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Avoid also the disorderly bathing that takes place in a bath with men; for the nets of the evil one are many. Let a faithful woman not bathe in a bath for both men and women; for if she covers her face, hiding her appearance from strange men with modesty, how shall such a one enter naked into a bath with men? But if there is a women's bath, let her bathe in an orderly manner, with modesty, moderately. Let her not bathe excessively, neither too much nor too often, nor in the middle of the day, but if possible not even every day. Let your appointed time for bathing be the tenth hour; for it is necessary for you, being a faithful woman, to always and in every way flee the curiosity that attracts many eyes. And your contentiousness towards all, but especially towards your husband, cut off, being a faithful woman, so that your husband, whether he be a believer or a gentile, may not be scandalized because of you and blaspheme God, and you be found an heir of woe before God. "For woe," it says, "to him through whom My name is blasphemed among the nations." But if your husband is a believer, he will be compelled, as one who knows the scriptures, to say the word that is written in Wisdom: "It is better to live in a desert than with a talkative and contentious woman." Therefore, you women, through modesty and gentleness, demonstrate piety for the conversion and encouragement to faith of all outsiders, whether women or men. And if we have instructed you by admonishing you with a few words, our sisters and daughters and members, as you yourselves are wise and blameless in life, seek to know the teachings through which you will be able to approach the kingdom of our Lord pleasingly and find rest.

BOOK II Concerning bishops, presbyters, and deacons a. That being unlettered, but experienced in the word, is no hindrance to the episcopate. b. What sort of man the bishop and the rest of the clergy ought to be. c. What sort of man a bishop ought to be proven to be when he is appointed. d. That one must not give to every widow, but sometimes prefer a married woman in need, and that one must not give to a glutton, a drunkard, or an idle person. e. That the bishop must be impartial in judgment, and moderate in character and restrained in lifestyle. f. Concerning the bishop not being greedy for dishonest gain, nor giving surety

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Περιίστασο καὶ τὴν ἐν βαλανείῳ μετὰ ἀνδρῶν ἄτακτον γινομένην λοῦσιν· πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ δίκτυα τοῦ πονηροῦ. Ἀνδρόγυνον γυνὴ πιστὴ μὴ λουέσθω· εἰ γὰρ περικαλύπτεται τὸ πρόσωπον τὴν ἀπ' ἀλλοτρίων ἀνδρῶν ὄψιν μετὰ αἰδοῦς κρύπτουσα, πῶς γυμνὴ μετὰ ἀνδρῶν ἡ τοιαύτη εἰς λουτρὸν εἰσελεύσεται; Γυναικείου δὲ ὄντος βαλανείου, εὐτάκτως μετὰ αἰδοῦς μεμετρημένως λουέσθω. Μὴ περισσοτέραν δὲ λοῦσιν ποιείσθω, μηδὲ πολλὴν μηδὲ πολλάκις μηδὲ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ἀλλ' εἰ δυνατὸν μηδὲ καθ' ἡμέραν. Ὥρα δέ σοι ἔστω τακτὴ ἡ τῆς καιρολουσίας δεκάτη· δεῖ γάρ σε πιστὴν οὖσαν ἐκ παντὸς καὶ πάντοτε τὴν πολυόφθαλμον περιεργίαν φεύγειν. Τὸ δὲ μάχιμόν σου πρὸς πάντας, μάλιστα δὲ πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα σου, περίκοψον πιστὴ ὑπάρχουσα, ἵνα σου ὁ ἀνήρ, ἐὰν ᾖ πιστὸς ἢ ἐθνικός, μὴ διὰ σὲ σκανδαλισθεὶς βλασφημήσῃ Θεὸν καὶ σὺ τοῦ οὐαὶ κληρονόμος εὑρεθήσῃ παρὰ Θεῷ. «Oὐαὶ γάρ, φησίν, δι' οὗ τὸ ὄνομά μου βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.» Eἰ δὲ πιστὸς ὑπάρχει σου ὁ ἀνήρ, ἀναγκασθήσεται ὡς εἰδὼς τὰς γραφὰς εἰπεῖν τὸ ῥῆμα τὸ γεγραμμένον ἐν τῇ Σοφίᾳ· «Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν ἐρήμῳ, ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς γλωσσώδους καὶ μαχίμης.» Aἱ οὖν γυναῖκες διὰ τῆς αἰδοῦς καὶ πραότητος τὴν θεο σέβειαν ἐνδείκνυσθε εἰς ἐπιστροφὴν καὶ προτροπὴν πίστεως καὶ τοῖς ἐκτὸς πᾶσιν εἴτε γυναιξὶν εἴτε ἀνδράσιν. Καὶ εἰ δι' ὀλίγων νουθετήσαντες ἐπαιδεύσαμεν ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφαὶ καὶ θυγατέρες καὶ μέλη ἡμῶν, ὡς σοφαὶ καὶ αὐταὶ ἀλοι δόρητοι τοῦ βίου, ἐκζητεῖτε μαθήματα γινώσκειν, δι' ὧν δυνήσεσθε τῇ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἐγγίσαι βασιλείᾳ εὐαρέστως καὶ ἀναπαύσασθαι.

ΒIΒΛIOΝ Β Περὶ ἐπισκόπων, πρεσβυτέρων καὶ διακόνων Ὅτι τὸ ἀγράμματον εἶναι, ἔμπειρον δὲ τοῦ λόγου, οὐ κωλύει α. πρὸς ἐπισκοπήν. β. Oἷον εἶναι χρὴ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς κληρικούς. γ. Τίνα χρὴ δοκιμάζεσθαι τὸν ἐπίσκοπον προχειριζόμενον. δ. Ὅτι οὐχ ἑκάστῃ χήρᾳ δεῖ μεταδιδόναι, ἀλλ' ἔσθ' ὅτε καὶ τὴν ὕπανδρον δεομένην προκρίνειν, καὶ ὅτι καταφαγῇ, μεθύσῳ, ἀργῷ, οὐ μεταδιδόναι χρή. ε. Ὅτι χρὴ ἀπροσωπόληπτον εἶναι τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἐν τῷ κρίνειν, καὶ τὸ ἦθος μέτριον καὶ τὴν δίαιταν συνεσταλμένον. ς. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ εἶναι τὸν ἐπίσκοπον αἰσχροκερδῆ, μήτε δὲ ἐγγυᾶσθαι