TheThe Didascalia Apostolorum in English / transl. from the Syriac by Margaret Dunlop Gibson. London : Clay, 1903
Content
- Title page
- V Introduction
- XI Contents
- XIII Quotations from the Old Testament contained in the Didascalia
- XVI List of quotations from the New Testament contained in the Didascalia, classified
- 1 Didascalia. Translation
- 2 Chapter I. About the simple and natural law
- 3 Chapter II. That every man should please his wife alone, etc.
- 8 Chapter III. The doctrine about women, that they please and honour their husbands only
- 23 Chapter IV. What sort of man ought to be chosen to be bishopric
- 26 Chapter V. Doctrine and caution for the bishop
- 28 Chapter VI. Also teaches the bishop, that he judge him that sins, as God, &c.
- 34 [Chapter VII. in Cod. S.]
- 40 Chapter VII. A broad doctrine about the bishop himself, &c.
- 42 Chapter VIII. Teaches the same bishop that he be not luxurious, &c.
- 47 Chapter IX. Exhortation to the people that they bring heave offerings of prayers and confessions to God, and that they honour the bishop as God, &c.
- 54 Chapter X. Admonition about false brethren, &c.
- 58 Chapter XI. Again, exhortation to bishops and deacons, that they govern justly, &c.
- 65 Chapter XII. Commands bishops to be quiet and humble, &c. The order of the house of God, &c.
- 67 Chapter XIII. That no christian should neglect the assembly of the church, &c.
- 70 Chapter XIV. About widows
- 71 Chapter XV. How it befits widows to concuct themselves
- 78 Chapter XVI. Of the appointment of deacons and deaconesses
- 80 Chapter XVII. It is right that the bishop should take care of orphans, &c. Those are guilty who take alms when they are not in want
- 81 Chapter XVIII. Exhortation to bishops, concerning gifts
- 84 Chapter XIX. Exhortation to bishops to take care of those who are persecuted
- 88 Chapter XX. About the resurrection of the dead
- 92 Chapter XXI. Exhorting every christian to keep himself from all evil and frivolous conversation, &c. About the holy fast. About the passion and crucifixion of our Lord. About the fourteenth [day] of the passover, about the friday of the passion, and ...
- 101 Chapter XXII. Commandment about children
- 102 Chapter XXIII. About heresies and schisms
- 105 Chapter XXIV. That God hath left the synagogue of the nation, and hath come to the church of the gentiles; and that Satan also hath removed from the jews, and hath come against the church
- 107 Chapter XXV. Teaches that the apostles settled the disputations inthe church, &c.
- 110 Chapter XXVI. Showeth that from the first the apostles turned to the churches of the gentiles, &c.
- 113 Appendix
- Endsheet