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The Apostolic Fathers

The earliest Christian writings after the New Testament (c. 70–150): Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Barnabas, Diognetus and the Shepherd of Hermas.

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  1. 01The Apostolic Fathers 1The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians↗
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The Apostolic Fathers, tr. Roberts, Donaldson and Crombie
Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and Frederick Crombie, 1870

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The Ante-Nicene Christian Library translation (1870). Ignatius is given in the shorter recension, without the longer, interpolated one printed beside it. 2 Clement breaks off at chapter 12, as its manuscript then did, and the Didache, found in 1873, is not included.

The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers, translated by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and Frederick Crombie, Ante-Nicene Christian Library vol. 1 (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1870). Public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #77576; the editors' introductions and notes, the longer and Syriac recensions of Ignatius and the spurious Ignatian letters omitted. · Source ↗

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