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or to be an advocate. 7. What sort of person the initiated ought to be. 8. Concerning one who is slandered, or rather, accused. 9. That the bishop ought to be incorruptible. 10. That the bishop who spares the sinner without judgment becomes guilty. 11. How the bishop ought to judge sinners. 12. Instruction on how one ought to treat penitents and various examples of these. 13. That one ought to flee the experience of sins. 14. That one ought to flee not fellowship in word with sinners, but fellowship in deed. 15. That the priest ought neither to overlook sins, nor be hasty in punishing. 16. Concerning repentance, and what is its manner, and how it is achieved. 17. That the bishop ought to be blameless, as an example for those under his authority. 18. That the bishop ought to take care that the people do not sin, because he is a watchman. 19. That both the shepherd who behaves neglectfully towards the sheep pays the penalty, and the sheep that does not obey the shepherd is punished. 20. How the laity ought to honor the bishops, and especially the... 21. That it is dangerous to make a one-sided judgment and to decree a punishment against one who has not yet been convicted. 22. That a great example of repentance is set forth in David, and the Ninevites, and Hezekiah, and his son Manasseh. 23. Against those who sin out of contempt, there is the example of Amon. 24. That Christ our Lord came to save sinners through repentance. 25. Concerning first-fruits and tithes, and how the bishop ought either to partake of them himself or to distribute them to others. 26. To what type and dignity each of those in the clergy has been appointed by God. 27. That it is a dreadful thing for a man to thrust himself into any priestly dignity, as did the followers of Korah, as did Saul, as did Uzziah. 28. Concerning reception, and how each order of the clergy ought to be honored by those who invite them. 29. What is the dignity of the bishop and of the deacon. 30. How the laity ought to obey the deacons. 31. That the deacon ought to do nothing without the bishop. 32. That the deacon ought not to give to anyone against the will of the bishop, for he would do this to the slander of the bishop.

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ἢ συνηγορεῖν. ζ. Oἷον χρὴ εἶναι τὸν μεμυημένον. η. Περὶ συκοφαντουμένου, ἤτοι ἐλεγχομένου. θ. Ὅτι ἀδωροδόκητον εἶναι χρὴ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον. ι. Ὅτι ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ἀκρίτως φειδόμενος τοῦ ἡμαρτηκότος ὑπαίτιος γίνεται. ια. Ὅπως χρὴ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον κρίνειν τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας. ιβ. ∆ιδασκαλία ὅπως χρὴ προσφέρεσθαι τοῖς μετανοοῦσι καὶ τούτων παραδείγματα διαφορά. ιγ. Ὅτι χρὴ φεύγειν τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων τὴν πεῖραν. ιδ. Ὅτι χρὴ φεύγειν οὐ τὴν ἐν λόγῳ κοινωνίαν πρὸς τοὺς ἁμαρτά νοντας, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐν ἔργῳ. ιε. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ τὸν ἱερέα μήτε παρορᾶν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα, μήτε πρό χειρον εἶναι ἐν τῷ τιμωρεῖσθαι. ις. Περὶ μετανοίας καὶ τίς αὐτῆς ὁ τρόπος καὶ ὅπως κατορθοῦται. ιζ. Ὅτι ἀνεπίληπτον εἶναι χρὴ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον, ὡς τύπον τῶν ἀρχο μένων. ιη. Ὅτι χρὴ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον φροντίζειν ὅπως λαὸς μὴ πλημμελῇ διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν σκοπόν. ιθ. Ὅτι καὶ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀμελῶς φερόμενος περὶ τὰ πρόβατα δίκην τίννυσιν, καὶ τὸ πρόβατον μὴ πειθαρχοῦν τῷ ποιμένι κολάζεται. κ. Ὅπως χρὴ τοὺς λαϊκοὺς τιμᾶν τοὺς ἐπισκόπους καὶ μάλιστα τοὺς κα. Ὅτι κίνδυνος μονομερῆ κρίσιν ποιεῖσθαι καὶ τιμωρίαν ὁρίσαι κατὰ τοῦ μηδέπω ἐλεγχθέντος. κβ. Ὅτι μέγα παράδειγμα μετανοίας πρόκειται ∆αβίδ, καὶ Νινευῖται, Ἐζεχίας τε καὶ ὁ τούτου υἱὸς Μανασσῆς. κγ. Πρὸς τοὺς ἐκ καταφρονήσεως ἁμαρτάνοντας ἔσω παράδειγμα Ἀμών. κδ. Ὅτι ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ Κύριος ἡμῶν παρεγένετο ἁμαρτωλοὺς σῶσαι διὰ μετανοίας. κε. Περὶ ἀπαρχῶν καὶ δεκατῶν, καὶ ὅπως ὁφείλει ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ἢ αὐτὸς μεταλαμβάνειν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἢ ἑτέροις διανέμειν. κς. Eἰ τίνος τύπον καὶ ἀξίαν ἕκαστος τῶν ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ τέτακται παρὰ Θεῷ. κζ. Ὅτι φρικῶδες ἄνθρωπον ἑαυτὸν ἐπιρρίπτειν ἀξιώματί τινι ἱερατικῷ, ὡς οἱ Κορεῖται, ὡς Σαούλ, ὡς Ὀζίας. κη. Περὶ δοχῆς, καὶ ὅπως χρὴ ἕκαστον τάγμα τοῦ κλήρου ὑπὸ τῶν προσκαλουμένων τιμᾶσθαι. κθ. Τίς ἡ ἀξία τοῦ ἐπισκόπου καὶ τοῦ διακόνου. λ. Ὅπως χρὴ τοὺς λαϊκοὺς πειθαρχεῖν τοῖς διακόνοις. λα. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ τὸν διάκονον ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου τι πράττειν. λβ. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ τὸν διάκονον παρὰ γνώμην τοῦ ἐπισκόπου διδόναι τινί, ἐπὶ διαβολῇ γὰρ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου τοῦτο πράξει.