Which are used by the Æthiopian Christians.²⁰³⁶

2036 These were first published in French by Jo. Michael Wanslebius in his book De Ecclesia Alexandrina, Paris, 1677, p. 12; then in Latin, by Job Ludolfus, in his Commentar. ad historiam Æthiopicam, Frankfort, 1691, p. 333; and by William Whiston, in vol. iii. of his Primitive Christianity Revived, published in English at London, 1711, p. 543. He has also noted the passages in the Constitutions Apostolicæ, treating the same matters.

1. Of the holy faith of Jesus Christ.²⁰³⁷

2037 Constit. Apostol., lib. vi. ch. 11, etc.

2. Of bishops.²⁰³⁸

2038 Lib. vii. ch. 41.

3. Of prayers spoken on the ordination of bishops, and of the order of the Missa.²⁰³⁹

2039 Lib. vii. ch. 4, 5, 10. [The service of the faithful, Missa Fidelium, not the modern Mass. See Bingham, book xv. The Missa was an innocent word for the dismission of those not about to receive the Communion.  See Guettée, Exposition, etc., p. 433.]

4. Of the ordination of presbyters.

5. Of the ordination of deacons.

6. Of those who suffer persecution for the faith.²⁰⁴⁰

2040 Lib. viii. ch. 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 45.

7. Of the election of reader and sub-deacon.²⁰⁴¹

2041 Lib. viii. ch. 21, 22.

8. Of the gift of healing.²⁰⁴²

2042 Lib. viii. ch. 1, 2.

9. Of the presbyter who abides in a place inconvenient for his office.²⁰⁴³

2043 Lib. viii. ch. 46, 32.

10. Of those who are converted to the Christian religion.

11. Of him who makes idols.²⁰⁴⁴

2044 Lib. viii. ch. 46, 32.

12. Various pursuits²⁰⁴⁵

2045 Studia.

2046 Lib. viii. ch. 46, 32.

13. Of the place which the highest kings or princes shall occupy in the temple.²⁰⁴⁷

2047 Wanting.

14. That it is not meet for Christians to bear arms.²⁰⁴⁸

2048 Lib. viii. ch. 32.

15. Of works which are unlawful to Christians.²⁰⁴⁹

2049 Lib. viii. ch. 32.

16. Of the Christian who marries a slave-woman.²⁰⁵⁰

2050 Lib. viii. ch. 32.

17. Of the free woman.²⁰⁵¹

2051 Lib. viii. ch. 32.

18. Of the midwife; and that the women ought to be separate from the men in prayer.²⁰⁵²

2052 Lib. ii. ch. 57.

19. Of the catechumen who suffers martyrdom before baptism.²⁰⁵³

2053 Lib. v. ch. 6.

20. Of the fast of the fourth and sixth holiday; and of Lent.²⁰⁵⁴

2054 Lib. v. ch. 13, 15.

21. That presbyters should assemble daily with the people in church.²⁰⁵⁵

2055 Lib. ii. ch. 36.

22. Of the week of the Jews’ passover; and of him who knows not passover (Easter).²⁰⁵⁶

2056 Lib. v. ch. 15, etc.

23. That every one be held to learn doctrine.²⁰⁵⁷

2057 Lib. vii. ch. 39, 40, 41.

24. Of the care of the bishop over the sick.²⁰⁵⁸

2058 Lib. iv. ch. 2.

25. Of him on whom the care of the sick is enjoined; and of the time at which prayers are to be made.²⁰⁵⁹

2059 Lib. iii. ch. 19, viii. ch. 34.

26. Of the time at which exhortations are to be heard.²⁰⁶⁰

2060 Lib. viii. ch. 32.

27. Of him who frequents the temple every day.²⁰⁶¹

2061 Lib. ii. ch. 59.

28. That the faithful ought to eat nothing before the holy communion.²⁰⁶²

2062 Wanting.

29. That care is to be well taken that nothing fall from the chalice to the ground.²⁰⁶³

2063 Wanting,

30. Of catechumens.²⁰⁶⁴

2064 Lib. vii. ch. 39, etc.

31. That a deacon may dispense the Eucharist to the people with permission of a bishop or presbyter.²⁰⁶⁵

2065 Lib. viii. ch. 28.

32. That widows and virgins ought to pray constantly.²⁰⁶⁶

2066 Lib. iii. ch. 6, 7, 13.

33. That commemoration should be made of the faithful dead every day, with the exception of the Lord’s day.²⁰⁶⁷

2067 Lib iv. ch. 14, viii. ch. 41–44.

34. Of the sober behaviour of the secular²⁰⁶⁸

2068 i.e., laymen.

2069 Lib. ii. ch. 57.

35. That deacons may pronounce the benediction and thanksgiving at the love-feasts when a bishop is not present.²⁰⁷⁰

2070 Wanting.

36. Of the first-fruits of the earth, and of vows.²⁰⁷¹

2071 Or offerings. Lib. ii. ch. 25.

37. When a bishop celebrates the holy communion (Synaxis),²⁰⁷²

2072 [Synaxis. Elucidation II.]

2073 Lib. vii. ch. 29, viii. 30, 31. (See the whole history of ecclesiastical antiquity, on this point, in the learned work of Wharton B. Marriott, Vestiarium Christianum, London, Rivingtons, 1868.]

38. That no one ought to sleep on the night of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.²⁰⁷⁴

2074 Lib. viii. ch. 12, v. ch. 19.

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