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Apostolic Constitutions

Early Church documents voice, d. ~380

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This site quotes Apostolic Constitutions 32 times across 17 books, and lists 0 works.

  • Lived died 380.
  • Quoted here most in Proverbs: 7 of 32.

Apostolic Constitutions

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Quoted in full, because Apostolic Constitutions died in 380 and these works are out of copyright. Each citation below names its edition and its year. A citation naming a modernised text means that edition makes its own editorial changes, and that edition's terms are not in this site's record.

“‘You shall not steal:’ [Exodus 20:15] for Achan, when he had stolen in Israel at Jericho, was stoned to death; [Joshua 7:1] and Gehazi, who stole, and told a lie, inherited the leprosy of Naaman; [2 Kings 5:27] and Judas, who stole the poor's money…”

Apostolic Constitutions (Book VII), Section 1, II, 380

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betrayed the Lord of glory to the Jews, [John 12:6] and repented, and hanged himself, and burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out; [Matthew 27:5; Acts 1:18] and Ananias, and Sapphira his wife, who stole their own goods, and "tempted the Spirit of the Lord," were immediately, at the sentence of Peter our fellow-apostle, struck dead. [Acts 5:1-11]

Exodus 20:15 You shall not steal. BSB

“For you know undoubtedly that those that are by us named bishops, and presbyters, and deacons, were made by prayer, and by the laying on of hands; and that by the difference of their names is showed the difference of their employments.”

Apostolic Constitutions (Book VIII), Section 5, XLVI, 380

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For not every one that will is ordained, as the case was in that spurious and counterfeit priesthood of the calves under Jeroboam; [1 Kings 13:33] but he only who is called of God. For if there were no rule or distinction of orders, it would suffice to perform all the offices under one name.

1 Kings 13:33 Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places. BSB

“There is no sin more grievous than idolatry, for it is an impiety against God, and yet even this sin has been forgiven, on sincere repentance.”

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles 2.23, 380

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But if anyone sins in direct opposition and on purpose to try whether God will punish the wicked or not, such a one shall have no remission, although he says to himself, "All is well, and I will walk according to the customs of my evil heart." Such a one was Amon the son of Manasseh.

2 Kings 21:19–23 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served. He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD. Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace. BSB

“Therefore, O bishop, together with your subordinate clergy, endeavor rightly to divide the Word of truth. For the Lord says, ‘If you walk cross-grained to me, I will walk cross-grained to you.’”

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles 2:6.43, 380

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… Walk therefore in holiness, that you may rather appear worthy of praise from the Lord than of complaint from the adversary.

Psalms 18:25 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless; BSB

“Ye wives, be subject to your own husbands, and have them in esteem, and serve them with fear and love, as holy Sarah honoured Abraham.”

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book 6, 380

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For she could not endure to call him by his name, but called him lord, when she said, "My lord is old." In like manner, ye husbands, love your own wives as your own members, as partners in life, and fellow-helpers for the procreation of children. For says He, "Rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 5:18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: BSB

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