The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus / Translated into English with Introduction and Notes

The text assembles an early manual of ecclesiastical regulations and liturgical rites, presenting detailed instructions for baptism, ordination, Eucharistic celebration, penitential practice, and public worship. It prescribes roles and duties of bishops, presbyters, deacons, and minor orders, outlines catechumenal instruction, fasting, and the administration of communion to the sick, and provides prayers and rubrics for services. The collection shows signs of compilation and variant readings resulting from transmission in multiple languages, and includes material later incorporated into broader church-order collections.