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Constitutions of the Holy Apostles
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Introductory Notice to Constitutions of the Holy Apostles.
[2584] The words in italics occur only in the V. mss.
[2585] The V. mss. read: “But if in a small parish one advanced in years is not to be found whom his neighbours testify to be worthy of the office of bishop, and wise enough to be appointed to it, and if there be a young man who has carried,” etc.
[2586] 1 Kings xii. (LXX.).
[2588] 2 Chron. xxiv. 1; 2 Kings xi. 3, 4.
[2592] From the V. mss.; Matt. v. 9.
[2594] 1 Tim. iii. 6; Luke xiv. 11.
[2598] Lev. xxi. 17, etc.
Sec. II.—On the Character and Teaching of the Bishop.
[2599] Prov. xv. 1 (LXX.).
[2603] Not in V. mss. Prov. xxiii. 21.
[2604] Prov. xxiii. 31 (LXX.). The word translated “pestle” has also been rendered “upper room,” and some suppose it corrupt.
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