Books by James Donaldson

The Apostolic Constitutions are made up of eight treatises covering the early church's discipline, worship, and doctrine. It was intended to act as a manual to guide the clergy and to serve as a catechism for the laity. It claims to be written by the Twelve Apostles.The structure of the work is:Books 1-6: Admonitions about Christian life, prayer, orphans and martyrdom. Rules about the qualifications of bishops, deacons and deaconesses and widows.Rules about church-building, fasting, the education of children and heresies.Book 7: A rewrite of the Didache along with prayers.Book 8: A treatise on charismata and a rewrite of the Apostolic Tradition along with the "Canons of the Apostles."This work is taken from: Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 7. Edited by Alexander Roberts (1826-1901), and A. Cleveland Coxe (1818-1896). (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886.) Translated by James Donaldson (1831-1915). The original footnotes and Bible references are preserved. Also, illustrations have been added of the Gospels events and the Biblical characters referred to in the text.

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CONTENTSBOOK I. The Position and Influence of Women in Ancient GreeceI. PreliminaryII. Homeric WomenIII. The Spartan WomenIV. SapphoV. Athenian WomenBOOK II. The Position and Influence of Women in Ancient RomeI. The Good SideII. The Other SideIII. ReligionIV. Legislation and Marriage LawsV. The Effects of Marriage and Other ArrangementsBOOK III. THE POSITION AND INFLUENCE OF WOMEN IN EARLY CHRISTIANITYI. High Position of Women and Their Subsequent DegradationII. Explanation of the DegradationBOOK IV. SupplementaryI. Women of the Homeric Period 1. The Gentleness of the Period 2. The Darker Side of the Question 3. Love-Making in Homer's TimeII. Women in the Greek Period 1. On the Character of Sappho 2. Aspasia 3. Portraits of Sappho and Aspasia 4. Right of Intermarriage 5. Athenian Citizenship 6. Date of 'Ecclesiazusae' 7. The Women of PlautusIII. Women in the Roman Period 1. Women in Asia Minor 2. The Speech of Augustus on Marriage 3. Medical Women 4. Women in EgyptIV. Women in the Ante-Nicene Period 1. Influence of Christianity on Women 2. CallistusBibliographyIndex