The Statutes of the Apostles (Apostolic Tradition)

Regarding confessors Those who suffered for the faith without being martyred., the passage in E. is probably corrupt in requiring the confessor to undergo the form of ordination as a presbyter. A. and S. agree in allowing him to take the Order of presbyter as well as deacon on the strength of his confession. In the case of a confessor who did not suffer grievously, E. appears to admit him by ordination only to the diaconate, A. to the priesthood, and S. to all offices of which he is worthy. The form of ordination to be used in such cases is not given; apparently, some discretion was allowed under such peculiar circumstances. Certain things had to be mentioned, but the exact words could differ according to the ability of individual bishops whose orthodoxy was unquestioned.

E., A., and the Saidic fragment in the British Museum arrange the other offices thus: widow, reader, virgin, subdeacon. Lagarde’s Saidic version lists reader, subdeacon, widow, virgin. The Testamentum lists widow, subdeacon, reader, virgin. E. and A. include the reader and others in one canon, combining them with the gift of healing. Both Saidic versions give a separate canon to each.

The Testamentum here announces the conclusion of the first book of Clement and begins the second book with the order of Baptism. No such division occurs in E., A., S., or the Bohairic version, which proceed in their next canon to the preliminaries of Baptism. The first step is the selection of catechumens Candidates for baptism., who are described by A. and S. as those who "come in" or are "brought in" to the Faith, and by E. as those who "wish to be baptized." This slight difference should be noted, though it is of small importance, because E. immediately afterward mentions the Faith as the object of their intention.