Ap. con. For as it was not allowed for the stranger, that is to say for him who was not a Levite, to approach the Altar, nor to offer anything apart from the High Priest, thus do ye naught apart from the Bishop. For if any one do aught apart from the Bishop, he doeth it in vain, for it will not be counted to him as a work, because it is not fitting that any one should do aught without the High Priest. Present, therefore, your offerings to the Bishop, either ye yourselves, or by means of the Deacons ; and what he receives let him deal to you justly, for the Bishop is well acquainted with those who are afflicted ; for he provides for every one and gives as it becomes him ; lest any one should receive many times in the day or in the week, and