The Apostolic Tradition: A Commentary, Paul F. Bradshaw, Maxwell E. Johnson and L. Edward Phillips's 2002 volume from Fortress Press in the Hermeneia commentary series, is the scholarly work that argued the church order long attributed to Hippolytus of Rome as a single early third century author is in fact a layered composite text from multiple periods and hands. All three authors are established liturgical scholars, and the Hermeneia series carries a strong reputation for rigorous critical commentary. Its authority rests on that close text critical argument, now widely influential in liturgical scholarship. Cite it for the disputed composite authorship of the text and its bearing on later liturgy, including the second eucharistic prayer of the 1969 Roman Missal.
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Paul F. Bradshaw, Maxwell E. Johnson and L. Edward Phillips's The Apostolic Tradition: A Commentary, published by Fortress Press in its Hermeneia series in 2002, the top tier reflecting three established liturgical scholars' close text critical argument, in a series carrying a strong reputation for rigorous critical commentary, that the church order attributed to Hippolytus is a layered composite text. Cite it for that disputed composite authorship and its bearing on later liturgy, including the second eucharistic prayer of the 1969 Roman Missal. NotesThe commentary that argued the church order long printed as the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus is a layered composite rather than the work of one Roman author of the early third century. Used here for the disputed ancestry of the second eucharistic prayer of the 1969 Roman Missal.
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AuthorPaul F. Bradshaw, Maxwell E. Johnson and L. Edward Phillips
PublisherFortress Press, Minneapolis (Hermeneia)
Publication Year2002
Source TypeScholarly work
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Rome, Cities This source names Rome directly: "order long attributed to Hippolytus of Rome as a single early third century author is in fact a layered composite text from multiple periods and hands."
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Rituals, 4 claims: 2 scholarly debate, 2 general references.
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