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each of these ought to be carried out. 14. Concerning the passion of the Lord and what was done on each day of the passion. Concerning Judas the traitor. That Judas was not present when the Lord delivered the mysteries to the disciples. The things concerning the Savior that happened in the house of Caiaphas and Annas and Pilate. Proof of the sufferings of Christ from scriptural testimonies. 15-16. An enumeration of prophetic predictions proclaiming Christ, whose outcome the Jews, having seen, through ill will disbelieved him to be the Christ of God and condemned the Lord of glory to the cross. 17. How and when Pascha ought to be celebrated, and that it is not right to celebrate with the Jews. 18. An ordinance concerning the great week of Pascha. 19. Concerning the all-night vigil of the great Sabbath and concerning the day of the resurrection. 20. A foretelling of a prophecy concerning the Lord, which the Jews read on the tenth of September, or Gorpiaeus. If any Christian, for the name of Christ and for faith and love toward God, is condemned by the ungodly to the games or to wild beasts or to the mines, do not overlook him, but from your labor and from your sweat send to him for his nourishment and for the pay of the soldiers, so that he may be relieved and receive care, in order that, as far as it is in your power, your blessed brother may not be afflicted. For he who is condemned for the name of the Lord God is a holy martyr, a brother of the Lord, a son of the Most High, a vessel of the Holy Spirit, through whom also each of the faithful has received the illumination of the glory of the gospel, in being deemed worthy of the incorruptible crown and of the testimony of his sufferings and of the communion of his blood, to be conformed to the death of Christ for adoption as a son. For this reason, therefore, all the faithful, through your bishop, from your belongings and from your labor, minister to the saints; but if anyone does not have, having fasted for the day and having divided it, let him appoint it to the holy ones; but if anyone is in abundance, let him minister to them even more, according to the proportion of his ability. And if he is able, having sold his entire livelihood, to ransom them from

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τούτων ἑκάστη ὀφείλει ἐπιτελεῖσθαι. ιδ. Περὶ τοῦ πάθους τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ τί ἐν ἑκάστῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐπράχθη τῶν ἐν τῷ πάθει. Περὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ προδότου. Ὅτι οὐ συμπαρῆν Ἰούδας ἐν τῷ τὸν Κύριον παραδιδόναι τοῖς μαθηταῖς τὰ μυστήρια. Τὰ περὶ τὸν σωτῆρα προελθόντα ἐν οἴκῳ Καιάφα καὶ Ἄννα καὶ Πιλάτου. Ἀπόδειξις τῶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθημάτων ἐκ γραφικῶν μαρ τυριῶν. ιε-ις. Ἀπαρίθμησις προφητικῶν προρρήσεων τὸν Χριστὸν κηρυττόν των, ὧν Ἰουδαῖοι τὴν ἔκβασιν θεασάμενοι ἐκ κακονοίας ἠπίστησαν αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ σταυρῷ κατέκριναν τὸν τῆς δόξης Κύριον. ιζ. Ὅπως ὀφείλει γίνεσθαι τὸ πάσχα καὶ πότε, καὶ ὅτι οὐ δεῖ μετὰ Ἰουδαίων ἑορτάζειν. ιη. ∆ιάταξις περὶ τῆς μεγάλης τοῦ πάσχα ἑβδομάδος. ιθ. Περὶ τῆς παννυχίδος τοῦ μεγάλου σαββάτου καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀναστα σίμου ἡμέρας. κ. Πρόρρησις προφητείας περὶ τοῦ Κυρίου, ἣν Ἰουδαῖοι ἀναγινώ σκουσι τῇ δεκάτῃ τοῦ σεπτεμβρίου ἤτοι γορπιαίου. Eἴ τις χριστιανὸς διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ τὴν εἰς τὸν Θεὸν πίστιν καὶ ἀγάπην κατακριθῇ ὑπὸ ἀσεβῶν εἰς λοῦδον ἢ θηρία ἢ μέταλλον, μὴ παρίδητε αὐτόν, ἀλλ' ἐκ τοῦ κόπου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἱδρῶτος ὑμῶν πέμψατε αὐτῷ εἰς διατροφὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς μισθαποδοσίαν τῶν στρατιωτῶν, ἵνα ἐλαφρυνθῇ καὶ ἐπιμελείας τύχῃ, ἵν' ὅσον τὸ ἐφ' ὑμῖν μὴ θλίβηται ὁ μακάριος ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν. Ὁ γὰρ διὰ τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ καταδικαζόμενος, οὗτος μάρτυς ἅγιος, ἀδελφὸς τοῦ Κυρίου, υἱὸς τοῦ Ὑψίστου, δοχεῖον τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, δι' οὗ καὶ τὸν φωτισμὸν τῆς δόξης τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἔλαβεν ἕκαστος τῶν πιστῶν ἐν τῷ καταξιωθῆναι τοῦ ἀφθάρτου στεφάνου καὶ τῆς μαρτυρίας τῶν παθημάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς κοινωνίας τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ, συμμορφωθῆναι τῷ θανάτῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς υἱοθεσίαν. Τούτου οὖν ἕνεκεν ἅπαντες οἱ πιστοὶ διὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ὑμῶν ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ὑμῶν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόπου διακονή σατε τοῖς ἁγίοις· εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἔχει τις, νηστεύσας τὸ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ μερίσας τοῦτο ἐκταξάτω τοῖς ὁσίοις· εἰ δέ τις ἐν περιουσίᾳ ὑπάρχει, καὶ πλεῖόν τι κατὰ ἀναλογίαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ διακονείτω αὐτοῖς. Eἰ δὲ καὶ οἷός τέ ἐστιν ἅπαντα τὸν βίον ἑαυτοῦ ἀποδόμενος ·ύσασθαι αὐτοὺς ἐκ