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Hippolytus

Heads of the Canons of Abulide or 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]

 

 

 

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