Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
Pseudo-Dionysius's treatise on the hierarchical structure of the church's worship and sacraments, describing how earthly liturgical forms mirror and participate in the heavenly hierarchy. A foundational text for medieval and Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology.
10 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
CAPUT I. To my Fellow Presbyter Timothy. Dionysius the Presbyter.
2
CAPUT II. I. Concerning things done in Illumination.
3
CAPUT III. I. Concerning things accomplished in the Synaxis.
4
CAPUT IV. I. Concerning things performed in the Muron, and concerning things perfected in it.
5
CAPUT V. I. Concerning sacerdotal Consecrations.
6
CAPUT VI. I. Concerning the Ranks of the Initiated.
7
CAPUT VII. I. Concerning things performed over those fallen asleep.
8
LIST OF BISHOPS.
9
APOSTOLIC TRADITIONS GENERALLY IN ABEYANCE.
10
INDEX.