01716nam a22002177a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001800064040000800082050002000090245014600110246005400256250001300310260005600323300002900379500002000408505047300428520051200901650004801413700003701461AUA.120180301163649.0180228b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a9780801031083 cJTL aBR60b.A62 2006 aThe Apostolic Fathers in English /ctranslated and edited by Michael W. Holmes ; after the earlier version of J.B. Lightfoot and J.R. Harmer. aApostolic Fathersb (Early Christian collection). a3rd. ed. aGrand Rapids, Michigan : bBaker Academic, cc2006. a331 p. ;bmaps, c23 cm. aIncludes index. aFirst Clement -- Second Clement -- The letters of Ignatius -- To the Ephesians -- To the Magnesians -- To the Trallians -- To the Romans -- To the Philadelphians -- To the Smyrnaeans -- To Polycarp -- The letter of Polycarp to the Philippians -- The martyrdom of Polycarp -- The didache -- The epistle of Barnabas -- The shepherd of Hermas -- Visions -- Commandments -- Parables -- The epistle to Diognetus -- Fragments of Papias -- Additional fragments from Irenaeus. a This book is an important collection of writings revered by early Christians but not included in the final canon of the New Testament. Here a leading expert on these texts offers an authoritative contemporary translation, in the tradition of the magisterial Lightfoot version but thoroughly up-to-date. The third edition features numerous changes, including carefully revised translations and a new, more user-friendly design. The introduction, notes, and bibliographies have been freshly revised as well. aChristian literature, EarlyvGreek authors. aHolmes, Michael W. d1950- eed.