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VIII INTRODUCTION. narrating the history of Athanasius, takes occasion to make the following observations (p. 97) : Habent (Arabes) canones Atlianasii nomine, numero centum ct septem, qni exstant in amplissima collections Coptitarum Jacobitarum, in antique codice bibliothecce Seguieriance et in alio quern Wanslebius, dum in Aegypto esset, describi curaverat, qui exstat in bibliotheca oratoriana. Eos autcm canones Coptitis notissimos fuisse ar- gumcnto cst testimonium Ebnassali, Echmimensis, Abulbirkat ct aliorum, qni cos in locos communes degesserunt ant sicut is, quern ultimo loco nominavimus, in compendium redegerunt. Exstant quoqiie alia ex Us testimonia in variis collectionibus quaestionibusque ct responsionibus. Non reperiuntur illi in col- lectione Melchitarum, cujus habentur antiquissima exemplaria. hide facile conjectura duci potest cam qinc Athanasii nomine exstat apud Aegyptios Jacobitas jwn tarn acceptam esse ex Grcecis codicibus, quam ex usu ecclesiarum quotidiano in literas rclatam sumptis June atque mde canombus datumquc illi col- lectioni titnlum quo major illi accederet auctoritas. Sunt porro inter illos multi qui actati Atlianasii convenire non posstmt et postenons temporis disciplinam reprcesentent] atque inde con jectura duci potest, Athanasio canones illos ascribi, quod Alexan drine ecclesitc mores et instituta spcctarent. Since Renaudot no one appears to have read these canons, probably owing to this suspicion of spuriousness which might well act as a primary deterrent from any concern with the work. And of his predecessors, only Wansleben gives the headings of our canons, and that not from a direct acquain tance with them, but from the account given by Abu 1-Ba- rakat. That learned Copt, in his catalogue of Christian-Arabic literature, observes with reference to Athanasius 2 : More over to him (Athanasius) are due 107 Canons, which he 1 Vansleb, //is/, dc CKgl. d Alexandric etc. Paris 1677; pp. 286 294. 2 Cf. Kachr. dcr k. Ges. d. Wisscnsch. zu Gottingen ; philol.-hist. Klasse, 1902; pp. 646, 674.
composed concerning the priesthood INTRODUCTION. IX already been given in the chapter treating etc. A list of them has of the lists of the canons. By the last words the writer refers to the 5th chapter of his theological Encyclopedia, which contains a List of the Canons ordained by the Fathers, the saintly Apostles and the holy Patriarchs and Bishops who came after ! them and were assembled in the . recognized Synods <strong>The</strong>re, under the heading: <strong>The</strong> Canons of Abba Athanasius the Apostolic, 2Oth Patriarch of Alexandria - - in number 107 Canons , Abu 1-Barakat 2 gives a full and accurate list of the contents of the work, 3 concluding with the following note: In the MS. here used it is stated that, in the MS. whence it was transcribed, the statement is found that this holy Canon of Saint Athanasius, the great teacher of the land of the Egyptians, was one canon. But I, poor Michael, who am not worthy to be bishop of Tinnis, held it right, when copying (or translating) it, to examine it and divide it into 107 sections, so that each section should clearly show its contents and that all who seek (therein) anything should easily and conveniently find it . 4 This Michael is presumably identical with the continuator of Severus s Patriarchal His tory, completed in 1051 5 and utilized by Renaudot for the period subsequent to 880. G He had been ordained deacon by the patriarch Zacharias (1004 1032), priest by Sinuthius 7 (1032 1046), whom he had served as secretary, and was nominated bishop of Tinnis by Christodulus (1047 IO 77)> who had already employed him as envoy to John of An- tioch. 8 It is probably to him then that we owe the Arabic version of our canons. 1 Translated in KRQ., pp. 1876. ^ Fol. 1430 of the Berlin MS. 3 Translated in KRQ., pp. 54 58. 4 V. the subscription to the Canons, p. 69 infra. 5 Renaudot, Hist. 399, 414. 6 /. e. from p. 322 ; cf. p. i. IV, v. of preface and 322. 7 L. c. 414. 8 L. c. 403, 407.
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