Enchiridion Explained

An enchiridion or encheiridion (grc|ἐγχειρίδιον, enkheirídion) is a small manual or handbook.

It can refer more specifically to:

• Enchiridion of Epictetus, a short manual of Stoic ethical advice
• Enchiridion de Metris, an ancient treatise on poetic meters by the Greek grammarian Hephaestion
• Enchiridion of Pomponius, a 2nd-century collection of Roman law
• Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love by Augustine of Hippo, a compact treatise on Christian piety (420)
• Enchiridion of Byrhtferth (fl. 1000)
• Latin: [[Enchiridion Militis Christiani]] of Erasmus (1501)
• Erfurt Enchiridion, an early Lutheran hymnal (1524)
• The Third Catechism (1561), one of the Old Prussian catechisms
• Enchiridion of Dirk Philips (1564)
• Enchiridion Symbolorum, Definitionum et Declarationum de Rebus Fidei et Morum (1854) a compendium on Catholic dogma
• Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, a Catholic manual on indulgences

See also

• "The Enchiridion!" (2010), fifth episode of the first season of the animated television series Adventure Time
• Encheiridion, an orchid