Constitutions of the Holy Apostles

The Apostolic Tradition (anonymous, compilation) · c. 380 AD

Ante-Nicene Fathers (Roberts–Donaldson), Roberts, Donaldson, and Coxe (eds.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing, 1885–1887; digitized by CCEL.

Anonymous early ecclesiastical compilations that organize and transmit the liturgical, canonical, and pastoral practice of the early Church — most importantly the Apostolic Constitutions (compiled c. 380, drawing on the Didache, the earlier Didascalia, and the Apostolic Tradition attributed to Hippolytus) and the surviving ancient liturgies (the Divine Liturgy of St James of Jerusalem, the Liturgy of St Mark of Alexandria, and the Clementine liturgy of Book VIII of the Apostolic Constitutions).

Contents

1. Book I. Concerning the Laity(3 chapters)
2. Book II. Of Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons(9 chapters)
3. Book III(2 chapters)
4. Book IV(2 chapters)
5. Book V(3 chapters)
6. Book VI(6 chapters)
7. Book VII. Concerning the Christian Life, and the Eucharist, and the Initiation into Christ(5 chapters)
8. Book VIII. Concerning Gifts, and Ordinations, and the Ecclesiastical Canons(7 chapters)