Historical English edition · Facsimile
Sinodos: Statutes of the Apostles
Instructions on church offices, ordination, the Eucharist, baptism, fasting and the conduct of the Christian community, preserved in the Ethiopic Sinodos tradition.
What to look for
- Selection and duties of ministers
- Prayers, the offering and initiation into the church
- Daily life, work, fasting and community support
- Comparison of Ethiopic, Arabic and Coptic textual witnesses
Questions for study
- How are authority and service linked in the instructions for ministers?
- Which prayers and practices can be compared with the Didache?
- Why is identifying the language of each translated section important?
For a shorter comparison of early community practice, begin with the Didache. It is a separate work, not another name for the Didascalia.
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