The Extant Works And Fragments Of Hippolytus

Which are used by the Æthiopian Christians. [2036]

1. Of the holy faith of Jesus Christ. [2037]

2. Of bishops. [2038]

3. Of prayers spoken on the ordination of bishops, and of the order of the Missa. [2039]

4. Of the ordination of presbyters.

5. Of the ordination of deacons.

6. Of those who suffer persecution for the faith. [2040]

7. Of the election of reader and sub-deacon. [2041]

8. Of the gift of healing. [2042]

9. Of the presbyter who abides in a place inconvenient for his office. [2043]

10. Of those who are converted to the Christian religion.

11. Of him who makes idols. [2044]

12. Various pursuits [2045] are enumerated, the followers of which are not to be admitted to the Christian religion until repentance is exhibited. [2046]

13. Of the place which the highest kings or princes shall occupy in the temple. [2047]

14. That it is not meet for Christians to bear arms. [2048]

15. Of works which are unlawful to Christians. [2049]

16. Of the Christian who marries a slave-woman. [2050]

17. Of the free woman. [2051]

18. Of the midwife; and that the women ought to be separate from the men in prayer. [2052]

19. Of the catechumen who suffers martyrdom before baptism. [2053]

20. Of the fast of the fourth and sixth holiday; and of Lent. [2054]

21. That presbyters should assemble daily with the people in church. [2055]

22. Of the week of the Jews' passover; and of him who knows not passover (Easter). [2056]

23. That every one be held to learn doctrine. [2057]

24. Of the care of the bishop over the sick. [2058]

25. Of him on whom the care of the sick is enjoined; and of the time at which prayers are to be made. [2059]

26. Of the time at which exhortations are to be heard. [2060]

27. Of him who frequents the temple every day. [2061]

28. That the faithful ought to eat nothing before the holy communion. [2062]

29. That care is to be well taken that nothing fall from the chalice to the ground. [2063]

30. Of catechumens. [2064]

31. That a deacon may dispense the Eucharist to the people with permission of a bishop or presbyter. [2065]

32. That widows and virgins ought to pray constantly. [2066]

33. That commemoration should be made of the faithful dead every day, with the exception of the Lord's day. [2067]

34. Of the sober behaviour of the secular [2068] in church. [2069]

35. That deacons may pronounce the benediction and thanksgiving at the love-feasts when a bishop is not present. [2070]

36. Of the first-fruits of the earth, and of vows. [2071]

37. When a bishop celebrates the holy communion (Synaxis), [2072] the presbyters who stand by him should be clothed in white. [2073]

38. That no one ought to sleep on the night of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. [2074]