Church orders, liturgies and councils
Early church manuals, ancient liturgies and the canons of the councils.
Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles (Addai and Mari)
The oldest East Syriac eucharistic liturgy.
1 workCouncil of Carthage (AD 257)
A council of North African bishops under Cyprian.
2 worksCouncil of Neocaesarea (AD 315)
Canons of a regional council in Asia Minor.
1 workCouncil of Sardica (AD 343)
A council of Eastern and Western bishops.
1 workLiturgy of Saint Clement
The liturgy set out in the eighth book of the Apostolic Constitutions, which is put under the name of Clement of Rome.
1 workApostolic Constitutions
A large Syrian collection of church law and worship.
9 worksCouncil of Constantinople (AD 381)
The second ecumenical council.
1 workCouncil of Constantinople (AD 394)
A local council at Constantinople.
1 workCouncil of Carthage (AD 419)
The African code of canons.
1 workCouncil of Ephesus (AD 431)
The third ecumenical council.
3 worksLiturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
The ordinary liturgy of Constantinople, still used by the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic churches; it takes its name from John Chrysostom, though it reached its present form later.
2 worksCouncil of Chalcedon (AD 451)
The fourth ecumenical council.
5 worksCollectio Avellana (imperial and papal letters)
A sixth-century collection of letters of popes and emperors on church disputes.
2 worksOrthodox Church service books
The prayers, hymns and rites of the Orthodox Church of the East, as printed in the Greek and Church Slavonic service books and here in Isabel Hapgood’s English version.
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