitilessly and to turn away completely from sinners and not to share with them words of exhortation able to lead them back to repentance. To them, on the contrary, God says through Isaiah, addressing the bishops: “Comfort, comfort my people, O priests; speak to the heart of Jerusalem.”

Exod 34:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 40:1–2 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: God is both just and merciful, and through Isaiah commands the bishops to comfort his people.

Exod 34:7; Isa 40:1–2 (LXX, with “priests”).

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Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.15.1 (Funk 1:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-15-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.15.2Funk 1:59

χρὴ οὖν ὑμᾶς αὐτοῦ ἀκούοντας παρακαλεῖν τοὺς ἡμαρτηκότας καὶ πρὸς μετάνοιαν παρορμᾶν καὶ εὐέλπιδας ποιεῖν, καὶ μὴ ὑπονοεῖν ὡς κοινωνικοὺς γινομένους τῶν πλημμεληθέντων αὐτοῖς ἕνεκεν τῆς εἰς αὐτοὺς ἀγάπης.

chrē oun hymas autou akouontas parakalein tous hēmartēkotas kai pros metanoian parorman kai euelpidas poiein, kai mē hyponoein hōs koinōnikous ginomenous tōn plēmmelēthentōn autois heneken tēs eis autous agapēs.

You, then, hearing him, must comfort those who have sinned, urge them to repentance and give them good hope, and not suspect that you become sharers in their transgressions because of your love for them.

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Summary: Bishops must comfort and encourage sinners without fearing contamination.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὑπογοεῖν ὡς κοινωνικοὺ: → ὑπονοεῖν ὡς κοινωνικοὺς; ἕνεχεν → ἕνεκεν.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.15.2 (Funk 1:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-15-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.15.3Funk 1:59–61

ἀσμένως δὲ τοὺς μετανοοῦντας προσδέχεσθε, χαίροντες ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς, μετὰ ἐλέους καὶ οἰκτιρμῶν κρίνοντες τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας" ἐὰν γὰρ τὸν παρὰ ποταμὸν βαδίζοντα καὶ μέλλοντα ὀλισθαίνειν κεραίαις ὥσας εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν ἐμβάλῃς ἀντὶ τοῦ χεῖρα μᾶλλον ὀρέξαι, ἐφόνευσάς σου τὸν ἀδελφόν, δέον μᾶλλον τῷ ὀλισθαίνοντι ἐπιδοῦναι δεξιάν, ἵνα μὴ τελείως ἀπόληται, ὅπως καὶ ὃ λαὸς νουθετῆται καὶ ὁ ἁμαρτήσας μὴ κατὰ πᾶν ἀπόληται.

asmenōs de tous metanoountas prosdechesthe, chairontes ep᾽ autois, meta eleous kai oiktirmōn krinontes tous hamartanontas" ean gar ton para potamon badizonta kai mellonta olisthainein keraiais hōsas eis ton potamon embalę̄s anti tou cheira mallon orexai, ephoneusas sou ton adelphon, deon mallon tǭ olisthainonti epidounai dexian, hina mē teleiōs apolētai, hopōs kai ho laos nouthetētai kai ho hamartēsas mē kata pan apolētai.

Receive the penitent gladly, rejoicing over them, and judge sinners with mercy and compassion. For if, when someone is walking by a river and about to slip, you push him into the river with a pole instead of stretching out your hand to him, you have murdered your brother; whereas you ought rather to give your right hand to the one who is slipping, so that he may not perish completely, and so that the people too may be admonished and the sinner may not perish altogether.

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Summary: Pushing away a sinner who is slipping is like drowning one’s brother; one must give him a hand.

“With a pole” renders κεραίαις, which can also mean “with horns”.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀσμένως ὁὀὲ → ἀσμένως δὲ; οἰχτιρμῶν → οἰκτιρμῶν; τὸν» παρὰ → τὸν παρὰ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.15.3 (Funk 1:59–61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-15-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.15.4Funk 1:61

δεῖ δέ σε, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, μήτε παρορᾶν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα τοῦ λαοῦ, μήτε τοὺς μετανοοῦντας ἀποστρέφεσθαι, ὅπως μὴ διαφθείρῃς ὡς ἄπειρος τὸ ποίμνιον κυρίου καὶ φαυλίσῃς αὑτοῦ τὸ ὄνομα τὸ καινὸν τὸ εἰς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπιτεθέν, καὶ ὀνειδισθήσῃ καθάπερ καὶ οἱ παλαιοὶ ποιμένες, περὶ ὧν ἔλεγεν ὃ θεὸς τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ·,, Ποιμένες πολλοὶ διέφθειραν τὸν ἀμπελῶνά μου, ἐμόλυναν τὴν κληρονομίαν μου“, καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις", Ἐπὶ τοὺς ποιμένας παρωξύνθη ὃ θυμός μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀμνοὺς ὀργισθήσομαι“, καὶ ἐν ἑτέροις· ,,Ὑμεῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ φαυλίζοντες τὸ ὄνομά μου“.

dei de se, ō episkope, mēte paroran ta hamartēmata tou laou, mēte tous metanoountas apostrephesthai, hopōs mē diaphtheirę̄s hōs apeiros to poimnion kyriou kai phaulisę̄s hautou to onoma to kainon to eis ton laon autou epitethen, kai oneidisthēsę̄ kathaper kai hoi palaioi poimenes, peri hōn elegen ho theos tǭ Hieremią;,, Poimenes polloi diephtheiran ton ampelōna mou, emolynan tēn klēronomian mou“, kai en allois", Epi tous poimenas parōxynthē ho thymos mou, kai epi tous amnous orgisthēsomai“, kai en heterois; ,,Hymeis hoi hiereis hoi phaulizontes to onoma mou“.

You must, O bishop, neither overlook the sins of the people nor turn away the penitent, lest as an unskilled shepherd you destroy the Lord’s flock and dishonour his new name laid upon his people, and you be reproached like the shepherds of old, of whom God said to Jeremiah: “Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have polluted my inheritance”; and elsewhere: “My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will be angry with the lambs”; and in other places: “You priests who dishonour my name.”

Jer 12:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Zech 10:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 1:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 62:2 (allusion, low confidence)

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Summary: A bishop who neglects sin or rejects the penitent is like the faithless shepherds condemned by the prophets.

Jer 12:10; Zech 10:3; Mal 1:6. The “new name”: Isa 62:2; 65:15.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): “Ιερεμίᾳ᾽ → Ἱερεμίᾳ·; ἔν ἑτέροις. οΥ̓μεῖς → ἐν ἑτέροις· ,,Ὑμεῖς.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.15.4 (Funk 1:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-15-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 16

2.16.1Funk 1:61

Ἰδὼν δὲ σὺ τὸν ἡμαρτηκότα, πικρανθεὶς κέλευσον αὐτὸν ἔξω gano καὶ ἐξελθόντι αὐτῷ πικραινέσθωσαν οἱ διάκονοι, καὶ ἐπιζητοῦντες κατεχέτωσαν αὐτὸν ἔξω τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ εἰσελθόντες ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ σε ἐρωτάτωσαν᾽ʼ καὶ γὰρ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων ὃ σωτὴρ τὸν πατέρα ἠξίου, ὡς γέγραπται ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ: ,,Πάτερ, ἄφες αὐτοῖς, οὐ γὰρ οἴδασιν, ὃ ποιοῦσι“.

Idōn de sy ton hēmartēkota, pikrantheis keleuson auton exō gano kai exelthonti autǭ pikrainesthōsan hoi diakonoi, kai epizētountes katechetōsan auton exō tēs ekklēsias, kai eiselthontes hyper autou se erōtatōsan᾽ʼ kai gar hyper tōn hēmartēkotōn ho sōtēr ton patera ēxiou, hōs gegraptai en tǭ Euangeliǭ: ,,Pater, aphes autois, ou gar oidasin, ho poiousi“.

When you see the one who has sinned, show yourself severe and order him to be put out; and when he has gone out, let the deacons too be severe with him, and, seeking him out, keep him outside the church; then let them come in and plead with you for him. For the Saviour too besought the Father for sinners, as it is written in the Gospel: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”

Luke 23:34 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The bishop puts the sinner out of the church; the deacons then intercede for him, as Christ prayed for sinners.

Luke 23:34. The verb for “put out” is garbled in the digital text (“gano”) and is translated by sense.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks removed): "Ióóv ὁὲ σὺ → Ἰδὼν δὲ σὺ; πιχρανθεὶς → πικρανθεὶς; ἐπιξητοῦντες → ἐπιζητοῦντες; xai εἰσελθόντες → καὶ εἰσελθόντες; ,(ἸΠάτερ → ,,Πάτερ; ποιοῦσι“. , M H 2 " H4 ν 2 Z 2 - → ποιοῦσι“..

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.16.1 (Funk 1:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.16.2Funk 1:61

τότε σὺ κελεύσεις εἰσελθεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνακρίνας, εἰ μετανοεῖ καὶ ἄξιός ἐστιν εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ὅλως παραδεχθῆναι, στιβώσας αὐτὸν ἡμέραις νηστειῶν κατὰ τὸ ἁμάρτημα, ἑβδομάδας δύο ἢ τρεῖς ἢ πέντε ἢ ἑπτά, οὕτως αὐτὸν ἀπόλυσον, εἴπας αὐτῷ, ὅσα ἁρμόζει ἡμαρτηκότι εἰς νουθεσίαν ἐπιπλήσσοντα διδάσκειν καὶ παραινεῖν, ὅπως μείνῃ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ ταπεινοφρονῶν καὶ δεόμενος τοῦ θεοῦ τυχεῖν αὐτοῦ εὐμενοῦς, καὶ λέγειν" ,,Ἐὰν ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃ, κύριε κύριε, τίς ὑποστήσεται; ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ὃ ἱλασμός ἐστιν“.

tote sy keleuseis eiselthein auton, kai anakrinas, ei metanoei kai axios estin eis ekklēsian holōs paradechthēnai, stibōsas auton hēmerais nēsteiōn kata to hamartēma, hebdomadas dyo ē treis ē pente ē hepta, houtōs auton apolyson, eipas autǭ, hosa harmozei hēmartēkoti eis nouthesian epiplēssonta didaskein kai parainein, hopōs meinę̄ par᾽ heautǭ tapeinophronōn kai deomenos tou theou tychein autou eumenous, kai legein" ,,Ean anomias paratērēsę̄, kyrie kyrie, tis hypostēsetai? hoti para soi ho hilasmos estin“.

Then you shall order him to come in, and having examined whether he repents and is worthy to be received into the church at all, afflict him with days of fasting according to his sin, two or three or five or seven weeks, and so dismiss him, telling him whatever is fitting for a sinner by way of admonition — rebuking, teaching and exhorting — that he may remain by himself in humility, praying God to find him favourable, and saying: “If you mark iniquities, Lord, Lord, who shall stand? For with you is propitiation.”

Ps 130:3–4 (129:3-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The penitent is examined, given weeks of fasting in proportion to his sin, and sent away to pray in humility.

Ps 130:3–4 (LXX 129:3–4).

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): αὑτον, xoi ἀνακρίνας → αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνακρίνας; ἐβδομάδας → ἑβδομάδας; ἁρμόξει → ἁρμόζει; ὅπως: μείνῃ → ὅπως μείνῃ; ,,(Ἐὰν → ,,Ἐὰν; ἐστι»“ → ἐστιν“.

Topics: Church office, Fasting

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.16.2 (Funk 1:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.16.3Funk 1:61–63

τοιοῦτον γάρ τι ὑπεμφαίνει καὶ τὸ ἐν τῇ Γενέσει εἰρημένον τῷ Κάϊν· ,,Ἥμαρτες; ἡσύχασον“ τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν μὴ προσθῇς. ὅτι γὰρ τὸν ἁμαρτήσαντα δεῖ ὑπὲρ τοῦ οἰκείου πλημμελήματος αἰσχύνRis ἱκανὸν τὸ λόγιον τῷ Μωσῇ ὑπὲρ Μαρίας εἰρημένον, ἡνίκα ἠξίου ἀφεθῆναι αὐτῇ φησὶν γὰρ αὐτῷ ὃ θεός" ,,Εἰ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆς πτύων ἐνέπτυσεν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, οὐκ ἂν ἐνετράπη; ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἀφορισθήτω ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰσελεύσεται“.

toiouton gar ti hypemphainei kai to en tę̄ Genesei eirēmenon tǭ Kaïn; ,,Hēmartes? hēsychason“ tout᾽ estin mē prosthę̄s. hoti gar ton hamartēsanta dei hyper tou oikeiou plēmmelēmatos aischynRis hikanon to logion tǭ Mōsę̄ hyper Marias eirēmenon, hēnika ēxiou aphethēnai autę̄ phēsin gar autǭ ho theos" ,,Ei ho patēr autēs ptyōn eneptysen eis to prosōpon autēs, ouk an enetrapē? hepta hēmeras aphoristhētō exō tēs parembolēs, kai meta tauta eiseleusetai“.

For something of this kind is also hinted at in what was said to Cain in Genesis: “You have sinned; be still,” that is, do not add to it. And that the sinner must be ashamed for his own transgression, the oracle spoken to Moses about Miriam is enough, when he asked that she be forgiven; for God says to him: “If her father had spat in her face, would she not be ashamed? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and after that she shall come in.”

Gen 4:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Num 12:14 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Cain and Miriam show that the sinner must cease from sin and bear a time of shame.

Gen 4:7 (LXX); Num 12:14. The infinitive “to be ashamed” is garbled in the digital text and is translated by sense.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Τενέσει → Γενέσει; τῷ Kaiv- »Huagtte; ἡσύχασον““ → τῷ Κάϊν· ,,Ἥμαρτες; ἡσύχασον“; οἰχείου → οἰκείου; ,Εἰ ὃ πατὴρ → ,,Εἰ ὁ πατὴρ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.16.3 (Funk 1:61–63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-16-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.16.4Funk 1:63

οὕτως οὖν καὶ ὑμᾶς δέον ἐστὶν ποιεῖν, τοὺς ἐφ᾽ ἁμαρτίας λέγοντας μετανοεῖν ἀφορίζειν χρόνον ὡρισμένον κατὰ τὴν ἀναλογίαν τοῦ ἁμαρτήματος, ἔπειτα μετανοοῦντας προσλαμβάνεσθαι, ὡς πατέρες υἱούς.

houtōs oun kai hymas deon estin poiein, tous eph᾽ hamartias legontas metanoein aphorizein chronon hōrismenon kata tēn analogian tou hamartēmatos, epeita metanoountas proslambanesthai, hōs pateres huious.

So you too ought to do: exclude for a fixed time, in proportion to the sin, those who say they repent of their sins, and then receive the penitent as fathers receive sons.

Notes and citation

Summary: Penitents are excluded for a time proportionate to their sin and then received.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.16.4 (Funk 1:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 17

2.17.1Funk 1:63

Εἰ δὲ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος αὐτὸς ἐν προσκόμματι ὑπάρχει, πῶς ἔτι ἐπεξέλθοι ἐκζητῆσαι ἀδικήματά τινος ἢ ἐπιτιμῆσαί τινι, διὰ προσωποληψίαν ἢ διὰ δωροληψίαν ἢ αὐτὸς ἢ οἱ διάκονοι οὐχ ὑπάρχοντες εὐσυνείδητοι;

Ei de ho episkopos autos en proskommati hyparchei, pōs eti epexelthoi ekzētēsai adikēmata tinos ē epitimēsai tini, dia prosōpolēpsian ē dia dōrolēpsian ē autos ē hoi diakonoi ouch hyparchontes eusyneidētoi?

But if the bishop himself is a stumbling block, how can he still go on to search out anyone’s wrongdoings or rebuke anyone, when through partiality or the taking of gifts he himself or his deacons do not have a good conscience?

Notes and citation

Summary: A bishop who is himself corrupt cannot correct others.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐπίσχοπος → ἐπίσκοπος; προσχόμματι → προσκόμματι; ἐχζητῆσαι → ἐκζητῆσαι.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.17.1 (Funk 1:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.17.2Funk 1:63

ὅταν γὰρ ὃ ἄρχων αἰτῇ καὶ ὃ κριτὴς λαμβάνῃ, καὶ οὐ διεξάγεται εἰς τέλος κρίσις" ,,κοινωνοὶ δὲ κλεπτῶν καὶ κρίσει χηρῶν οὐ προσέχοντες“, οὐ δυνήσονται οἱ ὑπὸ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον συνεπιμαχεῖν τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ. ἐροῦσιν γὰρ αὐτῷ τὸ ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ γεγραμμένον" ,, Τί βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ δοκὸν τὴν ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ ὀφθαλμῷ οὐ κατανοεῖς“;

hotan gar ho archōn aitę̄ kai ho kritēs lambanę̄, kai ou diexagetai eis telos krisis" ,,koinōnoi de kleptōn kai krisei chērōn ou prosechontes“, ou dynēsontai hoi hypo ton episkopon synepimachein tǭ episkopǭ. erousin gar autǭ to en tǭ Euangeliǭ gegrammenon" ,, Ti blepeis to karphos to en tǭ ophthalmǭ tou adelphou sou, tēn de dokon tēn en tǭ idiǭ ophthalmǭ ou katanoeis“?

For when the ruler asks and the judge takes, and judgment is not carried through to the end, and they are “partners of thieves and pay no heed to the judgment of widows,” those under the bishop will not be able to fight alongside the bishop. For they will say to him what is written in the Gospel: “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the beam in your own eye?”

Mic 7:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 1:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 7:3 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A bribe-taking bishop loses the support of his people, who will throw Christ’s word about the speck and the beam at him.

Mic 7:3; Isa 1:23; Matt 7:3.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ,,χοι"ωνοὶ“΄ δὲ ,, κλεπτῶν → ,,κοινωνοὶ δὲ κλεπτῶν; Ευαγγελίῳ → Εὐαγγελίῳ; τὴ» δὲ δοκὸν → τὴν δὲ δοκὸν.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.17.2 (Funk 1:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.17.3Funk 1:63–65

εὐλαβείσθω οὖν ὃ ἐπίσκοπος σὺν τοῖς διακόνοις αὐτοῦ ἀκοῦσαι ῥῆμά τι τοιοῦτον· τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν μὴ διδότω ἀφορμήν. ὃ γὰρ ἁμαρτάνων ἐπὰν ἴδῃ τινὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ ὁρῶντα, οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς τὸ τὰ αὐτὰ ποιεῖν" εἶτα ὃ πονηρὸς, δι᾽ ἑνὸς ἀφορμὴν λαβών, εἰς ἑτέρους ἐνεργεῖ, ὃ μὴ γένοιτο" καὶ οὕτως διαστραφήσεται τὸ ποίμνιον" πλειόνων γὰρ ὄντων τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων, πλείων ἔσται καὶ ἡ δι αὐτῶν ἐπιτελουμένη κακία. 4. ἁμαρτία γὰρ ἀνεξέλεγκτος ἑαυτῆς χείρων γίνεται καὶ εἰς ἄλλους τὴν διανομὴν λαμβάνει" ἐπεὶ καὶ ,,ζύμη μικρὰ πλήρωμα φυράματος δολοῖ“, καὶ εἷς κλέπτης εἰς ὅλον ἔθνος τὸ μύσος ἐπήγαγεν, ,,καὶ μυῖαι θανοῦσαι σαπριοῦσι σκευασίαν ἡδύσματος ἐλαίου“, καὶ ,,βασιλέως ὑπακούοντος λόγον ἄδικον, πάντες οἱ ὑπʼ αὐτὸν ὑπηρέται παράνομοι“. οὕτω καὶ πρόβατον ψωραλέον μεταδίδωσιν ἑτέροις τῆς νόσου, μὴ χωρισθὲν τῶν ὑγιαινόντων προβάτων, καὶ ἄνθρωπος λοιμώσσων πολλοῖς φυλακτέος, καὶ κύων λύσσῃ συσχεθεὶς ἐπικίνδυνος παντί, ᾧ δ᾽ ἂν προσάψῃ. ἐὰν οὖν καὶ ἄνθρωπον παράνομον μὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τοῦ θεοῦ χωρίσωμεν, ποιήσομεν τὸν οἶκον κυρίου σπήλαιον λῃστῶν“.

eulabeisthō oun ho episkopos syn tois diakonois autou akousai rhēma ti toiouton; tout᾽ estin mē didotō aphormēn. ho gar hamartanōn epan idę̄ tina homoia autǭ horōnta, oikodomēthēsetai eis to ta auta poiein" eita ho ponēros, di᾽ henos aphormēn labōn, eis heterous energei, ho mē genoito" kai houtōs diastraphēsetai to poimnion" pleionōn gar ontōn tōn hamartanontōn, pleiōn estai kai hē di autōn epiteloumenē kakia. 4. hamartia gar anexelenktos heautēs cheirōn ginetai kai eis allous tēn dianomēn lambanei" epei kai ,,zymē mikra plērōma phyramatos doloi“, kai heis kleptēs eis holon ethnos to mysos epēgagen, ,,kai muiai thanousai sapriousi skeuasian hēdysmatos elaiou“, kai ,,basileōs hypakouontos logon adikon, pantes hoi hypʼ auton hypēretai paranomoi“. houtō kai probaton psōraleon metadidōsin heterois tēs nosou, mē chōristhen tōn hygiainontōn probatōn, kai anthrōpos loimōssōn pollois phylakteos, kai kyōn lyssę̄ syschetheis epikindynos panti, hǭ d᾽ an prosapsę̄. ean oun kai anthrōpon paranomon mē tēs ekklēsias tou theou chōrisōmen, poiēsomen ton oikon kyriou spēlaion lę̄stōn“.

Let the bishop, then, with his deacons, beware of hearing any such word; that is, let him give no occasion. For when the sinner sees someone else doing the like, he will be built up to do the same things. Then the evil one, taking occasion from one, works in others — may it not happen! And so the flock will be perverted; for the more sinners there are, the greater too will be the wickedness accomplished through them. [4] For sin left unrebuked becomes worse than itself and spreads to others; since “a little leaven corrupts the whole lump,” and one thief brought the abomination upon the whole nation, and “dead flies spoil a preparation of sweet oil,” and “when a king listens to an unjust word, all the servants under him are lawless.” So too a scabby sheep passes its disease on to others if it is not separated from the healthy sheep, and a man with the plague must be guarded against by many, and a dog seized with madness is dangerous to anyone it touches. If, then, we do not separate a lawless man from the church of God, we shall make “the house of the Lord a den of robbers.”

Gal 5:9 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 5:6 (quotation, medium confidence) · Josh 7:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Eccl 10:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 29:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 21:13 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Unrebuked sin spreads like leaven or disease, so the lawless must be separated from the church.

Funk’s section 4 sits inside this staged ref (numeral lost); marked [4]. Gal 5:9 / 1 Cor 5:6; Josh 7; Eccl 10:1; Prov 29:12; Matt 21:13.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral lost; OCR slip): τοιοῦτο»᾽ → τοιοῦτον·; διόότω → διδότω; ἴόῃ → ἴδῃ; Ót ἑνὸς → δι᾽ ἑνὸς; κακία. .. ἁμαρτία yàg → κακία. 4. ἁμαρτία γὰρ; σαπριοῦσι» σκχευασίαν → σαπριοῦσι σκευασίαν; xal ,,βασιλέως → καὶ ,,βασιλέως; οἶχον xvgiov → οἶκον κυρίου.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.17.3 (Funk 1:63–65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-17-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.17.5Funk 1:65

δεῖ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων μὴ παρασιωπᾶν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐλέγχειν, νουθετεῖν, ὑποπιέζειν, στιβοῦν νηστείαις, ὅπως καὶ τοῖς ἑτέροις εὐλάβειαν ἐμποιήσῃ",, Εὐλαβεῖς“ γάρ, φησίν, ποιήσατε τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ“.

dei gar epi tōn hamartanontōn mē parasiōpan, all᾽ elenchein, nouthetein, hypopiezein, stiboun nēsteiais, hopōs kai tois heterois eulabeian empoiēsę̄",, Eulabeis“ gar, phēsin, poiēsate tous huious Israēl“.

For one must not keep silent about sinners, but rebuke, admonish, press down, and afflict them with fasts, so that he may instil reverence in others also; for “Make the sons of Israel reverent,” it says.

Lev 15:31 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Sinners must be rebuked and disciplined so that others learn reverence.

Lev 15:31 (LXX).

Topics: Church office, Fasting

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.17.5 (Funk 1:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-17-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.17.6Funk 1:65

χρὴ γὰρ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον καὶ τῶν ἅμαρτιῶν κωλυτὴν διὰ τῆς νουθεσίας γίνεσθαι, καὶ τῆς δικαιοσύνης σκοπὸν καὶ τῶν ἡτοιμασμένων ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἀγαθῶν κήρυκα καὶ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς ἐν τῇ κρίσει διαγγελτῆρα, ὅπως μὴ καταφρονήσας τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ φυτουργίας ἀκούσῃ διὰ ἀμέλειαν τὸ ἐν τῷ Ὠσηὲ εἰρημένον· ,,Ἱνατί παρεσιωπήσατε ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῆς ἐτρυγήσατε“;

chrē gar ton episkopon kai tōn hamartiōn kōlytēn dia tēs nouthesias ginesthai, kai tēs dikaiosynēs skopon kai tōn hētoimasmenōn hypo theou agathōn kēryka kai tēs mellousēs orgēs en tę̄ krisei diangeltēra, hopōs mē kataphronēsas tēs tou theou phytourgias akousę̄ dia ameleian to en tǭ Ōsēe eirēmenon; ,,Hinati paresiōpēsate asebeian kai ton karpon autēs etrygēsate“?

For the bishop must, by his admonition, become a hindrance to sins, a watchman of righteousness, a herald of the good things prepared by God, and a proclaimer of the wrath to come in the judgment, lest, having despised God’s planting, he hear through his negligence what is said in Hosea: “Why have you kept silent about ungodliness and gathered its fruit?”

Hos 10:13 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop must prevent sin and proclaim reward and judgment, lest Hosea’s rebuke fall on him.

Hos 10:13 (LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): σχοπὸν → σκοπὸν; ἐν τῷ "ont εἰρημένον" ,|Ivati → ἐν τῷ Ὠσηὲ εἰρημένον· ,,Ἱνατί.

Topics: Church office, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.17.6 (Funk 1:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-17-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 2, chapter 18

2.18.1Funk 1:65

Πάντων οὖν ὃ ἐπίσκοπος φροντιζέτω, καὶ τῶν μὴ ἡμαρτηκότων, ἵνα μένωσιν ἀναμάρτητοι, καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων, ἵνα μετανοῶσιν᾽ λέγει γὰρ ὃ κύριος πρὸς ὑμᾶς" ,,Ὁρᾶτε, μὴ καταφρονήσητε ἑνὸς τῶν μικρῶν τούτων“.

Pantōn oun ho episkopos phrontizetō, kai tōn mē hēmartēkotōn, hina menōsin anamartētoi, kai tōn hamartanontōn, hina metanoōsin᾽ legei gar ho kyrios pros hymas" ,,Horate, mē kataphronēsēte henos tōn mikrōn toutōn“.

Let the bishop, then, care for all, both for those who have not sinned, that they may remain sinless, and for those who sin, that they may repent; for the Lord says to you: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones.”

Matt 18:10 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop must care for the sinless and the sinners alike.

Matt 18:10.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ο,Ὁρᾶτε → ,,Ὁρᾶτε; rovrov". → τούτων“..

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.1 (Funk 1:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.2Funk 1:65

καὶ τοῖς μετανοοῦσιν ἄφεσιν διδόναι χρή· ἅμα γὰρ τῷ εἰπεῖν τινα τῶν πλημμελησάντων γνησίᾳ διαθέσει- ,,Ἡμάρτηκα τῷ κυρίῳ“, ἀποκρίνεται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ,,καὶ κύριος ἀφῆκέν σοι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν" θάρσει, οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃς“.

kai tois metanoousin aphesin didonai chrē; hama gar tǭ eipein tina tōn plēmmelēsantōn gnēsią diathesei- ,,Hēmartēka tǭ kyriǭ“, apokrinetai to pneuma to hagion ,,kai kyrios aphēken soi tēn hamartian" tharsei, ou mē apothanę̄s“.

And you must grant forgiveness to the penitent; for as soon as one of those who have transgressed says with a sincere disposition, “I have sinned against the Lord,” the Holy Spirit answers, “And the Lord has put away your sin; take courage, you shall not die.”

2 Sam 12:13 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Forgiveness is to be granted at once to the sincerely penitent, as to David.

2 Sam 12:13, with “take courage” added.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): yon' → χρή·; (Ημάρτηκα τῷ xvolo' → ,,Ἡμάρτηκα τῷ κυρίῳ“; ,,κκαὶ → ,,καὶ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.2 (Funk 1:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.3Funk 1:65

γνώριζε οὖν, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, τὸ ἀξίωμά σου, ὅτι ὡς τοῦ δεσμεῖν ἐκληρώσω τὴν ἐξουσίαν, οὕτως καὶ τοῦ λύειν. ἐξουσίαν οὖν ἔχων τοῦ λύειν γνώριζε σεαυτὸν καὶ ἀξίως τοῦ τόπου σου ἐν τῷδε τῷ βίῳ ἀναστρέφου, εἰδώς, ὅτι πλείονα αὐτὸς ἀπαιτηθήσῃ τὸν λόγον. ,,Ὧι γάρ, φησί, παρέθεντο πολύ, περισσότερον ἀπαιτήσουσιν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ“.

gnōrize oun, ō episkope, to axiōma sou, hoti hōs tou desmein eklērōsō tēn exousian, houtōs kai tou lyein. exousian oun echōn tou lyein gnōrize seauton kai axiōs tou topou sou en tǭde tǭ biǭ anastrephou, eidōs, hoti pleiona autos apaitēthēsę̄ ton logon. ,,Hōi gar, phēsi, parethento poly, perissoteron apaitēsousin par᾽ autou“.

Know, then, O bishop, your dignity: that as you have received the authority to bind, so also the authority to loose. Having, then, authority to loose, know yourself and conduct yourself in this life worthily of your place, knowing that you will be required to give a greater account. For “from him to whom they entrusted much,” it says, “they will demand more.”

Luke 12:48 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop holds authority to bind and loose and will answer for more than others.

Luke 12:48.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): inióxoxt → ἐπίσκοπε; ,94* γάρ → ,,Ὧι γάρ.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.3 (Funk 1:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.4Funk 1:65–67

ἀναμάρτητος μὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώπων οὐδεὶς παρὲξ τοῦ γενομένου δι᾽ ἡμᾶς ἀνθρώπου, ἐπεὶ γέγραπται" »Οὐδεὶς καθαρὸς ἀπὸ ῥύπου, οὐδ᾽ ἂν μία ἡμέρα ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ“. 5. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τῶν προγεγενημένων δικαίων τε καὶ πατριαρχῶν οἱ βίοι καὶ αἱ ἀναστροφαὶ ἀνεγράφησαν, οὐχ ἵνα ἐκείνους ὀνειδίζωμεν ἀναγινώσκοντες, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα ἡμεῖς μετανοῶμεν καὶ εὐέλπιδες γινώμεθα ὡς ἀφέσεως τευξόμενοι. τὰ γὰρ ἐκείνων ῥύπη ἡμετέρα ἀσφάλεια καὶ παραίνεσις, ὅτι καὶ ἡμεῖς ἁμαρτήσαντες, ἐὰν μετανοήσωμεν, συγγνώμην ἕξομεν, ἐπεὶ γέγραπται", Τίς καυχήσεται ἁγνὴν ἔχειν τὴν καρδίαν, ἢ τίς παρρησιάσεται καθαρὸς εἶναι ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας“;

anamartētos men gar anthrōpōn oudeis parex tou genomenou di᾽ hēmas anthrōpou, epei gegraptai" »Oudeis katharos apo rhypou, oud᾽ an mia hēmera hē zōē autou“. 5. dia touto kai tōn progegenēmenōn dikaiōn te kai patriarchōn hoi bioi kai hai anastrophai anegraphēsan, ouch hina ekeinous oneidizōmen anaginōskontes, all᾽ hina hēmeis metanoōmen kai euelpides ginōmetha hōs apheseōs teuxomenoi. ta gar ekeinōn rhypē hēmetera asphaleia kai parainesis, hoti kai hēmeis hamartēsantes, ean metanoēsōmen, syngnōmēn hexomen, epei gegraptai", Tis kauchēsetai hagnēn echein tēn kardian, ē tis parrēsiasetai katharos einai apo hamartias“?

For no one among men is without sin except him who became man for our sake, since it is written: “No one is pure from filth, not even if his life is one day.” [5] For this reason the lives and conduct of the righteous men and patriarchs before us were recorded, not that we might reproach them when we read, but that we might repent and have good hope of obtaining forgiveness. For their stains are our security and exhortation, that we too, if we sin and repent, shall have pardon; since it is written: “Who will boast of having a pure heart, or who will be bold to say he is pure from sin?”

Job 14:4–5 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 20:9 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Only Christ is sinless; the recorded sins of the patriarchs give sinners hope of pardon through repentance.

Funk’s section 5 sits inside this staged ref (numeral misread); marked [5]. Job 14:4–5 (LXX); Prov 20:9.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral misread): δι᾿ ἡμᾷς ὠνθρώπου → δι᾽ ἡμᾶς ἀνθρώπου; 7j ζωὴ → ἡ ζωὴ; αὐτοῦ“. $. διὰ → αὐτοῦ“. 5. διὰ; peravoioaypuev → μετανοήσωμεν; καρδίαν, ] τίς → καρδίαν, ἢ τίς.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.4 (Funk 1:65–67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.6Funk 1:67

οὐδεὶς οὖν ἀναμάρτητος" σὺ οὖν κατὰ δύναμιν σπούδαζε ἀνεπίληπτος εἶναι, καὶ περὶ πάντων μερίμνα, μὴ διὰ σέ τις σκανδαλισθεὶς ἀπόληται. ὃ γὰρ λαϊκὸς περὶ ἑαυτοῦ μόνου μεριμνᾷ, σὺ δὲ περὶ πάντων, ὡς πλεῖον ἔχων βάρος καὶ μεῖζον βαστάζων φορτίον· γέγραπται γάρ᾽ ,,Καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Μωσῆν· σὺ καὶ Ἀαρὼν λήψεσθε τὰς ἁμαρτίας τῆς ἱερατείας“.

oudeis oun anamartētos" sy oun kata dynamin spoudaze anepilēptos einai, kai peri pantōn merimna, mē dia se tis skandalistheis apolētai. ho gar laïkos peri heautou monou merimną, sy de peri pantōn, hōs pleion echōn baros kai meizon bastazōn phortion; gegraptai gar᾽ ,,Kai eipen kyrios pros Mōsēn; sy kai Aarōn lēpsesthe tas hamartias tēs hierateias“.

No one, then, is without sin. So, as far as you can, strive to be irreproachable, and care for everyone, lest anyone stumble because of you and perish. For the layman cares for himself alone, but you for all, as one who has a heavier weight and carries a greater burden; for it is written: “And the Lord said to Moses: You and Aaron shall bear the sins of the priesthood.”

Num 18:1 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The bishop bears responsibility for all, as Moses and Aaron bore the sins of the priesthood.

Num 18:1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): σκανδαλισθ εὶς → σκανδαλισθεὶς; φορτίον» γέγραπται → φορτίον· γέγραπται; »Καὶ. εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Moor: → ,,Καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Μωσῆν·; Δαρὼν → Ἀαρὼν.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.6 (Funk 1:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.7Funk 1:67–69

ὡς περὶ πλειόνων οὖν ἀπολογούμενος περὶ πάντων φρόντιζε, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ὑγιεῖς συντήρει, τοὺς δὲ ἡμαρτηκότας νουθέτει, καὶ στιβῶν ἐν τῇ νηστείᾳ ἐν τῇ ἀφέσει ἐλάφρυνον, καὶ προσκλαύσαντα εἰσδέχου πάσης τῆς ἐκκλησίας ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δεομένης, καὶ χειροθετήσας αὐτὸν ἔα λοιπὸν εἶναι ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳʼ τοὺς δὲ ὑπνώδεις καὶ παρειμένους ἐπέσερεζε, ὑποστήριζε, παρακάλει, θεράπευε, ἐπιστάμενος, ἡλίκον μισθὸν ἔχεις ταῦτα ἐπιτελῶν, ὥσπερ οὖν καὶ κίνδυνον, ἐὰν ἀμελῇς τούτων.

hōs peri pleionōn oun apologoumenos peri pantōn phrontize, kai tous men hygieis syntērei, tous de hēmartēkotas nouthetei, kai stibōn en tę̄ nēsteią en tę̄ aphesei elaphrynon, kai prosklausanta eisdechou pasēs tēs ekklēsias hyper autou deomenēs, kai cheirothetēsas auton ea loipon einai en tǭ poimniǭʼ tous de hypnōdeis kai pareimenous epesereze, hypostērize, parakalei, therapeue, epistamenos, hēlikon misthon echeis tauta epitelōn, hōsper oun kai kindynon, ean amelę̄s toutōn.

As one who must give account for many, then, take thought for all: preserve the healthy, admonish those who have sinned, and when you have afflicted them with fasting, relieve them with forgiveness; and when one has wept before God, receive him while the whole church prays for him, and having laid hands on him, let him from then on be in the flock. Rouse the drowsy and the slack, support them, exhort them, heal them, knowing how great a reward you have if you do these things, and likewise how great a danger if you neglect them.

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Summary: The bishop must restore penitents with the laying on of hands and rouse the negligent.

“Rouse” renders a word garbled in the digital text (“ἐπέσερεζε”), translated by sense. Reconciliation of penitents by the laying on of hands.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; apparatus reference removed): iv τῇ νηστείᾳ → ἐν τῇ νηστείᾳ; xal προσχλαύσαντα → καὶ προσκλαύσαντα; ἐχχλησίας → ἐκκλησίας; τούτων. 21 Mt. 5, 12. → τούτων..

Topics: Church office, Fasting

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.7 (Funk 1:67–69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.8Funk 1:69

λέγει γὰρ πρὸς τοὺς ἀμελοῦντας τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπισκόπους ᾿Ιεζεκιήλ᾽ ,,Οὐαὶ τοῖς ποιμέσι τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, οἱ ἐποίμαινον ἑαυτούς" οὐ τὰ πρόβατα ποιμαίνουσιν οἱ ποιμένες, ἀλλ᾽ ἑαυτούς. τὸ γάλα κατεσθίετε καὶ τὰ ἔρια περιβάλλεσθε, τὸ ἰσχυρὸν σφάζετε, τὰ πρόβατα οὐ ποιμαίνετε" τὸ ἐνοχλούμενον οὐκ ἐνισχύσατε καὶ τὸ ἀρρωστοῦν οὐκ ἰάσασθε καὶ τὸ συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεδήσατε, τὸ ἐξωσμένον οὗ κατεπεστρέψατε καὶ τὸ ἀπολωλὸς οὐκ ἐζητήσατε, καὶ ἐν κράτει ἐπαιδεύσατε αὐτὰ μετὰ ἐμπαιγμοῦ" καὶ διεσπάρησαν παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ποιμένα, καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰς κατάβρωμα πᾶσι τοῖς θηρίοις τοῦ δρυμοῦ“.

legei gar pros tous amelountas tou laou episkopous ᾿Iezekiēl᾽ ,,Ouai tois poimesi tou Israēl, hoi epoimainon heautous" ou ta probata poimainousin hoi poimenes, all᾽ heautous. to gala katesthiete kai ta eria periballesthe, to ischyron sphazete, ta probata ou poimainete" to enochloumenon ouk enischysate kai to arrōstoun ouk iasasthe kai to syntetrimmenon ou katedēsate, to exōsmenon hou katepestrepsate kai to apolōlos ouk ezētēsate, kai en kratei epaideusate auta meta empaigmou" kai diesparēsan para to mē einai poimena, kai egenonto eis katabrōma pasi tois thēriois tou drymou“.

For Ezekiel says to the bishops who neglect the people: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who fed themselves! The shepherds do not feed the sheep, but themselves. You eat the milk and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the strong, you do not feed the sheep. The weak you did not strengthen, the sick you did not heal, the broken you did not bind up, the one driven away you did not bring back, the lost you did not seek; and you ruled them with force and with mockery. And they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and became food for all the beasts of the forest.”

Ezek 34:2–5 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Ezekiel’s woe on the shepherds who feed themselves is applied to negligent bishops.

Ezek 34:2–5 (LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): »Θυαὶ → ,,Οὐαὶ; ποιμὰίνουσιν → ποιμαίνουσιν; oux ἰάσασθε → οὐκ ἰάσασθε.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.8 (Funk 1:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.9Funk 1:69

καὶ πάλιν", Καὶ οὐκ ἐξεζήτησαν οἱ ποιμένες τὰ πρόβατά μου, καὶ ἐποίμαινον οἱ ποιμένες ἑαυτούς, τὰ δὲ πρόβατά μου οὐκ ἐποίμαινον“.

kai palin", Kai ouk exezētēsan hoi poimenes ta probata mou, kai epoimainon hoi poimenes heautous, ta de probata mou ouk epoimainon“.

And again: “And the shepherds did not seek out my sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves, but my sheep they did not feed.”

Ezek 34:8 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Ezekiel again accuses the self-serving shepherds.

Ezek 34:8.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.9 (Funk 1:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.10Funk 1:69–71

καὶ μετ᾽ ὀλίγον" ,,ἸΙδοὺ ἐγὼ πρὸς τοὺς ποιμένας, καὶ ἐκζητήσω ἐγὼ τὰ πρόβατά μου ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ καταπαύσω αὐτοὺς τοῦ ποιμαίνειν τὰ πρόβατά μου, καὶ οὐ ποιμανοῦσιν ἔτι οἱ ποιμένες ἑαυτούς, καὶ ῥύσομαι τὰ πρόβατά μου ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔσονται αὐτοῖς εἰς κατάβρωμα“. 11. καὶ ἐπιφέρει καὶ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν λέγων· ,, Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κρινῶ ἄνα μέσον προβάτου εἰς πρόβατον, καὶ κριὸν πρὸς κριόν. μὴ μικρὸν ἣν ὑμῖν, ὅτι τὴν νομὴν τὴν καλὴν ἐνέμεσθε, καὶ τὰ κατάλοιπα τῆς νομῆς κατεπατεῖτε τοῖς ποσὶν ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα τὰ πατήματα τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἤσθιον“;

kai met᾽ oligon" ,,IIdou egō pros tous poimenas, kai ekzētēsō egō ta probata mou ek cheiros autōn, kai katapausō autous tou poimainein ta probata mou, kai ou poimanousin eti hoi poimenes heautous, kai rhysomai ta probata mou ek cheiros autōn, kai ouk esontai autois eis katabrōma“. 11. kai epipherei kai pros ton laon legōn; ,, Idou egō krinō ana meson probatou eis probaton, kai krion pros krion. mē mikron hēn hymin, hoti tēn nomēn tēn kalēn enemesthe, kai ta kataloipa tēs nomēs katepateite tois posin hymōn, kai ta probata ta patēmata tōn podōn hymōn ēsthion“?

And a little later: “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand, and I will make them cease from feeding my sheep; and the shepherds shall no longer feed themselves, and I will rescue my sheep from their hand, and they shall no longer be food for them.” [11] And he adds, speaking to the people too: “Behold, I will judge between sheep and sheep, and ram and ram. Was it a small thing to you that you fed on the good pasture, and trampled the rest of the pasture with your feet, and the sheep ate what your feet had trampled?”

Ezek 34:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 34:17–19 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: God will rescue his sheep from bad shepherds and judge between sheep and sheep.

Funk’s section 11 sits inside this staged ref (numeral misread); marked [11]. Ezek 34:10, 17–19.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral misread; OCR slip): ἐχζητήσω → ἐκζητήσω; ol ποιμένες → οἱ ποιμένες; ῥδύσομαι → ῥύσομαι; κατάβρωμα“. τ. καὶ ἐπιφέρει καὶ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν Afyov' → κατάβρωμα“. 11. καὶ ἐπιφέρει καὶ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν λέγων·; tà κατάλοιπα → τὰ κατάλοιπα; ἤσθιον““; → ἤσθιον“;.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.10 (Funk 1:69–71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.18.12Funk 1:71

καὶ ἐπιφέρει μετ᾽ ὀλίγα" ,, Καὶ γνώσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος καὶ ὑμεῖς πρόβατα τῆς νομῆς μου· ἄνθρωποί μου ἐστέ, καὶ ἐγὼ θεὸς ὑμῶν, λέγει Ἀδωναὶ κύριος“.

kai epipherei met᾽ oliga" ,, Kai gnōsesthe, hoti egō kyrios kai hymeis probata tēs nomēs mou; anthrōpoi mou este, kai egō theos hymōn, legei Adōnai kyrios“.

And a little later he adds: “And you shall know that I am the Lord, and you are the sheep of my pasture; you are my people, and I am your God, says the Lord Adonai.”

Ezek 34:30–31 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: God claims his people as the sheep of his pasture.

Ezek 34:30–31.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ust? ὀλίγα → μετ᾽ ὀλίγα; uov' → μου·.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 2.18.12 (Funk 1:71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/2-6-1/#p-2-18-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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