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^A PHOTIUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE. BIBLIOTHECA (CONTINUATION). 9 Codex 200.—Excerpts from the history of Agatharchides. 9 From the first book on the Red Sea. I.—How Ptolemy the First instituted the hunt for the phantom. 9 II.—Fourfold etymology of the Red Sea. 9 III.—Etymology of the Persians. 14 IV.—He demonstrates that stories about Perseus are absurd based on many similar examples. 14 V.—The end of fables is delight. 19 VI.—What land produces elephants. 19 VII.—The boundaries of Egypt. 19 VIII.—From the fifth book of Agatharchides, on the Red Sea. 23 IX.—On the prefectures of Egypt, from Memphis to Thebes. 27 X.—The Nile. On marble and gold mines. 30 XI.—On the affliction of the poor in the gold mines, and on the manner of manufacturing gold. 30 XII.—On the diet of the Ethiopians below Egypt. And on the people who feed only on fish: and how they catch them, and turn them into food. 34 XIII.—How the ichthyophagi [fish-eaters] hunt shells and go toward the sea. 35 XIV.—On the ichthyophagi who do not thirst. 38 XV.—On the apathy of certain ichthyophagi. 38 XVI.—On the ichthyophagi who do not know, and on a certain kind of seal. 39 XVII.—Habitations and funeral rites of the ichthyophagi. 39 XVIII.—Certain Indians who are self-born, or earth-born. 39 XIX.—On the Sporades islands of the Ethiopians.—On the inhabitants’ custom of capturing turtles. 42 XX.—On others who feed on whales. 42 XXI.—The self-sufficiency of the ichthyophagi. 42 XXII.—The diet and calamity of the Ethiopians around Meroe. 43 XXIII.—On the Hylophagi [wood-eaters] and their nature and customs. 43 XXIV.—On those whom the inhabitants call hunters. On the race of hunters who even eat hides. 46 XXV.—On the Elephantophagi [elephant-eaters], and the variety of their hunting. 46 XXVI.—On the Struthiophagi [ostrich-eaters] and monkeys of the Ethiopians. 47 XXVII.—On the Acridophagi [locust-eaters]. 47 XXVIII.—On the region bordering the Acridophagi. 50 XXIX.—On the Cynamolgi [dog-milkers]. 50 XXX.—On the Troglodytes. 51 XXXI.—On the writers of things in the four parts of the world. 54 XXXII.—That the distance of places is not so great, as regards morals. 54 XXXIII.—On the lions of Arabia. 55 XXXIV.—On the ant-lions. 55 XXXV.—On leopards. 55 XXXVI.—On the rhinoceros. 55 XXXVII.—On the camelopard. 55 XXXVIII.—On the sphinx, cynocephalus, and monkey. 55 XXXIX.—On the carnivorous bull. 58 XL.—On the wild crocotta. 58 XLI.—On serpents of stupendous magnitude. 58 XLII.—On hot waters that spring up spontaneously. 59 XLIII.—On places above Ptolemais and huge whales. 62 XLIV.—On the storehouse of spices of Nessa. 62 XLV.—The land of the Bythemanenses, rich in pastures, but unfortunate due to the abundance of harmful animals. 63 XLVI.—On the land of the Batmizomanenses. 63 XLVII.—On a certain difficult crossing. 63 XLVIII.—On the people of the Dedebae. 63 XLIX.—On gold filings among the Alilaei. 66 L.—On the fragrant and blessed land of the Sabaeans, where [he speaks] of Saba, its government, magnificence, and riches. 66 LI.—On the fortunate islands of Arabia, and the wonderful condition of the sky. 70 LII.—On the reciprocations of the sea. 71 LIII.—On olives and the hair of Isis. 74 LIV.—On the Ethiopian fish. 74 LV.—Epilogue in which he remits the rest of the history to others. 74

Codex 251.—Hierocles on Providence. 75 Chapter one. Plato and Aristotle agree in doctrine. What is Providence and order. 78 Anima[l]s have free motions, and on Providence. 86 From the second book.—What things are said to act of themselves. 86 The difference between a philosopher and a lover. 87 From the third book.—Laws, reasons, virtues, and whatever similar things induce Providence. 91 What the freedom of our will is. 91

^B CCLII.—Excerpts from the Life of Gregory, Pontiff of Rome. 95 CCLIII.—Martyrdom of the seven sleepers under the tyrant Decius. 99 CCLIV.—Martyrdom of the Apostle Timothy. 102 CCLV.—Martyrdom of the great martyr Demetrius under Maximian. 103 CCLVI.—Polity of the holy Fathers Metrophanes and Alexander, in which [there is mention] of the imperial life of Constantine. 106 CCLVII.—Life of Paul, Bishop of Constantinople, confessor. 119 CCLVIII.—Excerpts from the Life of Athanasius. 131 CCLIX.—Orations of Antiphon. 158 CCLX.—Orations of Isocrates. 159 CCLXI.—Orations of Andocides. 166 CCLXII.—Orations of Lysias. 167 CCLXIII.—Orations of Isaeus. 171 CCLXIV.—Orations of Aeschines. 174 CCLXV.—Orations of Demosthenes. 175 CCLXVI.—Orations of Hyperides. 190 CCLXVII.—Orations of Dinarchus. 194 CCLXVIII.—Orations of Lycurgus. 195 CCLXIX.—Excerpts from the Encomium on St. Thomas by Hesychius, Presbyter of Jerusalem. 198 CCLXX.—From the oration of John Chrysostom on the divine Paul. 199 CCLXXI.—Sermon of Asterius, Bishop of Amasea, on repentance. 202 His sermon on Stephen the Protomartyr. 203 His on the words: "A certain man [was going down] from Jerusalem to Jericho." 203 His on the text: "Two men went up into the temple to pray." 207 His sermon on Zacchaeus. 210 Item, on the parable of the prodigal son. 210 His on the centurion’s servant whom the Lord healed. 214 His homily on fasting. 215 His on the man born blind. 218 His on Jairus and the woman suffering from an issue of blood. 222 CCLXXII.—Leontius, Bishop of Arabia, on creation and Lazarus risen from the dead. 223 CCLXXIII.—Theodoret’s five books on St. Chrysostom. 230 CCLXXIV.—Oration of John Chrysostom on the 40 martyrs. 235 CCLXXV.—Hesychius of Jerusalem, presbyter. On James, the brother of the Lord, and David, the father of Christ. 242 Modestus, Archbishop of Jerusalem.—On the women bearing ointments. 243 Of the same Modestus.—On the Meeting [of the Lord]. 243 CCLXXVI.—First oration of Saint Nilus on Pascha. 246 His other oration on Pascha. 250 His first homily on the Ascension of Christ. 254 His second and third homily on the same feast. 255 CCLXXVII.—Excerpts from the first homily of John Chrysostom on the Holy Spirit. 258 His excerpt from the oration on that text: "That Christ is the East." 262

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Of the same, from an oration that there is one Legislator of the Old and New Testament, and on priestly vestments, and on repentance. 271 Of the same, on that text: *My grace is sufficient for thee*, etc. 278 From the same homily on the saying of the Apostle: *If therefore any man be a new creature in Christ*, etc. 278 From the homily after the Calends, and against drunkards. 282 On the saying of the Apostle: *We would not have you ignorant concerning them that are asleep*, etc. 282 From the homily on Repentance. 282 The vision which Isaiah saw against Judea and Jerusalem. 283 From the oration on the prodigal, on repentance, on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and on the thief. 286 From the exhortation to repentance. 286 From the oration on the earthquake, and on Lazarus, and the rich man. 287 From the homily: *That the dead are not to be bewailed too vehemently*. 287 CCLXXVIII. — Theophrastus’s Fragment on animals, which change their color. 290 Of the same on the resolution of the nerves, and on fainting. 590 Of the same on vertigo. 291 Why raw eggs cannot be turned around. 291 Of the same on lassitude. 295 Of the same on animals that are seen in abundance. 295 On animals that are said to suffer from envy. 299 On sweats. 299 CCLXXIX. — Helladius of Besantinus’s Chrestomathies. 303 Eulogius, Archbishop of Alexandria, against the Novatians. 326 From the first book. 326 From the second book. 327 From the third book. 342 From the fourth book. 343 From the fifth book. 350 NOTES OF DAVID HOESCHELIUS ON THE BIBLIOTHECA OF PHOTIUS. 335

FIFTH PART OF THE WORKS — CANONICAL. Monitum of the editors. 431 SYNTAGMA AND NOMOCANON. 432 Preface by Angelo Mai. 432, 979 TITLE I. — On theology, and orthodox faith, and on canons and ordinations. 442, 979 Chapter I. — On theology and orthodox faith. 442, 979 Cap. II. — What kind of canons ought to retain authority. 450, 979 Cap. III. — That ecclesiastical custom, even if not written, should be kept as law; and that it is by no means necessary that the Mosaic law be retained. 455, 982 Cap. IV. — That canons are not issued by one bishop, but by the common counsel of the prelates. 466, 986 Cap. V. — On patriarchs and metropolitans, and on those who are called primates in Africa. 467, 986 Cap. VI. — Which ones, whom, where, and how they should ordain bishops or clerics. But what if the elect refuses the bishopric when it is offered to him in a written decree. 475, 990 Cap. VII. — That the mobs are not to be permitted to conduct the election of those who are to be constituted in the priesthood. 494, 991 Cap. VIII. — What if there exists a contradiction in the ordination of a bishop. 495, 991 Cap. IX. — Within what time bishops are to be ordained. 498, 994 Cap. X. — That no one is to be ordained bishop or presbyter or deacon before he has made all his household orthodox. 498, 994 Cap. XI. — On those who from the lay condition become bishops. 498, 994 Cap. XII. — How he who has come from paganism, or who has been recently baptized when in sickness, or has led a depraved life, is to be ordained a bishop or cleric. 499, 995 Cap. XIII. — How a bishop not having a bishopric arrives at a vacant bishopric. 502, 998 Cap. XIV. — When a eunuch, or one who is otherwise sickly in body, is to be created a bishop or cleric. 502, 998 Cap. XV. — That he who has a demon is not to be a cleric. 503, 999 Cap. XVI. — On him who does not obey his bishop, when he wishes to ordain him to a higher rank. 503, 999 Cap. XVII. — On a bishop or cleric ordained, who is not received by the inhabitants, or does not receive them, or cannot leave. 506, 999 Cap. XVIII. — That a dying bishop cannot ordain another in his place. 507, 999 Cap. XIX. — That a bishop should not be rashly made in a small city or village. 507, 999 Cap. XX. — That there should not be two metropolitans in one province, or two bishops in one city, or one cleric in two cities. 507, 1002 Cap. XXI. — On those who ordain in cities or provinces that are not subject to them. 510, 1002 Cap. XXII. — On those who occupy churches by the patronage of magistrates. 511, 1002 Cap. XXIII. — On those who on account of marriage or concubinage are not ordained bishops, or clerics. 511, 1002 Cap. XXIV. — On those who are ordained by given money, or who accept offices. 515, 1006 Cap. XXV. — That ordinations are not to be repeated. 539, 1007 Cap. XXVI. — That a bishop or cleric should not move from one city to another. 542, 1007 Cap. XXVII. — On him who was ordained while he was subject to sin. 547, 1010 Cap. XXVIII. — On the age of those to be ordained, whether they be men or women. 550, 1010 Cap. XXIX. — On the creation of bishops who are subject to bishops, and when and how they offer or communicate, and whom they ordain or not. 551, 1014 Cap. XXX. — That there should be only seven deacons, even if the city be large. 554, 1014 Cap. XXXI. — What kind of clerics, or of ecclesiastical order, they be. 555, 1015 Cap. XXXII. — That he should not be ordained whose wife has committed adultery, and if a cleric's wife has committed adultery. 555, 1018 Cap. XXXIII. — That a cleric should not be ordained into a free ministry, but entirely into a certain church or monastery. 558, 1018 Cap. XXXIV. — On circuitors, and of the churches of the villages. 558, 1018 Cap. XXXV. — That the clerics of hospices, monasteries, and martyrdoms should be under the bishop of the city. 558, 1022 Cap. XXXVI. — On servants who become clerics. 558, 1022 Cap. XXXVII. — On deaconesses, and that a woman is not to be made a presbyter. 559, 1026 Cap. XXXVIII. — On sins which are remitted through ordination. 559, 1026 TITULUS II. — On the building of churches, and on sacred vessels and offerings, and on clerics erecting altars without the sentiment of the bishop. 562, 1027 Chapter I. — On the building of churches, and on the dedication of martyrdoms having no relics of the saints. 562, 1027 Cap. II. — On sacred vessels and offerings. 575, 1046 Cap. III. — On clerics who make a schism, and who erect altars besides the will of the bishops. 583, 1050 TITULUS III. — On prayers, psalmodies, reading, oblation and communion, and on the dress and office of lectors, chanters and ministers. 587, 1050 Cap. I. — What prayers the people should hear, and why we pray looking toward the east. 587, 1050 Cap. II. — Whom, how, and what kind of things they ought to sing, pray, or read. 590, 1050 Cap. III. — That on Sabbaths the Gospel ought to be read with other sacred writings. 595, 1051 Cap. IV. — On the sacred oblation and communion. 595, 1051 Cap. V. — How clerics and laity should give the peace. 206, 1051 Cap. VI. — On those who doubt to receive the sacrament of the Eucharist from married presbyters. 602, 1051 Cap. VII. — That it is permitted only to those who are of the priestly order to communicate at the altar, and that a woman is not to enter the altar. 602, 1051 Cap. VIII. — When the vicars of the bishops should offer and exhibit communion. 603, 1051 Cap. IX. — That a deacon should not offer, nor exhibit communion to a presbyter. 603, 1051 Cap. X. — On the dress and ministry of lectors, chanters, and ministers, and that it is not fitting for a minister to give the consecrated bread, or to consecrate the chalice. 603, 1051 Cap. XI. — On those who, when they are in the city, do not communicate for three weeks. 606, 1051 Cap. XII. — On those who hear the Scriptures, and do not remain for the final prayers, nor communicate. 606, 1051 Cap. XIII. — On those who are possessed by a demon, how they may communicate, or not. 607, 1051 Cap. XIV. — On those who offer outside the churches, or who convene assemblies. 607, 1051 Cap. XV. — On bishops or clerics who communicate with heretics or Jews, or join prayers with them, or permit them to perform sacred rites, or of their own

sacrifice receive them. 610, 1051 Cap. XVI. — That it is not fitting for holy offerings to be sent to other parishes in the name of blessed gifts. 610, 1054 Cap. XVII. — That the sacrament of the Eucharist should not be given to the bodies of the deceased. 611, 1054 Cap. XVIII. — That it is not fitting for a woman to communicate during the days of her purification. 611, 1054 Cap. XIX. — How one who has experienced a nocturnal emission should communicate. 611, 1054 Cap. XX. — That the offering should not be celebrated in the presence of heretics. 611, 1054 Cap. XXI. — When one ought to abstain from one's wife on account of communion. 614, 1054 Cap. XXII. — How the oblation is to be celebrated for one who has killed himself. 614, 1055

TITULUS IV. — On catechumens and holy baptism. 615, 1055 Cap. I. — That no one should be received for baptism two weeks after Lent. 615, 1055 Cap. II. — On those who teach infidels religion. 615, 1055 Cap. III. — How one is to be baptized. 615, 1055 Cap. IV. — That those who are being illuminated to receive baptism ought to recite the articles of faith. 615, 1055 Cap. V. — That those who are uncertain whether they have been baptized should be baptized. 618, 1055 Cap. VI. — That the dead should not be baptized. 618, 1055 Cap. VII. — On those who sin before baptism, and on those who stumble while being imbued with the principles of the faith. 618, 1055 Cap. VIII. — On bishops and clerics who receive the baptism of heretics. 639, 1058 Cap. IX. — On those who are baptized while ill. 619, 1058 Cap. X. — On the pregnant woman to be baptized. 622, 1058 Cap. XI. — That we ought to be anointed before holy baptism. 622, 1059 Cap. XII. — Of the preparation of the holy chrism. 623, 1059 Cap. XIII. — On those who are baptized twice, or not according to the rite, and on those who do not baptize the sick. 622, 1059 Cap. XIV. — Which heretics, upon transferring to the orthodox faith, are to be baptized, and which are only to be anointed. 623, 1063 Cap. XV. — How one possessed by a demon, or mentally ill, is to be baptized. 627, 1063 Cap. XVI. — That it is not fitting for a woman to be baptized during the time of her purification. 627, 1063 Cap. XVII. — If one being instructed in the faith has communicated before baptism. 627, 1063

TITULUS V. — On those who contemn churches and synaxes and memorials, and on those who eat in churches, and on the agape. 627, 1063 Cap. I. — On those who teach that the house of God, gatherings, and memorials are things to be held in contempt. 627, 1063 Cap. II. — That feasts should not be held for the poor in churches, nor should eating take place therein. 630, 1063 Cap. III. — On those who contemn the feeding of the poor, and that it is not fitting for those invited to them to take a portion. 631, 1066 Cap. V. — 631

TITULUS VI. — On oblations. 631 Cap. I. — On the oblation of first-fruits. 631, 1066 Cap. II. — Who ought to receive or give oblations of first-fruits, and on those who steal wax or oil in churches. 634, 1066 Cap. III. — On those who offer to synagogues or temples of the gentiles. 635, 1066

TITULUS VII. — On fasting and Lent; on Easter, Pentecost; on the Lord’s Day, Saturday, and the bending of the knees. 635, 1067 Cap. I. — On fasting, and things that are forbidden or permitted during the fast of Lent. 635, 1067 Cap. II. — That a woman who has recently given birth, nor one who cannot fast at Easter due to sickness, should be compelled to do so. 639, 1074 Cap. III. — On the day and time of Easter, and the Theophany. 639, 1074 Cap. IV. — That spectacles should not be put on the Lord’s day, nor should knees be bent on the Lord’s day or during the days of Pentecost, and that, as far as can be done, work should be refrained from on the Lord’s day, but not so on Saturday, and that the Scriptures ought to be read on the Sabbath. 643, 1075 Cap. V. — What is the reason for genuflection, and why knees should not be bent on the Lord’s day or during the days of Pentecost, and why we pray looking toward the East? 647, 1075

TITULUS VIII. — On parishes, and how bishops and clerics should conduct themselves, and regarding their travel, and annual synods, and the receiving of guests, and doctrine, as well as commendatory and peaceful letters, and what they should do privately or publicly, and how clerics should honor one another. 650, 1075 Cap. I. — On parishes, and on innovations that are made through imperial decrees. 650, 1075 Cap. II. — That a bishop should not travel rashly, nor a cleric reside in another province. 658, 1083 Cap. III. — That bishops should inquire into the cause of bishops passing through their own dioceses. 666, 1086 Cap. IV. — On bishops and clerics who go to the emperor or his retinue. 666, 1086 Cap. V. — On the reception of travelers, and on peaceful and commendatory letters. 671, 1083 Cap. VI. — On the difference between peaceful and commendatory letters. 671, 1087 Cap. VII. — Whom bishops ought to assist, and on bishops, presbyters, and deacons who do not supply what is necessary to those of the ecclesiastical order who are in need. 674, 1087 Cap. VIII. — On synods, and who do not attend them. 674, 1087 Cap. IX. — That bishops or clerics should not rashly emancipate their own children. 679, 1087 Cap. X. — How bishops may reclaim properties belonging to them that are detained by heretics. 679, 1087 Cap. XI. — That lectors ought not to make the people kneel. 682, 1087 Cap. XII. — On bishops who do not convert heretics, and on bishops and clerics who do not teach the people, and that a bishop should render an account to God for the people, and when the clergy should be excommunicated if the people have sinned. 682, 1087 Cap. XIII. — On bishops and clerics who engage in worldly business, whether it be public or private, or even redemption or guardianship. 682, 1090 Cap. XIV. — On bishops and clerics who cohabit with women brought in to live with them. 686, 1091 Cap. XV. — How bishops, clerics, or those bound by a vow of chastity ought to approach women. 690, 1091 Cap. XVI. — That a cleric ought not to feast with one who is remarried, or who has married contrary to the laws. 691, 1091 Cap. XVII. — That clerics should do nothing without their bishops. 694, 1091 Cap. XVIII. — That clerics should not organize feasts by contribution. 694, 1094 Cap. XIX. — On the longstanding order of bishops, and how clerics should sit and honor one another. 694, 1094

TITULUS IX. — On the sins and judgments of bishops, and on excommunication and deposition, and on penance, and what sins are absolved by the laying on of hands. 698, 1094 Cap. I. — By whom and before whom bishops or clerics should be accused. 698, 1094 Cap. II. — How many and who may bear witness against bishops or clerics. 718, 1099 Cap. III. — If someone has accused a cleric of many crimes, but does not prove the first charge he set forth. 719, 1102 Cap. IV. — On those who do not obey their own bishops, and on a bishop who receives one who has been expelled or excluded from communion by his own bishop. 719, 1102 Cap. V. — On the controversies of bishops and clerics. 722, 1102 Cap. VI. — On the retraction of episcopal sentences. 726, 1102 Cap. VII. — If a bishop, having a legal claim against a colleague, does not pursue it, but settles with him. 727, 1102 Cap. VIII. — When a bishop may bring a suit against a bishop before a civil magistrate. 730, 1103 Cap. IX. — On bishops and clerics who are unjustly expelled from the ecclesiastical order. 730, 1103 Cap. X. — On those who are separated or expelled from the Church or communion. 731, 1103 Cap. XI. — For what kind of causes a bishop, cleric, or layman may be separated from communion, and if a bishop accused by a libel refuses the bishopric, and that it is not fitting for one who has once been made a bishop, but was later expelled for a just or unjust cause, to be demoted to the rank of presbyter. 735, 1106 Cap. XII. — That for as long a time as a bishop does not communicate with one who was excommunicated by him without just cause, for so long other bishops also should communicate with the one who excommunicated. 739, 1106 Cap. XIII. — How many bishops should depose a bishop. 742, 1106 Cap. XIV. — For what kind of causes one is deposed. 742, 1106 Cap. XV. — For what sort of causes one is both excommunicated and deposed, or deposed, and separated from communion or the Church. 751, 1106 Cap. XVI. — For what causes a cleric or layman is struck with anathema. 751, 1106 Cap. XVII. — That vengeance is not to be exacted twice for the same offense. 751, 1106 Cap. XVIII. — For what causes someone may be expelled from the Church entirely. 754, 1106

Cap. XIX. — When someone retains a priestly seat and station, but performs none of the remaining duties. 754, 1106 Cap. XX. — That a bishop should not be believed if he says that a cleric has confessed a private sin. 755, 1107 Cap. XXI. — Concerning bishops or clerics who eat meat in blood, or animals caught by wild beasts, or carrion. 758, 1107 Cap. XXII. — That bishops, presbyters, deacons, and everyone who handles sacred things, ought to abstain from their wives. 758, 1107 Cap. XXIII. — Concerning a cleric who mocks the infirm. 762, 1107 Cap. XXIV. — Concerning a cleric who castrates himself. 762, 1107 Cap. XXV. — Concerning apostate clerics, those who offer sacrifice, magicians, enchanters, astrologers, mathematicians, fortune-tellers, poisoners, and those who wear amulets. 763, 1107 Cap. XXVI. — Concerning bishops and clerics who strike or kill. 767, 1118 Cap. XXVII. — Concerning bishops and clerics who play dice, are drunk, visit spectacles, violate graves, steal, swear falsely, practice usury, accept half-interest, or devise any other base gain for themselves. 771, 1119 Cap. XXVIII. — Concerning those who abhor marriage, wine, or meats. 778, 1126 Cap. XXIX. — Concerning marriages that are permitted or prohibited, and that lectors who have reached puberty should be asked if they wish to enter into marriage, and concerning concubinage, fornication, and adultery. 779, 1126 Cap. XXX. — Concerning those who abduct women for the sake of marriage. 786, 1127 Cap. XXXI. — Concerning men of the sacred order who bathe with women. 790, 1131 Cap. XXXII. — Concerning bishops and clerics who have become laymen, or have arrived at worldly dignities, or have served in the military. 791, 1131 Cap. XXXIII. — Concerning those who know that clerics are sinning and do not manifest it. 794, 1134 Cap. XXXIV. — That clerics who give surety are to be deposed. 794, 1135 Cap. XXXV. — Concerning clerics who take meals in a tavern or public inn. 794, 1135 Cap. XXXVI. — Concerning clerics who treat the emperor, a bishop, a magistrate, or a presbyter with contumely. 795, 1135 Cap. XXXVII. — Concerning those who conspire and form sodalities. 798, 1138 Cap. XXXVIII. — What kind of offense demands ordination. 798, 1139 Cap. XXXIX. — Concerning penance, and who has the faculty to grant absolution to penitents, and that it is permitted for a priest to diminish or increase punishments. 798, 1139

TITULUS X. — Concerning the administration of ecclesiastical property, and the personal property of a bishop. 815, 1143

TITULUS XI. — Concerning monasteries and monks. 835, 1150

TITULUS XII. — Concerning heretics and gentiles. 866, 1158

TITULUS XIII. — Concerning the laity. 890, 1167

^A Cap. XI. — Concerning those who abhor marriage, meat, and wine. 923, 1199 Cap. XII. — Concerning laymen who castrate themselves. 923, 1199 Cap. XIII. — Concerning laymen who eat things sacrificed to idols, or meats with blood, or things strangled, or things captured by beasts, or carrion. 926, 1202 Cap. XIV. — Concerning a layman who offers insult to the emperor. 927, 1202 Cap. XV. — Concerning the orthodox who receive blessings from heretics or Jews, or observe festival days with them, or fast with the Jews; and that one should not refrain from work on the Sabbath, but as far as possible on the Lord's Day; and concerning those who pray in the monasteries or churches of heretics. 927, 1202 Cap. XVI. — Concerning laymen who entice the clergy of monasteries, poor-houses, or martyrs' shrines, so that they do not remain under the authority of the bishops. 930, 1202 Cap. XVII. — Concerning laymen who adhere to excommunicated presbyters or those causing schism, and who erect altars ^B without the consent of their bishops. 930, 1202 Cap. XVIII. — Concerning perjurers, and in what kind of cases it is not fitting for those who swear to swear correctly. 930, 1202 Cap. XIX. — Concerning those who swear profane oaths of superstition. 934, 1206 Cap. XX. — Concerning apostates, sacrificers, sorcerers, enchanters, mathematicians, diviners, and those who wear amulets. 934, 1206 Cap. XXI. — Concerning actors, mimes, and the like who perform penance. 954, 1207 Cap. XXII. — Concerning spectacles and ludic matters. 955, 1210 Cap. XXIII. — Concerning thieves, violators of tombs, robbers, and sacrilegists. 938, 1210 Cap. XXIV. — That there should be no dancing or leaping to musical instruments at weddings. 962, 1210 Cap. XXV. — That men should not wash with women. 962, 1210 Cap. XXVI. — Concerning one who mocks the mentally infirm. 962, 1211 Cap. XXVII. — That women should not enter the altar, and that it is permitted only to men in holy orders to communicate at the altar. 962, 1211 Cap. XXVIII. — That banquets should not be instituted by contribution. 962, 1211 Cap. XXIX. — Concerning those who play dice or get drunk. 962, 1211 Cap. XXX. — Concerning those possessed by a demon. 963, 1214 Cap. XXXI. — Concerning a layman who is excommunicated and accepted by another against the will of him who excommunicated him. 966, 1214 Cap. XXXII. — Concerning those who fast on the Lord's Day or the Sabbath. 966, 1214 ^C Cap. XXXIII. — Concerning those who teach that the house of God and the assemblies are to be despised. 966, 1215 Cap. XXXIV. — Concerning laymen who attempt to reject the acts of the Council of Ephesus. 967, 1215 Cap. XXXV. — Concerning those who hear the Scriptures and do not remain until the end, or do not communicate. 967, 1215 Cap. XXXVI. — Concerning him who has desired to lie with a woman, but has not done so. 967, 1215 Cap. XXXVII. — Concerning those who do not fast during Lent, on Wednesday, and on Preparation Day (Friday). 967, 1215 Cap. XXXVIII. — Concerning those who remove wax or oil from the holy church. 967, 1215 Cap. XXXIX. — Concerning incommunicable laymen, and that laymen should not teach. 970, 1215 TITULUS XIV. — Concerning faults that can fall upon all men. 970, 1215 Cap. I. — Concerning avarice. 970, 1215 Cap. II. — Concerning homicides and robbers. 970, 1215 Cap. III. — Concerning those who have commerce with brute animals. 971, 1215 Cap. IV. — That those who have fallen into the penalty of non-communication ought to communicate when they are about to die, and what should be done if, after having communicated for this reason, they do not die. 974, 1218 Cap. V. — Concerning him who has had seminal emission in sleep, and concerning him who sleeps apart from his wife, wishing to communicate, and on which day spouses should abstain from mutual union for this reason. 974, 1218 Cap. VI. — How the offering should be made for one who has killed himself. 975, 1218 Cap. VII. — Concerning one who has a wife possessed by a demon, and who therefore wishes to marry another. 975, 1218 ^D TEN INTERROGATIONS WITH AS MANY RESPONSES. 1219 Interrogation I. — In what matter do the Romans appear to have acted not in accordance with reason? 1219 Interrogation II. — How many and whom did the Romans not receive as legitimate patriarchs, and what harm did their inconsiderate rejection cause them (the patriarchs)? 1221 Interrogation III. — Which patriarchs were driven from their own see because of the hatred of emperors, and then received back by orthodox princes? 1221 Interrogation IV. — Concerning which deposed bishops did ordination by them suffer no harm? 1222 Interrogation V. — When some, driven by rivalry, passed judgment on another, and neither of them suffered any harm, neither the one provoking nor the one provoked. 1222 Interrogation VI. — How many refused to obey the ecumenical synods, but did not harm their authority? 1226 Interrogation VII. — Which emperors fought for the protection of the peace of the churches? 1226 Interrogation VIII. — In which synods, although bishops were collected from different archiepiscopal thrones, did their sanctions lack their own force, because they were established neither justly nor according to ecclesiastical rules? 1227 Interrogation IX. — When did deposed bishops again receive their former dignity according to the canons, or with the people entrusted to them making the request? 1230 Interrogation X. — How many have failed at ecumenical synods. 1231

PETRUS SICULUS AND PETER, BISHOP OF ARGOS.

USEFUL HISTORIES AND REFUTATION AND OVERTHROW OF THE MANICHÆAN HERESY.

BARTHOLOMEW, MONK OF EDESSA.

FINIS TOMI CENTESIMI QUARTI.