The Testament of Our Lord

I. 20

Now after the house is [built] as is fitting and right, let the bishop ® be appointed, being chosen by all the people according to the will of the Holy Ghost,® being without fault,’ chaste,$ quiet, mild, without anxiety, watchful,° not a money-lover! blameless," not quarrelsome, ready to forgive, a teacher, not given to much speaking, a lover of good things,» a lover of labour, a lover of widows, a lover of orphans, a lover of the poor, experienced in the mysteries,’ not lax? and distracted in company with this world, peaceful, and in all good things perfect, as one to whom the order and? place of God is entrusted. It is good indeed that + he be without a wife, but at any rate that he have been® the husband of one wife only, so that he may sympathise with the weakness of widows. Let him be appointed when he is of middle age, not a youth.