Apostolic Tradition

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Apostolic Tradition is an early third-century Christian church order, traditionally attributed to Hippolytus of Rome, that provides one of the oldest detailed witnesses to liturgy, church organization, and sacramental practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early Christian church order
ecclesiastical law text
liturgical text
patristic work
contains Eucharistic prayer
baptismal interrogations
ordination prayers
rubrics for liturgical actions
describes Eucharistic celebration
baptismal rites
catechumenate
church organization
early Christian liturgy
ordination rites
penitential discipline
sacramental practice
documentsPracticeOf ordination of bishops
ordination of deacons
ordination of presbyters
ordination of readers
ordination of subdeacons
ordination of virgins
ordination of widows
hasApproximateDate c. 215
early third century
hasGenre church order
hasInfluenceOn Apostolic Constitutions NERFINISHED
Canons of Hippolytus NERFINISHED
Roman Rite Eucharistic Prayer II NERFINISHED
Testamentum Domini NERFINISHED
Western liturgical traditions
later church orders
modern baptismal rites
hasLanguage Greek
hasTraditionalAuthor Hippolytus of Rome NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalTitle Traditio Apostolica NERFINISHED
hasUncertainAuthorship true
isAssociatedWith Roman church
early third-century Christianity
isImportantSourceFor development of sacramental theology
history of church offices
history of early Christian liturgy
isPreservedIn Arabic fragments
Coptic translation
Ethiopic translation
Georgian fragments
Latin translation
regulates Christian daily prayer
Eucharistic discipline
baptismal preparation
catechumenate duration

Referenced by (2)

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Anglican theology hasSource Apostolic Tradition
this entity surface form: Apostolic tradition
Saint Hippolytus notableWork Apostolic Tradition