The Church Fathers · c. 230
The Teaching of the Apostles
Didascalia Apostolorum
Anonymous
What it is
A Syrian church order on the duties of bishops, the seating of the congregation, the reconciliation of penitents, the care of widows, and the ministry of deaconesses to women.
Why it lasted
The fullest early evidence for women in ordained ministry, and the basis of the later Apostolic Constitutions.
Where to read it
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