The Apostolic Canons,[1] also called Apostolic canons[2] (Latin: Canones apostolorum,[3] "Canons of the Apostles"), Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles,[4] or Canons of the Holy Apostles,[5][6] is a 4th-century Syrian Christian text. It is an Ancient Church Order, a collection of ancient ecclesiastical canons concerning the government and discipline of the Early Christian Church, allegedly written by the Apostles.[7][8] This text is an appendix to the eighth book of the Apostolic Constitutions.[7][9] Like the other Ancient Church Orders, the Apostolic Canons uses a pseudepigraphic form.
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^"THE ECCLESIASTICAL CANONS OF THE SAME HOLY APOSTLES". Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries. Vol. VII. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^Vasile, Mihai (2017). "Introduction". Orthodox canon law reference book. Brookline, Massachusetts: Holy Cross Orthodox Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN978-1-935317-45-6. OCLC856076162.
^Viscuso, Patrick (2007) [2006]. Orthodox canon law: a casebook for study (2nd ed.). Berkeley, Calif.: InterOrthodox Press. p. 5. ISBN978-1-935317-16-6.