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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 67

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LXVII.—Duties of Church Office-Bearers.

“It is necessary, therefore, that the Church, as

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a

city

built

upon

a

hill

,

have

an

order

approved

of

God

,

and

good

government

.

In

particular

,

let

the

bishop

,

as

chief

,

be

heard

in

the

things

which

he

speaks

;

and

let

the

elders

give

heed

that

the

things

ordered

be

done

.

Let

the

deacons

,

going

about

,

look

after

the

bodies

and

the

souls

of

the

brethren

,

and

report

to

the

bishop

.

Let

all

the

rest

of

the

brethren

bear

wrong

patiently

;

but

if

they

wish

judgment

to

be

given

concerning

wrongs

done

to

them

,

let

them

be

reconciled

in

presence

of

the

elders

;

and

let

the

elders

report

the

reconciliation

to

the

bishop

.