The Apostolic Tradition

Foreword to Hermeneia
Preface
Reference Codes
1. Abbreviations
2. Short Titles
Editor\'s Note
Introduction
1. Identification of the Document
2. Textual Witnesses
a. Greek Fragments
b. Translations
c. Versions in Other Church Orders
3. Reconstruction of the Text
4. A New Approach
5. Order of the Document
6. Principles Governing the Display of the Text
in This Edition
1.1-5
2.1-5
3.1-6
4.1-13
5.1-2
6.1-4
7.1 - 5
8.1-12
9.1-5
10.1-5
11
12
13
14
15.1-8
16.1-17
17.1-2
[Prologue]
Concerning Bishops
[Prayer for the Ordination of a Bishop]
[Eucharistic Prayer]
[Concerning the Offering of Oil]
[Concerning the Offering of Cheese and Olives]
Concerning Presbyters
Concerning Deacons
Concerning Confessors
Concerning Widows
Concerning a Reader
Concerning Virgins
Concerning a Subdeacon
Concerning the Gift of Healing
Concerning Newcomers to the Faith
Concerning Crafts and Professions
Concerning the Time of Hearing the Word
18.1-5
19.1-2
20.1-10
21.1-40
22.1-3
23.1-4
24/ 25
26.1-2
27.1-2
after the Examination of Crafts and Professions
Concerning the Prayer of Those Who Hear the Word
Concerning the Imposition of Hands on Catechumens
Concerning Those Who Are to Receive Baptism
Concerning the Tradition of Holy Baptism
[Concerning Communion]
28.1-6
29A
Concerning Fasting
[Original Placement of 29B, C]
Concerning the Hour of Eating
That It Is Not Proper for Catechumens to Eat
with the Faithful
That It Is Proper to Eat Judiciously and Moderately
That It Is Proper to Eat with Thanksgiving
 
 29B.1-4 Concerning Gifts for the Sick 154
29C.1-16 Concerning the Bringing in of the Lamps
at the Supper of the Congregation 156
29D [Doublet of 28.4b-6] 161
30A.1-2 Concerning the Supper of the Widows 162
30B [Prologue] (Ethiopic) 164
31.1-5 Concerning the Fruit That It Is Proper
to Bring to the Bishop 165
32.1-3 The Blessing of Fruits 169
33.1-4 That It Is Not Proper for Anyone to Taste
Anything in the Pascha before the Hour
When It Is Proper to Eat 172
34 That It Is Proper for the Deacons to Assist
the Bishop 176
35.1-2 Concerning the Hour When It Is Proper to Pray 178
36 That It Is Proper to Receive the Eucharist Early
at the Time It Will Be Offered, before They
Taste Anything 180
37 That It Is Proper to Watch over the Eucharist Diligently 182
38A.l-2 That It Is Not Proper to Spill Anything from the Cup 184
38B.1-6 [Concerning the Sign of the Cross] 186
39.1-2 [Concerning Deacons and Presbyters] 188
40.1-2 Concerning the Places of Burial 191
41.1-18 Concerning the Hour When It Is Proper to Pray 194
Excursus: Parallels to the Hours of Daily Prayer
in the Second and Third Centuries 213
42.1-4 [Concerning the Sign of the Cross] 216
43.1-4 [Conclusion] 221
Bibliography
1. Editions, Translations, and Reconstructions 225
2. Secondary Literature 226
Indices 231