Constitutions of the Holy Apostles
Anonymous Syrian compiler
Book 8 · Section 5
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. V.—All the Apostles Urge the Observance of the Order of the Church.
That Every One Ought to Remain in that Rank Wherein He is Placed, But Not Snatch Such Offices to Himself Which are Not Entrusted to Him.
Section 46
XLVI. Now this we all in