Sources and Credits
Where each text comes from, and the licence under which it may be reused.
The Apostolic Tradition (Easton translation)
Burton Scott Easton, The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus (Cambridge University Press, 1934), as transcribed for Project Gutenberg (ebook 61614, by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team). Only the translation proper (Easton’s pages 33–62) is given here, with his own section numbers and his square brackets; his introduction, his notes, the lists of biblical and patristic references and the indexes are left out. SermonIndex removed the page numbers and the footnote numbers, took out the letters (LAT, GRE, SAH, TEST, ETH) that show which ancient version each stretch rests on, and gave each section a short heading of its own; the few notes of Easton’s that are printed inside the translation itself are kept and marked as his. The wording is Easton’s own. The text. The work reached us only in translation: the Latin of the Verona palimpsest (about AD 500), the Sahidic, Arabic and Ethiopic versions, and reworkings in the Apostolic Constitutions (book 8), the Epitome and the Testament of Our Lord . Easton’s own judgement was that it is the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus, a Roman presbyter and rival bishop, written about 215; many scholars now treat it as a composite, living church order from the third and fourth centuries and are unsure that it comes from Rome. Licence. Easton’s translation was published in 1934. Project Gutenberg distributes it as public domain in the United States, and it is given on that basis; the copyright rules of other countries may differ. Licence: Public domain (United States).
Didascalia Apostolorum (Gibson translation)
English translation by Margaret Dunlop Gibson, from Didascalia Apostolorum in English , translated from the Syriac by Margaret Dunlop Gibson (London: C. J. Clay and Sons, Cambridge University Press Warehouse, 1903; Horae Semiticae 2); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1903 edition at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. Gibson’s introduction and notes, the readings of other manuscripts that she prints in brackets in the text (marked S., M. and so on), the references to the Apostolic Constitutions and to Scripture printed in the margin, and the appendix are also left out. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1903 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.
The Testament of Our Lord (Cooper and Maclean translation)
English translation by James Cooper and Arthur John Maclean, from The Testament of Our Lord, translated into English from the Syriac with Introduction and Notes , by James Cooper and Arthur John Maclean (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1902); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1902 edition from the Cornell University Library at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. The long introduction, the editors’ notes at the end of the volume, the appendices and the indexes are also left out. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1902 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.
The Ancient Church Orders (Maclean)
English text by Arthur John Maclean, from The Ancient Church Orders by Arthur John Maclean (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910; Cambridge Handbooks of Liturgical Study ); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies library at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the author’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. The two plates (facsimile pages of manuscripts), the bibliography and the index are also left out. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The book was published in 1910 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.
Council of Ancyra (AD 314): The Canons
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. The Greek words that the editors quote in their notes were stored in the source in an old keyboard code; they are given here in Latin letters. Licence: Public domain.
Council of Neocaesarea (AD 315): The Canons
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. The Greek words that the editors quote in their notes were stored in the source in an old keyboard code; they are given here in Latin letters. Licence: Public domain.
Council of Nicaea (AD 325): Shorter Writings
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. The Greek words that the editors quote in their notes were stored in the source in an old keyboard code; they are given here in Latin letters. Licence: Public domain.
Council of Nicaea (AD 325): The Captions of the Arabic Canons Attributed to the Council
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.
Synodical Letter of the Council of Gangra
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.
Council of Gangra: The Canons
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. The Greek words that the editors quote in their notes were stored in the source in an old keyboard code; they are given here in Latin letters. Licence: Public domain.
Council of Gangra: Epilogue
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.
Synod of Antioch (AD 341): The Synodal Letter
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.
Synod of Antioch (AD 341): The Canons
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. The Greek words that the editors quote in their notes were stored in the source in an old keyboard code; they are given here in Latin letters. Licence: Public domain.
Council of Sardica (AD 343): The Canons
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.
Council of Laodicea: The Canons
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. The Greek words that the editors quote in their notes were stored in the source in an old keyboard code; they are given here in Latin letters. Licence: Public domain.
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, Book 1
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, Book 2
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, Book 3
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, Book 4
English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.