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does not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house, or that city, shake off the dust from your feet. LUKE. But into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say: Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you; nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you. ACTS. And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. But when they opposed and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them: Your blood be on your own heads; I am innocent; from now on I will go to the Gentiles. That it is necessary to depart from those who disobey after every manner of care has been fulfilled for them. Chap. 35. MATTHEW. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing! Behold, your house is left to you desolate. ACTS. It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first; but since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. For so the Lord has commanded us: I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth. TO TITUS. A heretical man after a first and second admonition reject, knowing that such a one is perverted and sins, being self-condemned. That it is necessary to observe the precision of the Lord's words toward all in every matter, doing nothing by partiality. Chap. 30. 1 TO TIMOTHY. I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality. That it is necessary for the one presiding over the word to do and say each thing with much circumspection and testing, according to the aim of pleasing God, as one who ought to be both tested and borne witness to by those entrusted to him. Chap. 37. ACTS. You know, from the first day I came into Asia, how I was with you the whole time, serving the Lord with all humility, and with many tears and trials. And after a little: I have coveted no one's silver, or gold, or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities and for those who were with me. 1 TO THE THESSALONIANS. You are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you that believe, just as you know.

REGULATION 71. Whatever has been said in context concerning bishops and presbyters. Chap. 1. 1 TO TIMOTHY. If anyone aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a good work.

But a bishop must be blameless, and the rest that follows. 1 TO TIMOTHY. Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. 2 TO TIMOTHY. Flee youthful lusts, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, and the rest that follows. 2 TO TIMOTHY. But you have closely followed my faith, my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my patience, my persecutions, my sufferings. TO TITUS. For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint presbyters in every city as I commanded you, if anyone is blameless, and the rest that follows. Chap. 2. -Concerning deacons. ACTS. And

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μὴ δέξηται ὑμᾶς, μηδὲ ἀκούσῃ τῶν λόγων ὑμῶν, ἐξερχόμενοι τῆς οἰκίας ἐκείνης, ἢ τῆς πόλεως, ἐκτινάξατε τὸν κονιορ τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Εἰς ἣν δ' ἂν πόλιν εἰσέρχησθε, καὶ μὴ δέξωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξελθόντες εἰς τὰς πλατείας αὐτῆς, εἴπατε· Καὶ τὸν κονιορτὸν τὸν κολληθέντα ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ὑμῶν ἀποματτόμεθα ὑμῖν· πλὴν τοῦτο γινώσκετε, ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἐφ' ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Ὡς δὲ κατῆλθον ἀπὸ τῆς Μακεδονίας ὅ τε Σίλας καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος, συνείχετο τῷ λόγῳ ὁ Παῦλος, διαμαρτυρόμενος τοῖς Ἰου δαίοις εἶναι τὸν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν. Ἀντι- τασσομένων δὲ αὐτῶν, καὶ βλασφημούντων, ἐκτιναξάμενος τὰ ἱμάτια, εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· Τὸ αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν· ἀθῶος ἐγώ· ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν εἰς τὰ ἔθνη πορεύσομαι. Ὅτι δεῖ τῶν μετὰ τὸ πληρωθῆναι εἰς αὐτοὺς πάντα τρόπον ἐπιμελείας ἀπειθούντων ἀναχωρεῖν. Κεφάλ. λεʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ἱερουσαλὴμ, Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἡ ἀποκτείνουσα τοὺς προφήτας, καὶ λιθοβολοῦσα τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους πρὸς αὐτὴν, ποσάκις ἠθέ λησα ἐπισυναγαγεῖν τὰ τέκνα σου, ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις ἐπισυνάγει τὰ νοσσία ἑαυτῆς ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας αὑτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσατε! Ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Ὑμῖν ἦν ἀναγκαῖον λαληθῆναι τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἀπωθεῖσθε αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἀξίους κρίνετε ἑαυτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς, ἰδοὺ στρεφόμεθα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη. Οὕτω γὰρ ἐντέταλται ἡμῖν ὁ Κύριος· Τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΤ. Αἱρετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν νουθεσίαν παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς, ὅτι ἐξ έστραπται ὁ τοιοῦτος, καὶ ἁμαρτάνει, ὢν αὐτοκα τάκριτος. Ὅτι πρὸς πάντας ἐν παντὶ πράγματι φυλάσσειν δεῖ τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῶν τοῦ Κυρίου ῥημάτων, μηδὲν ποιοῦντα κατὰ πρόσκλισιν. Κεφάλ. λʹ. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜ. αʹ. ∆ιαμαρτύρομαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν ἀγγέλων, ἵνα ταῦτα φυλάξῃς χωρὶς προκρίματος, μηδὲν ποιῶν κατὰ πρόσκλισιν. Ὅτι δεῖ τὸν προεστῶτα τοῦ λόγου μετὰ περισκέ ψεως καὶ δοκιμασίας πολλῆς, κατὰ σκοπὸν τῆς πρὸς Θεὸν εὐαρεστήσεως, ἕκαστον ποιεῖν τε καὶ 31.845 λέγειν, ὡς ὀφείλοντα καὶ ὑπ' αὐτῶν τῶν πεπι στευμένων αὐτῷ δοκιμάζεσθαί τε καὶ μαρτυ ρεῖσθαι. Κεφάλ. λζʹ. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡμέ ρας, ἀφ' ἧς ἐπέβην εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν, πῶς μεθ' ὑμῶν τὸν πάντα χρόνον ἐγενόμην, δουλεύων τῷ Κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης, καὶ πολλῶν δακρύων καὶ πειρασμῶν. Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· Ἀργυρίου, ἢ χρυσίου, ἢ ἱματισμοῦ οὐδενὸς ἐπ εθύμησα. Αὐτοὶ γινώσκετε, ὅτι ταῖς χρείαις μου καὶ τοῖς οὖσι μετ' ἐμοῦ ὑπηρέτησαν αἱ χεῖρες αὗται. ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣ. αʹ. Ὑμεῖς μάρτυρες, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς, ὡς ὁσίως, καὶ δικαίως, καὶ ἀμέμπτως ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐγενήθημεν, καθάπερ ὑμεῖς οἴδατε.

ΟΡΟΣ ΟΑʹ. Ὅσα κατὰ συνάφειαν εἴρηται περὶ ἐπισκόπων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων. Κεφάλ. αʹ. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜ. αʹ. Εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.

Ἀλλὰ δεῖ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίληπτον εἶναι, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜ. αʹ. Πρεσβυτέρῳ μὴ ἐπιπλήξῃς, ἀλλὰ παρακάλει ὡς πατέρα, νεωτέρους ὡς ἀδελφοὺς, πρεσβυτέρας ὡς μητέρας, νεωτέρας ὡς ἀδελφὰς, ἐν πάσῃ ἀγνείᾳ. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜ. βʹ. Τὰς δὲ νεωτερικὰς ἐπι θυμίας φεῦγε, δίωκε δὲ δικαιοσύνην, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, εἰρήνην μετὰ τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων τὸν Κύριον ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας. Τὰς δὲ μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς, ὅτι γεν νῶσι μάχας. ∆οῦλον δὲ Κυρίου οὐ δεῖ μάχεσθαι, ἀλλ' ἤπιον εἶναι πρὸς πάντας, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜ. βʹ. Σὺ δὲ παρηκολούθηκάς μου τῇ πίστει, τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, τῇ ἀγωγῇ, τῇ προθέσει, τῇ ὑπομονῇ, τοῖς διωγμοῖς, τοῖς παθήμασιν. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΤ. Τούτου χάριν κατέλιπόν σε ἐν Κρήτῃ, ἵνα τὰ λείποντα ἐπιδιορθώσῃς, καὶ κατα στήσῃς κατὰ πόλιν πρεσβυτέρους, ὡς ἐγώ σοι διεταξάμην, εἴ τις ἐστὶν ἀνέγκλητος, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Κεφάλ. βʹ. -Περὶ διακόνων. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Καὶ