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§ 1. Church full of discretion, possessor of treasures and varied wisdom, worship and confess  the King, thy, Who has raised up thy children, and has made them spiritual treasures in the creation, and has committed into their hands the keys of the heavenly treasure, and has given them authority that whatsoever they shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven." From the service in the Khudhra for the first Sunday of the "Sanctification of the Church."

§ 2. "If any one shall introduce into the Church spurious books written by wicked persons, under cover of their being Holy Scriptures, to the corruption of the laity and clergy, let him be excommunicated." ''From Canon LII. of the Apostolical Canons contained in the'' Sinhadòs.

§ 3. "Twice a year a synod of Bishops shall be convened, and they shall prove [or examine] one another in the doctrines of piety, and shall loose [or decide] the controversies which shall arise in the Church." ''From Canon XXXVI. as above.''

The alterations and additions which from time to time have been made in the Nestorian ritual and ceremonial prove that