The Treatise on the Apostolic Tradition of St. Hippolytus of Rome, Bishop and Martyr

London: Alban Press, 1992. Octavo in pale yellow illus glossy paper wraps; lxxxi, 90 pages: illustrations; 22 cm; with additional corrections; bibliographical references and index. Personal owner name and date to front free endpaper; frotn lower wrapper corner gently bent; else overall near fine thus with slightly sunned spine. Paperback. ISBN: 0700702326

Translation of: Traditio apostolica, the Latin text of the lost Greek treatise Apostolikē paradosis. Originally published: 2nd rev. ed. London: S.P.C.K., 1968. / Contents: The apostolic tradition -- St Hippolytus -- Date of the apostolic tradition -- The representative value of the evidence of the apostolic tradition -- The influence of the apostolic tradition -- The latin version -- The arabic, ethiopic, sahidic and bohairic versions -- The testament of our Lord -- The apostolic constitutions -- The "epitome of apostolic constitutions, Bk viii" or "Constitutions through Hippolytus" -- The canons of Hippolytus -- Part I. of the clergy -- Part II. Of the laity -- Part III. church observances. Canon law -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Church orders, Ancient. Christian life -- Early works to 1800. Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Sources. Règlements ecclésiastiques anciens. Droit canonique -- ca 30-600 (Église primitive) Vie chrétienne -- Ouvrages avant 1800. Canon law -- Early church. Christian life. Church history -- Primitive and early church. Church orders, Ancient. Genre/Form: Early works. Sources. Early works to 1800. Sources.