in church services at appointed times), and all of the papyri are written in large, unconnected letters (uncials). Premier among these ninety-four papyri, however, are forty-three that are dated prior to or around the turn of the third/fourth centuries, with twenty-five of them furnished by Oxyrhynchus, Chester Beatty, and Bodmer MSS. Of equally early date, though written on parchment and therefore classified as “uncials,” are four additional MSS that belong in this elite group: 0189 (2d/3d century),