The treatise on the apostolic tradition of St. Hippolytus of Rome, bishop and martyr = [Apostolikē paradosis

First Published in 1995. This book first appeared in 1937, and includes the Apostolic Tradition of St Hippolytus which is generally recognised as the single more illuminating single source of evidence on the inner life and religious polity of the early Christian Church. With a revised preface as well as the original first edition preface.

The apostolic tradition of St Hippolytus provides a single source of evidence on the inner life and religious polity of the early Christian Church. This book brings out the value of this treatise for the study of early Christian institutions, and the spirit of the primitive Church.

Contents Preface to the Second Edition and Select Bibliography Preface to the First Edition General Introduction The Textual Materials Symbois used in the Text Abbreviations The Apostolic Tradition Textual Notes Index The little Greek treatise whose title is' A , the Apostolic Tradition, was put out at Rome by the anti-Pope and martyr St Hippolytus in the second decade of the third century.