1423 De Valentinianis hæreticis (On Valentinian heretics), I, 272; II, 10. A Vates (Prophets), who they are, I, 228; II, 156. Regarding those who abandon themselves to prophets, I, 227, 399; II, 124. How those who prophesy are to be punished, II, 134. Vocula vel interpretatio (The particle ‘or’ or interpretation), I, 244. By the name of a veil (velum), whatsoever is textile is signified, I, 47. The aid of the Velleian senatusconsultum, I, 240. Venantius, bishop, I, 644. Regarding the spectacles of the games (venationum), I, 218. What the sights of the games are, ibid. Regarding poisoners (veneficis), II, 58. What a poisoning is, II, 218. He who confesses to a poisoning is a homicide, as he will confess at the time, II, 118. Venerius, a priest of the Church of Milan, I, 593. Who are Ventriloquists, I, 255. Those who are of the sacred tribunal must not strike, I, 17. Truth is to be preferred to types, I, 253. What a vestibule is, II, 3. Splendid garments forbidden to priests, I, 318. Regarding garments pertaining to sacred matters, I, 187. Vestments called ‘holobera’ (all-silk), I, 121. What Viaticum is, II, 160. A widow received into the diaconate, if she marries, is to be despised, II, 81. A widow is chosen at no less than 40 years of age, ibid. A widow may marry as she has the right, II, 99. He who has taken a widow cannot be a priest, I, 13. Widows who are 60 years of age can be referred to the order of deaconesses, I, 201. It is forbidden for senior widows to be appointed in churches, I, 458. Widowhood is lesser than virginity, II, 74. Regarding the abhorrence of wine, I, 31. Regarding the oblation of wine alone on the sacred table, without added water, among the Armenians, I, 231. A man must not wear a woman’s garment, I, 250, 251. A man shall not sleep in a monastery of women, I, 213. For men, there is no sharper stimulus than a woman to excite lust, ibid.
1424 A man who is orthodox should not be joined to a heretical woman, I, 241. Regarding a virgin not betrothed, to whom she is brought, I, 45. That the divine birth from the Virgin was without the labor of childbirth, I, 249. A virgin 40 years of age to be ordained a deaconess, I, 204. How lapsed virgins are to be punished, II, 116. It is not permitted for a virgin who has dedicated herself to God to be joined in marriage, I, 152. Regarding virgins marrying against the will of their parents, rendering their own [vow] void, I, 396. Regarding lapsed virgins, II, 74. If anyone preserves virginity, retreating from marriage as if it were to be abhorred, let him be anathema, I, 420. If any of those who preserve virginity for the sake of the Lord insult those who are married, let him be anathema, I, 420. Virgin, who is so named, II, 74. The Holy Virgin called the wife of Joseph, I, 276. Sight, the first of the senses, I, 279. The viaticum is necessary in the last breath of life, I, 74. To call, what it is, I, 48. Outcry, what it is, I, 215. The volume of the Westerners, I, 92. B
Xanthippus, bishop of First Numidia, I, 638. Xenodochia (guesthouses) not to be established anew, but those which have been established are to be cared for, I, 353. Regarding the founder of a Xenodochium, I, 532. The writing of Gregorius Xerus, I, 241. C
Zenus, bishop, I, 104. Zois, bishop, II, 41. Zonaras, commendation, II, 37. Zozimus, bishop, I, 512.
ORDO RERUM (TABLE OF CONTENTS) CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. THEODORUS BALSAMON.
COMMENTARIES ON THE CANONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES, COUNCILS, AND THE CANONICAL EPISTLES OF THE HOLY FATHERS, TOGETHER WITH THE COMMENTARIES OF J. ZONARAS AND ALEXIUS ARISTENUS. (Continuation.)
Commentaries on the 217 Canons of the Holy Fathers who assembled at Carthage. 9 On the canonical Epistle of S. Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, in the hymns. 911 On the Epistle of the same to the bishops who are in Libya and Pentapolis. 921 On the canonical Epistle of S. Dionysius, Archbishop of Alexandria, to Basilides the bishop. 455 On the canonical Epistle of S. Peter, Bishop of Alexandria and Martyr. 475 On the canonical Epistle of S. Gregory, Archbishop of Neocaesarea. 517 On the Epistle of S. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, to Amun the monk. 515 On the Epistle of the same to Rufinian. 565 On the first canonical Epistle of S. Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, to Amphilochius. 571 On the second canonical Epistle of the same. 613 On the third canonical Epistle of the same. 737 On the Epistle of the same to the same Amphilochius, regarding the distinction of the Ciboria. 807 On the Epistle of the same to Diodorus, Bishop of Tarsus, regarding him who took two sisters in marriage. 809 On the Epistle of the same to Gregory the presbyter, that he should separate from the little woman with whom he lived. 821 On the Epistle of the same to the chorepiscopi, that ministers may not be made without him, contrary to the canons. 827 On the Epistle of the same to the bishops subject to him, that they should not ordain for money. 831 On the Epistle of the same to Amphilochius, regarding the Holy Spirit. 839 On the canonical Epistle of S. Gregory of Nyssa to S. Letoïus, Bishop of Melitene. 851 On the canonical responses of Timothy, Bishop of Alexandria. 889 On the Edict of Theophilus, Archbishop of Alexandria, when the holy Theophany fell on the Lord’s day. 901 On the Commonitorium of the same which he received from Ammon for the sake of Lyco. 905 On the Narration of the same regarding those who are called Cathari, as well as other things to Agathon and Menas, bishops. 911 On the Epistle of Great Basil to the Nicopolitans. 953 On the place in S. Gregory the Theologian from the Poems: That certain books of the Old and New Testament are to be read. 925 On the Iambics of S. Amphilochius to Seleucus on the same subject. 923 On the encyclical Epistle of Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople, and the holy Synod assembled with him, to all metropolitans and to the Pope of the city of Rome. 929 On the Epistle of S. Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople, to Pope Adrian, regarding not performing ordinations for money. 935 On the Questions of the monks and the Responses made to them by the holy Synod of Constantinople in the time of S. Nicholas the Patriarch. 937 Canonical Questions of the S. Patriarch of Alexandria, D. Mark, and the Responses to them by Theodorus Balsamon. 951 Meditations or Responses of the same. 1013 COLLECTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL CONSTITUTIONS. 1077 BOOK I. — Collection of expositors in the Codex, and Digests, and Novels, concerning Bishops and Clerics, and Monks, and sacred matters, and also concerning Jews and Heretics. 1077 BOOK II. — Collection of things scattered in the Digests, and in the Sanctions of princes, and in introductory laws, or Institutes, concerning things and sacred places, and concerning those things which are done in them, and which are committed in them; and concerning Priests, Sacrifices, and Jews; and concerning those who lead/induce some into a forbidden religion; and concerning the support of children, old people, and the infirm. 1237 BOOK III. — From the Novels published after the Codex. 1251 EPISTLE CONCERNING FASTS which should be observed throughout the years, sent to the Antiochian. 1355 EPISTLE CONCERNING RASOPHORI, or those clad in the Raso. 1339 Analytical index of matters. 1581 END OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH VOLUME.