I recall that in the Russian Tradition, Revelation is read from at least once. I forget exactly when.
This is pretty helpful when it comes to the treatment of the Apostolic Constitutions.Only the Constitutions we're rejected because certain things were interpolated by heretics. Out of those Constitutions we have been able to restore an earlier version of the Didascalia of the Apostles ( first 6 chapters) in the Didache. Canon 2 of Trullo reads:
"IT has also seemed good to this holy Council, that the eighty-five canons, received and ratified by the holy and blessed Fathers before us, and also handed down to us in the name of the holy and glorious Apostles should from this time forth remain firm and unshaken for the cure of souls and the healing of disorders. And in these canons we are bidden to receive the Constitutions of the Holy Apostles [written] by Clement. But formerly through the agency of those who erred from the faith certain adulterous matter was introduced, clean contrary to piety, for the polluting of the Church, which obscures the elegance and beauty of the divine decrees in their present form. We therefore reject these Constitutions so as the better to make sure of the edification and security of the most Christian flock; by no means admitting the offspring of heretical error, and cleaving to the pure and perfect doctrine of the Apostles. But we set our seal likewise upon all the other holy canons set forth by our holy and blessed Fathers, that is......
Doesn't that mean that 1-2 Clement is canonical scripture?For me it's rather simple, if any epistle or canon or list were ratified by Canon 2 of Trullo, I consider them scripture.
The African code of Carthage: Baruch, Epistle of Jeremiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, 1&2 Esdras 1&2 Macabees.
Canon 85 of the Apostles: 1Esther, 1-3 Maccabees, Wisdom of Sirach, 1-2 Clement.
Yes. These lists were compiled in times and local areas where they may have been read officially. There's a constant theme that canonical books are read officially while the others are sanctioned to be read privately..Doesn't that mean that 1-2 Clement is canonical scripture?
When Carthage refers to 2 Esdras, does it mean "Vulgate 4 Esdras"/ "KJV 2 Esdras"? I am guessing not.
This is alittle confusing for me, because there is a whole series of books named Esdras/Ezra, and they are numbered differently depending on which Church uses it. Here is a table:As far as the Carthage list on Esdras, I stand corrected. The two books of Esdras are the standard canonical Ezra and Nehemiah. Its unusual as the list places them towards smack dab in the middle of the deuteros( though not recognized as such by this Canon):
The Third Council of Carthage on the Canon of Scripture
ENTRY ON "ESDRAS" IN WIKIPEDIAIn the Greek canon, and in all surviving early Greek pandect bibles, 1 Esdras and Ezra–Nehemiah are termed Esdras A and Esdras B respectively. For Ambrose 1 Esdras was the 'first book of Esdras', Ezra–Nehemiah was the 'second book of Esdras', and 2 Esdras was the 'third book of Esdras'.[3] According to Pierre-Maurice Bogaert when the Council of Carthage (397) and Synod of Hippo (393), under the influence of Augustine of Hippo, determined that only 'two books of Ezra' were to be considered canonical, it was Ezra–Nehemiah and 1 Esdras which were stated as being included in scripture, while 2 Esdras was being excluded.
So it sounds like Carthage is accepting Greek "I Esdras"/Vulgate 3 Esdras/Slavic 2 Esdras as Canon.
Since Canon 2 went out of its way to exclude the Apostolic Constitutions, the implication seems to be that other works like 1-2 Clement and 1-3 Macc. accepted in the Apostolic Canons are not excluded. Thus in turn, the next implication seems to be that the authors of Canon 2 intended the lists of books to be read inclusively. Otherwise, per a narrow reading of Canon 2, one would not think to include the Apostolic Const., even without the express exclusion that Canon 2 imposed.Only the Constitutions we're rejected because certain things were interpolated by heretics. Out of those Constitutions we have been able to restore an earlier version of the Didascalia of the Apostles ( first 6 chapters) in the Didache. Canon 2 of Trullo reads:
"IT has also seemed good to this holy Council, that the eighty-five canons, received and ratified by the holy and blessed Fathers before us, and also handed down to us in the name of the holy and glorious Apostles should from this time forth remain firm and unshaken for the cure of souls and the healing of disorders. And in these canons we are bidden to receive the Constitutions of the Holy Apostles [written] by Clement. But formerly through the agency of those who erred from the faith certain adulterous matter was introduced, clean contrary to piety, for the polluting of the Church, which obscures the elegance and beauty of the divine decrees in their present form. We therefore reject these Constitutions so as the better to make sure of the edification and security of the most Christian flock; by no means admitting the offspring of heretical error, and cleaving to the pure and perfect doctrine of the Apostles. But we set our seal likewise upon all the other holy canons set forth by our holy and blessed Fathers, that is......
Since Canon 2 went out of its way to exclude the Apostolic Constitutions, the implication seems to be that other works like 1-2 Clement and 1-3 Macc. accepted in the Apostolic Canons are not excluded. Thus in turn, the next implication seems to be that the authors of Canon 2 intended the lists of books to be read inclusively. Otherwise, per a narrow reading of Canon 2, one would not think to include the Apostolic Const., even without the express exclusion that Canon 2 imposed.
Normally, in interpreting a document like the US Constitution, we go by the plain words. But in the case of Canon 2, there is a little problem of whether Canon 2 should be interpreted inclusively (Canon = Protocanon + Deuterocanon) to allow books like Judith or exclusively (Canon = Protocanon).Can you rephrase the above?
Trullo Canon 2
It has also seemed good to this holy Council, that the eighty-five canons, received and ratified by the holy and blessed Fathers before us, and also handed down to us in the name of the holy and glorious Apostles should from this time forth remain firm and unshaken for the cure of souls and the healing of disorders. And in these canons we are bidden to receive the Constitutions of the Holy Apostles [written] by Clement. But formerly through the agency of those who erred from the faith certain adulterous matter was introduced, clean contrary to piety, for the polluting of the Church, which obscures the elegance and beauty of the divine decrees in their present form. We therefore reject these Constitutions so as the better to make sure of the edification and security of the most Christian flock; by no means admitting the offspring of heretical error, and cleaving to the pure and perfect doctrine of the Apostles.
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