Constitutions of the Holy Apostles
Anonymous Syrian compiler
Book 1 · Section 3
About this work
A large church-order compilation presented in apostolic voices, combining earlier sources with instruction on ethics, worship, ministry, discipline, liturgy, widows, ordination, and ecclesial administration across eight books.
- Author
- Anonymous Syrian compiler
- Traditional attribution
- The Apostles, transmitted through Clement of Rome
- Date
- Late 4th century, incorporating earlier material
- Origin
- Syria (often proposed)
- Genre
- Church Order
The compilation incorporates earlier documents and should not be dated or attributed as a single uniform composition.
Sec. III.—Commandments to Women.
Concerning the Subjection of a Wife to Her Husband, and that She Must Be Loving and Modest.
Section 8
VIII. Let the wife be obedient