Patriarchs
Among all the qualified candidates, how should you decide who should be the patriarch? (Hint: age, knowledge, a fair way to select, etc.)
Select the elder one, but the younger one is also acceptable; according to the urgent demand, for instance, the demand for the Holy book means select the knowledgeable one; settled by lot on the altar.(p21)
The bishop shall be consecrated on what day of the week?
Sunday
Two types of people cannot be kings
Alien and infidel
How does the FN say one should respond to a prophet who promotes worship of other gods? Why?
You shall slay that prophet or dreamer, because he has spoken lies against the Lord your God
As a bishop, in what way you can ask permission directly from the patriarch? As a bishop or metropolitan, in what way you can see the king?
Only with the permission of his metropolitan.
Only with the permission with the patriarch.
Can an one eyed, lame person be a bishop?
Yes, physical defect is not a real defect, but the real defect is that of the soul.
For the benefits we derived from the ruler, we should do what
Give him tribute and presents in payment
What did the Council of Nicaea request for one to join the priesthood?
Offer sacrifices to the idols before being baptized by Christian baptism - after this they may join the priesthood
Who has the power over all other patriarchs, because he is the chief, as was Peter?
Who has the right to appoint an Ethiopian metropolitan?
Patriarch of Rome.
Alexandria.
One factor prevents one from being a bishop
6 factors
1 Possessed by the devil
2/3 Blind, deaf, or foolish
4 Infidel, immediate conversion
5 Voluntarily eunuch
6 Against by others
Two ways that one redeems oneself and be free
Pay the price with the remaining property
or
Be a mercenary until one pays the price
What is the punishment for a clergy member or a layman who has relations with magicians or wise men?
Clergy: “he shall be deposed from his rank and barred from associating with the faithful.”
Layman: “he shall be barred from associating with the faithful.”
Four kinds of requirements deduced by reasoning to verify one who is worthy of the patriarch:
Perfect conditions of sanity
Health of body: sight, hearing, speaking, hands, and legs
Absence of illness: sore/leprosy
Doing good and being wise (p21)
One factor one is deemed worthy of being a bishop
8 factors:
1-4 Behavior, character, health and being elected (experience and prudence)
5 Be a monk or a lawfully married priest.
6 Approved by the people and the patriarch
7 Should not be given with undue haste
8 Elected by many electors(>12)
As a king fights against another city or country,
the first thing you should do and the following action you should take.
First offer terms of peace.
Accept, they pay tributes to you
Reject, you fight them. Surrender, have mercy on them.
Which books does the section on apostasy rely on to support its assertions?
The gospel
In what way, a patriarch can be charged guilty if he is guilty?
In what way, a patriarch cannot be charged guilty even if he is guilty?
One of his three fellow patriarchs accused him and started the inquiry.
The charge from the metropolitan under the patriarch’s jurisdiction
For what reason, the senior bishop should interrogate priests and deacons three times to say the new bishop is truly worthy of the office
For in the mouth of two or three, every word shall stand.
As a king, what you should do, what you shouldn’t do. List an example for each
Judge with equity for all.
Rule with leniency and clemency.
Listen to the old and the judges
Treat ministers of the preceding king well
Don’t take the wealth of anyone by violence
Never wrong the orphans and widows
Not listen to the young grow up with him
Who does the author say is devoid of sin, even if they committed apostasy?
Those who fled, whose property was looted, and who suffered affliction because they confessed themselves to be Christians and because of these things regret their apostasy