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Constitutions of the Holy Apostles
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Introductory Notice to Constitutions of the Holy Apostles.
[3686] Acts vi. and Acts vii..
[3687] One V. ms. has the following note: “Bartholomew preached the Gospel according to Matthew to the Indians, who also has been buried in India.”
[3688] Ex. xv. 20; Judg. iv. 4; Luke ii. 36; 2 Kings xxii. 14.
[3690] One V ms. has the following note: “Thomas preached to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, Germans, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, Bardians, who also, having been a martyr, lies in Edessa of Osdroene.”
[3691] The words “for you the bishops” are omitted in the Oxford ms.
[3692] [See vol. v. Elucidation XIV. p. 417.]
[3693] Num. iii.; 1 Chron. vi.
[3694] The Oxford ms. has no part of this chapter. It reads: “A reader is appointed when the bishop gives him a book; for there is no imposition of hands.”
[3696] The Coptic reads, “let him be ordained.”
[3699] The two V. mss. have the following note: “Thaddæus, also called Lebbæus, and who was surnamed Judas the Zealot, preached the truth to the Edessenes and the people of Mesopotamia when Abgarus ruled over Edessa, and has been buried in Berytus of Phoenicia.”
[3700] Judith xvi. 21, 23
[3701] Luke ii. 36, etc.
[3702] The Coptic has, “let him be ordained.”
[3703] Ch. xxvii., xxviii., xxx.-xxxiv., and ch. xlii.-xlvii., occur in Syriac and Coptic, as well as in the Greek mss.
[3704] One V. ms. has the following note: “Simon the Canaanite, preacher of the truth, is crowned with martyrdom in Judea in the reign of Domitian.”
[3705] The words from “concerning” to “constitution” are omitted in the Oxford ms., in Syriac, and Coptic.
Sec. IV.—Certain Prayers and Laws.
[3706] This chapter is not found in the Coptic and Syriac. One V. ms. has the following note: “Matthew (probably a mistake for Matthias) taught the doctrines of Christ in Judea, and was one of the seventy disciples. After the ascension of Christ he was numbered with the twelve apostles, instead of Judas, who was the betrayer. He lies in Jerusalem.”
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