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33. How priests must be honored and considered venerable, being spiritual parents. 34. That priests are greater than rulers and kings. 35. That the laws command to bear fruit, and likewise the Gospel. 36. A reminder of the ten oracles of God and how they are set forth here. 17. Concerning accusers and slanderers and how a judge must not readily believe or disbelieve them, but after a careful examination. 38. That one must reprove sinners privately and receive those who repent, according to the Lord's ordinance. 39. Examples concerning repentance. 40. That one must not be hostilely disposed toward one who sins once or twice. 41. How one ought to receive the penitent and how to deal with sinners and when to cut them off from the church. 42. That the judge must be impartial. 43. How slanderers must be punished. 44. That the deacon must lighten the burden of the bishops and manage the lighter matters. 45. That disputes and wranglings are not fitting for Christians. 46. That the faithful must not be judged before the unfaithful, nor indeed call any of them to give testimony against Christians. 47. That trials must be held on the second day of the week. 48. That one must not inflict the same punishment for every offense, but a different one according to the difference of the one sinning. 49. What sort of men the accusers or the witnesses must be. 50. That it is possible for someone not to be disbelieved in subsequent matters, even because of former evils. 51. That one must not make one-sided judgments. 52. The carefulness of secular judges concerning their decisions is an example of just judgment. 53. That the faithful must not hold grudges against one another. 54. That the bishops must remind the people, through the deacon, of the things concerning peace. 55. An enumeration of different providences, and how from the beginning in every generation God has called everyone to repentance. 56. That it is the will of God for men to be of one mind concerning piety, in a similar manner to the powers in heaven. 57. The ordinance of the church and clergy, and what each of the assembled clergy or laity ought to perform in the congregation. 58. Concerning letters of commendation and that one must not be indifferent.

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λγ. Ὅπως χρὴ τιμᾶσθαι τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ σεπτοὺς ἡγεῖσθαι, πνευμα τικοὺς ὄντας γονεῖς. λδ. Ὅτι ἀρχόντων καὶ βασιλέων εἰσὶ κρείττους οἱ ἱερεῖς. λε. Ὅτι παρακελεύονται οἱ νόμοι καρποφορεῖν, ὡσαύτως καὶ τὸ Eὐαγγέλιον. λς. Ὑπόμνησις τῶν δέκα τοῦ Θεοῦ λογίων καὶ ὅπως αὐτὰ ἐνταῦθα διαγορεύουσι. ιζ. Περὶ κατηγόρων καὶ συκοφαντῶν καὶ ὅπως χρὴ μὴ προχείρως πιστεύειν ἢ ἀπιστεῖν τούτοις τὸν κριτήν, ἀλλὰ μετὰ ἀκριβοῦς ἐξετάσεως. λη. Ὅτι χρὴ τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας ἰδιαζόντως ἐξελέγχειν καὶ τοὺς μετανοοῦντας προσδέχεσθαι, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου διάταξιν. λθ. Παραδείγματα περὶ μετανοίας. μ. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ ἐχθρωδῶς διακεῖσθαι περὶ τὸν ἅπαξ ἢ δεύτερον ἁμαρτάνοντα. μα. Ὅπως δεῖ προσίεσθαι τὸν μετανοοῦντα καὶ ὅπως διαγίνεσθαι πρὸς ἁμαρτάνοντας καὶ πότε ἐκκόπτειν τῆς ἐκκλησίας. μβ. Ὅτι χρὴ ἀπροσωπόληπτον εἶναι τὸν κριτήν. μγ. Ὅπως χρὴ τοὺς συκοφάντας τιμωρεῖσθαι. μδ. Ὅτι χρὴ τὸν διάκονον ἐπικουφίζειν τὸ βάρος τῶν ἐπισκόπων καὶ διευθύνειν τὰ κουφότερα. με. Ὅτι μὴ προσῆκον χριστιανοῖς ἀντιλογίαι καὶ διαπληκτισμοί. μς. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ τοὺς πιστοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπίστων δικάζεσθαι, οὔτε μὴν ἐξ αὐτῶν τινα καλεῖν εἰς μαρτυρίαν τὴν κατὰ Χριστιανῶν. μζ. Ὅτι χρὴ ἐν δευτέρᾳ σαββάτων ποιεῖσθαι τὰς δίκας. μη. Ὅτι μὴ χρὴ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐπάγειν τιμωρίαν ἐπὶ πάσης πλημμελείας, ἀλλὰ διάφορον πρὸς τὸ διάφορον τοῦ ἁμαρτάνοντος. μθ. Ὁποίους εἶναι χρὴ τοὺς κατηγόρους ἢ τοὺς μάρτυρας. ν. Ὅτι ἐγχωρεῖ τινὰ καὶ ἐκ προτέρων κακῶν μὴ ἀπιστεῖσθαι τὰ δεύτερα. να. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ μονομερεῖς τὰς κρίσεις ποιεῖσθαι. νβ. Παράδειγμα τοῦ δικαίου κρίματος ἡ τῶν ἔξωθεν δικαστῶν περὶ τὰς ἀποφάσεις ἀσφάλεια. νγ. Ὅτι μὴ χρὴ κατ' ἀλλήλων ἔχειν τοὺς πιστούς. νδ. Ὅτι χρὴ τοὺς ἐπισκόπους τὰ περὶ εἰρήνης διὰ τοῦ διακόνου ὑπομιμνήσκειν τῷ λαῷ. νε. Ἀπαρίθμησις διαφόρου προνοίας, καὶ ὅπως ἐξ ἀρχῆς καθ' ἑκάστην γενεὰν ἐκάλεσεν ὁ Θεὸς εἰς μετάνοιαν ἅπαντας. νς. Ὅτι θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁμόφρονας εἶναι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν, παραπλησίως ταῖς ἐν οὐρανῷ δυνάμεσι. νζ. ∆ιατύπωσις ἐκκλησίας καὶ κλήρου, καὶ τί ἕκαστος ἐπιτελεῖν ὀφείλει τῶν συναθροιζομένων κληρικῶν ἢ λαϊκῶν ἐν τῇ συνάξει. νη. Περὶ συστατικῶν καὶ ὡς οὐ χρὴ ἀδιαφορεῖν.