The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus: Translated into English with Introduction and NotesHippolytus, Antipope
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The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus: Translated into English with Introduction and Notes
Hippolytus, Antipope
Canon law -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Church orders, Ancient
²Sanctify this milk that has been united into one mass, and
unite us to thy love. ³Let thy loving kindness ever rest upon
this fruit of the olive,[81] which is a type of thy bounty,
which thou didst cause to flow from the tree unto life for
them who hope on thee.
⁴But at every blessing shall be said:
Glory be to thee, with [the] Holy Spirit in the holy church,
both now and always and world without end. [Amen.]
8.[82] ¹But when a presbyter is ordained, the bishop shall lay
his hand upon his head, while the presbyters touch him, and he
shall say according to those things that were said above, as
we have prescribed above concerning the bishop, praying and
saying:
²God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, look upon this thy
servant, and grant to him the Spirit of grace and counsel of a
presbyter,[83] that he may sustain and govern thy people with
a pure heart; ³as thou didst look upon thy chosen people and
didst command Moses that he should choose presbyters, whom
thou didst fill with thy Spirit, which thou gavest to thy
servant. ⁴And now, O Lord, grant that there may be unfailingly
preserved amongst us the Spirit of thy grace, and make us
worthy that, believing, we may minister to thee in simplicity
of heart, praising thee. ⁵Through thy Servant Jesus Christ,
through whom be to thee glory and honour, with [the] Holy
Spirit in the holy church, both now and always and world
without end. Amen.
9. ¹But the deacon, when he is ordained, is chosen according
to those things that were said above, the bishop alone in like
manner laying his hands upon him, as we have prescribed. ²When
the deacon is ordained, this is the reason why the bishop
alone shall lay his hands upon him: he is not ordained to the
priesthood but to serve the bishop and to carry out the
bishop’s commands. ³He does not take part in the council of
the clergy; he is to attend to his own duties and to make
known to the bishop such things as are needful. ⁴He does not
receive that Spirit that is possessed by the presbytery, in
which the presbyters share; he receives only what is confided
in him under the bishop’s authority.
⁵For this cause the bishop alone shall make a deacon. ⁶But on
a presbyter, however, the presbyters shall lay their hands
because of the common and like Spirit of the clergy. ⁷Yet the
presbyter has only the power to receive; but he has no power
to give. ⁸For this reason a presbyter does not ordain the
clergy; but at the ordination of a presbyter he seals while
the bishop ordains.
⁹Over a deacon, then, he shall say as follows:
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