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The Apostolical Constitutions and Cognate Documents. By the Rev. Do

Lacy O'Leary. (S.P.C.K. 1s.)—In this volume, one of the "Early Church Classics," Mr. O'Leary deals with the Apos- tolical Constitutions, with an appreciation of the Syriac and Greek and other versions—the Syriac he holds to be earlier than the Greek—the "Didascalia," the "Didache," the "Epistle of Barna- bas," and other documents. The subject is a highly complex one, and it is quite impossible to epitomise Mr. O'Leary's conclusions. It is evident, however, that they are the result of careful and impartial study. Doubtless the most interesting thing in the dis- cussion is the supposed presence of a Judaistia tendency in the original document from which the " Didache" and other treatises are derived.