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LATEST LITERARY EVENT.
THE LONG LOST TEACHINGS OF
THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
Full Text of the Manuscript Recently
Discovered in a Library at
Constantinopie.

uSn eQ Dy NnaS. ccfIoIleT COns, New AOIh'
and the translation, which will be perused
with eager interest by our readers, is given
below in full. The little volume in which
1t is published was edited by Roswell d.
Hitchcock and Francis Brown, Professors
in Union Theological Seminary, New York,
and is arranged with the original Greek
text on opposite pages to the translation,
and with copious notes, thus being pre-
scented in the most convenient form for
critical study or investigation. The follow
ing introduction, by Professors Hitchcock
and Brown, gives the data concerning the
discovery Of the manuscript:
In 1879 Philotheos Bryennios, then Metropoli-
tan of Serrae now Serresl, in ancient Mesopo-
tAInia published the two EplstleS of Clement OF
Rome from "a manuscript discovered by him in
the library Of the Most Holy Sepulchre in Fanar
of Constantinople The last six chapters (60-65)
of the First Epistle, and the last eight sections
QS-9o) of the sO-called Second Epistle, had never
been published before. The date of the manu-
script is 1856 A. D, As described by the writer,
it is an octave volume, written on parchment,
in cursive characters and consists Of l20leaves."
First comes Chrysostom's Synopsis OF the Books
of the Old and New Testament then the Epstle
of BarnabaS then the two Epistles of Clement
then the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles; then
the Epistle of Mary of Cassobelae to Ignatius
followed by eight Epstles of lgnatius tthe cur
rent seven, besides one to the Virgin Nary
The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles Occu-
pies leaves $50 of the manuscript. 1t now
seems strange 10 us that the document thus an
nounced attracted so little attention. This same
BryennioS now Metropolitan of NicOmedia, in
Asia Minor has again surprised the literary
world by publishing, with an abundance OF
learned illustration, this long lost document. 1t
is printed in ConStantinople. and the date OF
publication is 1883. The genuineness of the do
Cument can hardly be doubted. IL is cited by
Clement Of Alexandria in his First StrOma; by
Eusebius and by AthanaSius in his seth Festal
Epistle Bickcll and Gebhardt had recently
argued that there must have been some such do
cument underlying both the Seventh Book of
Apostolic Constitutions and the Apostolic Epl-
tome. III 1852 KrawutZky undertook, from these
sources, to recover and reconstruct the embedded
earlier and simpler document ana with a sue
cess of the most pronounced and brilliant cha
racter, as now tested by the work just published.
This document belongs undoubtedly to the
second century; possibly as lar back as 10 A. D.,
hardly later than 100 A. d. The whole tone of il
is archaic II contTadicts nothing belonging 10
that age: corroborates some things which may
henceforth be more strongly emphasized; and
adds some things for which we may well be very
profoundly grateful
The present editors are happy to be able TO
put this Teaching of the Twelve Apostles 50
promptly before the American public. The text
has been carefully edited. The translation will
be found to be studiousy literal. A few notes
have been added which il is hoped, may be OF
service both to students and TO general readers.
TEACHING OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
CHAP. 1.-Two ways there are, one OF
life and one of death, but there is a great
difference between the two ways. The way
of life, then, is this: First thou shalt
love the God who made thee; secondly,
thy neighbor rs thysef; and all things
whatsoever thou wouldst not have befall
thee, thou, too, do not to another. Now
of these words the teaching Is this: Bless
them that curse YOU, and pray for Your en-
emieS and fast for them that persecute
you: for what thank hare ye if we love
them that love YOU? Do not the nations
also the same? But love We them that
hate YOU and We shall have no enemy. Alb
stain from the feshly and worldly lusts.
If any one give thee blow on the right
cheek, turn to him the other also, and
thou shalt he perfect; if any one compel
thee to 90 one mile, go with him two; il
any one take thy cloak, give him thy tuniC
also; if any one take from thee what Is
thine, ask it not back; for indeed thou
canst not To every one that asketh thee
give, and ask not back; for to all the
Father desires to give of his own graciou,
gifts. Blessed is he that giveth according
to the commandment for he is guiltless
woe to him that taketh for if indeed, one
taketh who hath need, he shall be guilt
less but he who hath no need shall give
account why he took, and for what pur-
pose, and coming under arrest shall be ex-
amined concerning what he did, and shall
not 90 out thence until he pay the last
farthing. But it hath been also said con
corning this matter: Let thine aims sweat
in thy hands, until thou knowest to whom
thou shouldst give.
CHAP. U.-Now the second command
ment of the teaching Is: Thou shalt not
kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou
shalt not corrupt boys, thou shalt not com
init fornication, thou shalt not steal, thou
shalt not practice magic, thou shalt not Use
sorcery, thou shalt not STAY d child by abor-
ton, nor what is begotten shalt thou de
stroy. Thou shalt not lust after the things
of thy neighbor, thou shalt not forswear
thyself. thou shalt not bear false witness
thou shalt not revile, thou shalt not bear
malice Thou shalt not be double-minded
nor double-tongued for a snare of death i:
the double tongue. Thy speech shall moi
be false, nor empty, but filled with doing
Thou shalt not be covetous, nor rapacious
Dor hypocrite, nor malicious, nor AFRO
giant. Thou shalt not take evil counsel
against thv neighbor Thou shalt hate nc
man, but some thou shalt reprove, and for
some thou shalt pray, and some thou shalt
love above thy life.
CHAP. III.-My child, flee from every
evil thing, and from everything like it
Be not inclined to anger, for anger leadeth
to murder; nor jealous, nor contentious
nor passionate; for of all these murders are
begotten My child, become not lustful
for lust leadeth TO fornication; nor foul
mouthed. nor lofty-eved; for of all these
things adulteries are begotten. My child
become not an omen-watcher, since i
leadeth into idolatry; nor an enchanter
nor an astrologer, nor purifier, nor b'
willing to look upon these things, for Of al
these things idolatry is begotten. My
child. become not a liar, since lying lead
to theft: nor avaricious nor vain-glOrious
for of all these things thefts are begotten
Nv child. become not a murmurer, since 4
leads to basphemy; nor preSumptuous
nor evil-minded. for of all these thing
basphemies are begotten. But be meek
since the meek shall inherit the earth
Become long-sufiering and pitiful ans
guileless and gentle and good, and trembl'
continually at the words which thou has
heard. Thou shalt not exalt myself MOI
permit oyerboldness to thy soul. Thy sou
shall not cleave to the high, but with the
righteous and lowly thou shalt dwell. The
things that befall thee accept as well
wrought, knowing that without Goo
nothing occurs.
CHAR. My child, him that speaks
to thee the word of God remember nigh
and day, and thou shalt honor him as tn,
Lord for where that which pertaineth Il
the Lord is spoken there the Lord is. AnC
thou shalt seek out daily the faces Of tn,
saints that thou mayst be refreshed by theil
words Thou shalt not desire division, but
shalt make peace between those who con
tend thou shalt judge justly, thou shall
not respect persons in convicting for trans
gressions. Thou shalt not hesitate whether