The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1: I Clement, II Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Didache, Barnabas.

Kirsopp Lake.

ISBN 10: 0674990277 / ISBN 13: 9780674990272

Published by Loeb Classical Library/ Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998, 1912

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Reprint. Hardback. Twelvemo. viii, 409pp. Original green cloth with gilt spine titles. Near fine in a slightly shelf worn dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # C214341

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1: I Clement, II Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Didache, Barnabas.
• Publisher: Loeb Classical Library/ Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998
• Publication Date: 1912
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674990277
• ISBN 13: 9780674990272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION The writings of the Apostolic Fathers give a picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after New Testament times. Some of them were accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early Church. The nine texts subsumed under this title include the epistles of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, which were written while Ignatius was en route to Rome as a prisoner, condemned to die in the wild-beast arena. Here too is the "Didache," a book of precepts in religious instruction, worship, and ministry; and the "Epistle of Barnabas," which attempts to sever the connection between Judaism and the Old Testament. "The Shepherd of Hermas" is a book of revelations and a doctrine of repentance; and the "Martyrdom of Polycarp" gives an account of the persecution of Christians at Smyrna.