The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers
ANTE-NICENE CHRISTIAN LIBRARY:
TRANSLATIONS OF THE WRITINGS OF THE FATHERS DOWN TO A.D. 325.
EDITED BY THE
REV. ALEXANDER ROBERTS, D.D., AND JAMES DONALDSON, LL.D.
VOL. I. THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS.
EDINBURGH: T. AND T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.
MDCCCLXX.
EDINBURGH: MURRAY AND GIBB, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.
THE WRITINGS OF THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS.
TRANSLATED BY
REV. DR ROBERTS, DR DONALDSON, AND REV. F. CROMBIE.
EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. LONDON: HAMILTON & CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON & CO. MDCCCLXX.
NOTE BY THE EDITORS TO VOL. I.
The Ante-Nicene Christian Library is meant to comprise translations into English of all the extant works of the Fathers down to the date of the first General Council held at Nice in A.D. 325. The sole provisional exception is that of the more bulky writings of Origen. It is intended at present only to embrace in the scheme the Contra Celsum and the De Principiis of that voluminous author; but the whole of his works will be included should the undertaking prove successful.
The present volume has been translated by the Editors (with the exception of the Similitudes of Hermas, which is translated by the Rev. F. CROMBIE, M.A.). Their object has been to place the English reader as nearly as possible on a footing of equality with those who are able to read the original. With this view they have for the most part leaned towards literal exactness; and wherever any considerable departure from this has been made, a verbatim rendering has been given at the foot of the page. Brief introductory notices have been prefixed, and short notes inserted, to indicate varieties of reading, specify references, or elucidate any obscurity which seemed to exist in the text.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS, ... 1
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF CLEMENT, ... 51
THE EPISTLE OF POLYCARP TO THE PHILIPPIANS, ... 65
THE MARTYRDOM OF POLYCARP, ... 79
THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS, ... 97
THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS (Shorter and Longer), ... 137
The Epistle to the Ephesians, ... 145
The Epistle to the Magnesians, ... 171
The Epistle to the Trallians, ... 189
The Epistle to the Romans, ... 207
The Epistle to the Philadelphians, ... 221
The Epistle to the Smyrnæans, ... 239
The Epistle to Polycarp, ... 257
The Epistles of Ignatius after the Syriac Version, ... 269
The Epistle to Polycarp, ... 273
The Epistle to the Ephesians, ... 277
The Epistle to the Romans, ... 281
THE MARTYRDOM OF IGNATIUS, ... 287
THE EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS, ... 299
THE PASTOR OF HERMAS, ... 317