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Chapter XL.—Let Us
Preserve in the Church the Order Appointed by God.
These things therefore being manifest to us, and since
we look into the depths of the divine knowledge, it behoves us to do
all things in [their proper] order, which the Lord has commanded us to
perform at stated times.4216
4216 Some join κατὰ
καιροὺς
τεταγμένους,
“at stated times,” to the next sentence. | He has
enjoined offerings [to be presented] and service to be performed [to
Him], and that not thoughtlessly or irregularly, but at the appointed
times and hours. Where and by whom He desires these things to be
done, He Himself has fixed by His own supreme will, in order that all
things, being piously done according to His good pleasure, may be
acceptable unto Him.4217
4217 Literally, “to
His will.” | Those,
therefore, who present their offerings at the appointed times, are
accepted and blessed; for inasmuch as they follow the laws of the Lord,
they sin not. For his own peculiar services are assigned to the
high priest, and their own proper place is prescribed to the priests,
and their own special ministrations devolve on the Levites. The
layman is bound by the laws that pertain to laymen.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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