The Greek word
(ἐπιστήμη) which
commonly means “knowledge” or “understanding,”
is applied here and in vi. 35 to the intelligence and skill displayed
in the arrangement of the public services of the Church. Compare
Apostolic Constitutions, ii. 57, where the Bishop is exhorted to
have the assemblies arranged μετὰ πάσης
ἐπιστήμης.