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36. ἢ ἀφ' ὑμῶν ὁ λόγος. The emphasis is upon ἀφ' ὑμῶν. ‘Was it from you that the Word of God originally came,’ that you take upon yourselves the task of setting an example to other Churches?
ἢ εἰς ὑμᾶς μόνους κατήντησεν; Or did it reach you alone? so that you have no concern with what is the custom elsewhere. It is not to be supposed that in minor matters Christian communities had not the right of ordering their own rites as seemed to them best. As a matter of fact they soon began to do so, as the number and variety of ancient Liturgies fully prove. But there are certain matters of principle which must be laid down as fundamental. And this is one of them.