Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations used for Works Frequently Cited -- Introduction -- I. The Patristic Sources of the Eastern Ordinals of Christ -- II. The Ordinals of Christ in the Eastern Church of the late Patristic Era and the later Syrian and Byzantine Churches -- III. The Latin Patristic Background for the Ordinals of Christ in the Western Church -- IV. Between East and West: Latin Intermediate Ordinals of Christ -- V. Early Hibernian Ordinals of Christ -- VI. The Ninth Century: Innovation and Expansion of Old Forms -- VII. English Ordinals of Christ in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries -- VIII. Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Ordinals of Christ in Italy -- IX. New Trends in Northern Europe: Two Representative Texts -- X. The Amalgamation of Old and New Forms in the Twelfth Century -- XI. The Diffusion of the Ivonian Ordinal of Christ -- XII. Beyond the Twelfth Century -- Conclusion -- Comparative Table of the Ordinals of Christ -- List of Manuscripts Cited