Fathers of the First Century – The Apostolic Fathers Vol. I

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by  Philip Schaff

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin
Martyr and Irenaeus
by
Philip Schaff
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Title: ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
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Author(s): Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
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the first General Council held at Nice in A.D. 325. The sole provisional
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Publication History: Text edited by Rev. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson and
first published in Edinburgh, 1867. Additional introductionary material
and notes provided for the American edition by A. Cleveland Coxe
1886.
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ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus Philip Schaff
Table of Contents
About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii
Title Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1
Introductory Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2
CLEMENT OF ROME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 5
Introductory Note to the First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. . . . . p. 5
First Epistle to the Corinthians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7
Chapter I.—The salutation. Praise of the Corinthians before the breaking
forth of schism among them.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7
Chapter II.—Praise of the Corinthians continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 8
Chapter III.—The sad state of the Corinthian church after sedition arose
in it from envy and emulation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 8
Chapter IV.—Many evils have already flowed from this source in ancient
times.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9
Chapter V.—No less evils have arisen from the same source in the most
recent times. The martyrdom of Peter and Paul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9
Chapter VI.—Continuation. Several other martyrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 10
Chapter VII.—An exhortation to repentance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 10
Chapter VIII.—Continuation respecting repentance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11
Chapter IX.—Examples of the saints.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11
Chapter X.—Continuation of the above.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12
Chapter XI.—Continuation. Lot.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12
Chapter XII.—The rewards of faith and hospitality. Rahab.. . . . . . . . p. 13
Chapter XIII.—An exhortation to humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13
Chapter XIV.—We should obey God rather than the authors of
sedition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 14
Chapter XV.—We must adhere to those who cultivate peace, not to those
who merely pretend to do so.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 14
Chapter XVI.—Christ as an example of humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 15
Chapter XVII.—The saints as examples of humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16
Chapter XVIII.—David as an example of humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16
Chapter XIX.—Imitating these examples, let us seek after peace.. . . . . p. 17
Chapter XX.—The peace and harmony of the universe.. . . . . . . . . . p. 17
Chapter XXI.—Let us obey God, and not the authors of sedition.. . . . . p. 18
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Chapter XXII.—These exhortations are confirmed by the Christian faith,
which proclaims the misery of sinful conduct.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 18
Chapter XXIII.—Be humble, and believe that Christ will come
again.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19
Chapter XXIV.—God continually shows us in nature that there will be a
resurrection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19
Chapter XXV.—The phœnix an emblem of our resurrection.. . . . . . . p. 20
Chapter XXVI.—We shall rise again, then, as the Scripture also
testifies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 20
Chapter XXVII.—In the hope of the resurrection, let us cleave to the
omnipotent and omniscient God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 20
Chapter XXVIII.—God sees all things: therefore let us avoid
transgression.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 21
Chapter XXIX.—Let us also draw near to God in purity of heart.. . . . . p. 21
Chapter XXX.—Let us do those things that please God, and flee from
those He hates, that we may be blessed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 21
Chapter XXXI.—Let us see by what means we may obtain the divine
blessing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 22
Chapter XXXII.—We are justified not by our own works, but by
faith.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 22
Chapter XXXIII.—But let us not give up the practice of good works and
love. God Himself is an example to us of good works.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 23
Chapter XXXIV.—Great is the reward of good works with God. Joined
together in harmony, let us implore that reward from Him.. . . . . . . . . p. 23
Chapter XXXV.—Immense is this reward. How shall we obtain it? . . . . p. 24
Chapter XXXVI.—All blessings are given to us through Christ.. . . . . . p. 25
Chapter XXXVII.—Christ is our leader, and we His soldiers.. . . . . . . . p. 25
Chapter XXXVIII.—Let the members of the Church submit themselves,
and no one exalt himself above another.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 26
Chapter XXXIX.—There is no reason for self-conceit.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 26
Chapter XL.—Let us preserve in the Church the order appointed by
God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27
Chapter XLI.—Continuation of the same subject.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27
Chapter XLII.—The order of ministers in the Church.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27
Chapter XLIII.—Moses of old stilled the contention which arose concerning
the priestly dignity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 28
Chapter XLIV.—The ordinances of the apostles, that there might be no
contention respecting the priestly office.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 29
Chapter XLV.—It is the part of the wicked to vex the righteous.. . . . . p. 29
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Chapter XLVI.—Let us cleave to the righteous: your strife is
pernicious.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 30
Chapter XLVII.—Your recent discord is worse than the former which took
place in the times of Paul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 31
Chapter XLVIII.—Let us return to the practice of brotherly love.. . . . . p. 31
Chapter XLIX.—The praise of love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 32
Chapter L.—Let us pray to be thought worthy of love.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 32
Chapter LI.—Let the partakers in strife acknowledge their sins.. . . . . p. 32
Chapter LII.—Such a confession is pleasing to God.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 33
Chapter LIII.—The love of Moses towards his people.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 33
Chapter LIV.—He who is full of love will incur every loss, that peace may
be restored to the Church.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 34
Chapter LV.—Examples of such love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 34
Chapter LVI.—Let us admonish and correct one another.. . . . . . . . . p. 35
Chapter LVII.—Let the authors of sedition submit themselves.. . . . . . p. 35
Chapter LVIII.—Blessings sought for all that call upon God.. . . . . . . . p. 36
Chapter LIX.—The Corinthians are exhorted speedily to send back word
that peace has been restored. The benediction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 36
MATHETES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 38
Introductory Note to the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus. . . . . . . . . . p. 38
Epistle to Diognetus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 39
Chapter I.—Occasion of the epistle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 39
Chapter II.—The vanity of idols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 40
Chapter III.—Superstitions of the Jews.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 41
Chapter IV.—The other observances of the Jews.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 41
Chapter V.—The manners of the Christians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 42
Chapter VI.—The relation of Christians to the world.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 42
Chapter VII.—The manifestation of Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 43
Chapter VIII.—The miserable state of men before the coming of the
Word.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 44
Chapter IX.—Why the Son was sent so late.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 45
Chapter X.—The blessings that will flow from faith.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 45
Chapter XI.—These things are worthy to be known and believed.. . . . . p. 46
Chapter XII.—The importance of knowledge to true spiritual life.. . . . . p. 47
POLYCARP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 49
Introductory Note to the Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians. . . . . . . . p. 49
Epistle to the Philippians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 50
Chapter I.—Praise of the Philippians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 50
Chapter II.—An exhortation to virtue.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51
Chapter III.—Expressions of personal unworthiness.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51
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Chapter IV.—Various exhortations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 52
Chapter V.—The duties of deacons, youths, and virgins.. . . . . . . . . . p. 52
Chapter VI.—The duties of presbyters and others.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 53
Chapter VII.—Avoid the Docetæ, and persevere in fasting and
prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 53
Chapter VIII.—Persevere in hope and patience.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 54
Chapter IX.—Patience inculcated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 54
Chapter X.—Exhortation to the practice of virtue.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 54
Chapter XI.—Expression of grief on account of Valens.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 55
Chapter XII.—Exhortation to various graces.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 55
Chapter XIII.—Concerning the transmission of epistles.. . . . . . . . . . p. 56
Chapter XIV.—Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 56
Introductory Note to the Martyrdom of Polycarp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 57
The Martyrdom of Polycarp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 58
Chapter I.—Subject of which we write.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 58
Chapter II.—The wonderful constancy of the martyrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 58
Chapter III.—The constancy of Germanicus. The death of Polycarp is
demanded.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 59
Chapter IV.—Quintus the apostate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 59
Chapter V.—The departure and vision of Polycarp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 59
Chapter VI.—Polycarp is betrayed by a servant.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 60
Chapter VII.—Polycarp is found by his pursuers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 60
Chapter VIII.—Polycarp is brought into the city.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 60
Chapter IX.—Polycarp refuses to revile Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 61
Chapter X.—Polycarp confesses himself a Christian.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 61
Chapter XI.—No threats have any effect on Polycarp.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 62
Chapter XII.—Polycarp is sentenced to be burned.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 62
Chapter XIII.—The funeral pile is erected.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 62
Chapter XIV.—The prayer of Polycarp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 63
Chapter XV.—Polycarp is not injured by the fire.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 63
Chapter XVI.—Polycarp is pierced by a dagger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64
Chapter XVII.—The Christians are refused Polycarp’s body.. . . . . . . p. 64
Chapter XVIII.—The body of Polycarp is burned.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 65
Chapter XIX.—Praise of the martyr Polycarp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 65
Chapter XX.—This epistle is to be transmitted to the brethren.. . . . . . p. 65
Chapter XXI.—The date of the martyrdom.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 66
Chapter XXII.—Salutation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 66
IGNATIUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 67
Introductory Note to the Epistles of Ignatius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 67
Epistle to the Ephesians: Shorter and Longer Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 71
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Chapter I.—Praise of the Ephesians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 71
Chapter II.—Congratulations and entreaties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 72
Chapter III.—Exhortations to unity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 73
Chapter IV.—The same continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 74
Chapter V.—The praise of unity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 74
Chapter VI.—Have respect to the bishop as to Christ Himself.. . . . . . p. 75
Chapter VII.—Beware of false teachers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 76
Chapter VIII.—Renewed praise of the Ephesians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 76
Chapter IX.—Ye have given no heed to false teachers.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 77
Chapter X.—Exhortations to prayer, humility, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 78
Chapter XI.—An exhortation to fear God, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 79
Chapter XII.—Praise of the Ephesians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 80
Chapter XIII.—Exhortation to meet together frequently for the worship of
God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 80
Chapter XIV.—Exhortations to faith and love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 81
Chapter XV.—Exhortation to confess Christ by silence as well as
speech.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 81
Chapter XVI.—The fate of false teachers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 82
Chapter XVII.—Beware of false doctrines.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 83
Chapter XVIII.—The glory of the cross.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 83
Chapter XIX.—Three celebrated mysteries.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 84
Chapter XX.—Promise of another letter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 84
Chapter XX.—Exhortations to stedfastness and unity.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 85
Chapter XXI.—Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 85
Epistle to the Magnesians: Shorter and Longer Versions. . . . . . . . . . . p. 86
Chapter I.—Reason of writing the epistle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 86
Chapter II.—I rejoice in your messengers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 87
Chapter III.—Honour your youthful bishop.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 87
Chapter IV.—Some wickedly act independently of the bishop.. . . . . . p. 88
Chapter V.—Death is the fate of all such.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 89
Chapter VI.—Preserve harmony.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 89
Chapter VII.—Do nothing without the bishop and presbyters.. . . . . . . p. 90
Chapter VIII.—Caution against false doctrines.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 90
Chapter IX.—Let us live with Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 91
Chapter X.—Beware of Judaizing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 92
Chapter XI.—I write these things to warn you.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 93
Chapter XII.—Ye are superior to me.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 94
Chapter XIII.—Be established in faith and unity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 94
Chapter XIV.—Your prayers requested.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 95
Chapter XV.—Salutations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 95
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Epistle to the Trallians: Shorter and Longer Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 95
Chapter I.—Acknowledgment of their excellence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 96
Chapter II.—Be subject to the bishop, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 96
Chapter III.—Honour the deacons, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 97
Chapter IV.—I have need of humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 98
Chapter V.—I will not teach you profound doctrines.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 98
Chapter VI.—Abstain from the poison of heretics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 99
Chapter VII.—The same continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 99
Chapter VIII.—Be on your guard against the snares of the devil.. . . . . p. 100
Chapter IX.—Reference to the history of Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 101
Chapter X.—The reality of Christ’s passion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 102
Chapter XI.—Avoid the deadly errors of the Docetæ.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 103
Chapter XII.—Continue in unity and love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 104
Chapter XIII.—Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 104
Epistle to the Romans: Shorter and Longer Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 105
Chapter I.—As a prisoner, I hope to see you.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 106
Chapter II.—Do not save me from martyrdom.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 106
Chapter III.—Pray rather that I may attain to martyrdom.. . . . . . . . . . p. 107
Chapter IV.—Allow me to fall a prey to the wild beasts.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 108
Chapter V.—I desire to die.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 108
Chapter VI.—By death I shall attain true life.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 109
Chapter VII.—Reason of desiring to die.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 110
Chapter VIII.—Be ye favourable to me.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 111
Chapter IX.—Pray for the church in Syria.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 111
Chapter X.—Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112
Epistle to the Philadelphians: Shorter and Longer Versions. . . . . . . . . p. 112
Chapter I.—Praise of the bishop.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 113
Chapter II.—Maintain union with the bishop.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 113
Chapter III.—Avoid schismatics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 114
Chapter IV.—Have but one Eucharist, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 115
Chapter V.—Pray for me.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 116
Chapter VI.—Do not accept Judaism.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 117
Chapter VII.—I have exhorted you to unity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 118
Chapter VIII.—The same continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 119
Chapter IX.—The Old Testament is good: the New Testament is
better.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 120
Chapter X.—Congratulate the inhabitants of Antioch on the close of the
persecution.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 120
Chapter XI.—Thanks and salutation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 121
Epistle to the Smyrnæans: Shorter and Longer Versions. . . . . . . . . . . p. 122
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Chapter I.—Thanks to God for your faith.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 122
Chapter II.—Christ’s true passion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 123
Chapter III.—Christ was possessed of a body after His
resurrection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 123
Chapter IV.—Beware of these heretics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 124
Chapter V.—Their dangerous errors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 125
Chapter VI—Unbelievers in the blood of Christ shall be
condemned.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 125
Chapter VII.—Let us stand aloof from such heretics.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 126
Chapter VIII.—Let nothing be done without the bishop.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 127
Chapter IX.—Honour the bishop.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 127
Chapter X.—Acknowledgment of their kindness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 128
Chapter XI.—Request to them to send a messenger to Antioch.. . . . . p. 129
Chapter XII.—Salutations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 130
Chapter XIII.—Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 130
Epistle to Polycarp: Shorter and Longer Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 131
Chapter I.—Commendation and exhortation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 131
Chapter II.—Exhortations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 132
Chapter III.—Exhortations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 133
Chapter IV.—Exhortations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 133
Chapter V.—The duties of husbands and wives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 134
Chapter VI.—The duties of the Christian flock.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 135
Chapter VII.—Request that Polycarp would send a messenger to
Antioch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 135
Chapter VIII.—Let other churches also send to Antioch.. . . . . . . . . . p. 136
Introductory Note to the Syriac Version of the Ignatian Epistles. . . . . . . p. 137
Epistle to Polycarp: Syriac Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 138
Chapter I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 138
Chapter II.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 138
Chapter III.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 139
Chapter IV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 139
Chapter V.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 139
Chapter VI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140
Chapter VII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140
Chapter VIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140
Epistle to the Ephesians: Syriac Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140
Chapter I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 141
Chapter III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 141
Chapter VIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 141
Chapter IX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 141
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Chapter X.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142
Chapter XIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142
Chapter XV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142
Chapter XVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142
Chapter XIX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142
Epistle to the Romans: Syriac Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 143
Chapter I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 143
Chapter II.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 143
Chapter III.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 144
Chapter IV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 144
Chapter V.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 144
Chapter VI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 145
Chapter VII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 145
Chapter IX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 145
Introductory Note to the Spurious Epistles of Ignatius. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 146
Epistle to the Tarsians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 147
Chapter I.—His own sufferings: exhortation to stedfastness.. . . . . . . p. 147
Chapter II.—Cautions against false doctrine.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 148
Chapter III.—The true doctrine respecting Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 148
Chapter IV.—Continuation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149
Chapter V.—Refutation of the previously mentioned errors.. . . . . . . . p. 149
Chapter VI.—Continuation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149
Chapter VII.—Continuation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 150
Chapter VIII.—Exhortations to holiness and good order.. . . . . . . . . . p. 151
Chapter IX.—Exhortations to the discharge of relative duties.. . . . . . . p. 151
Chapter X.—Salutations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 151
Epistle to the Antiochians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 151
Chapter I.—Cautions against error.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 152
Chapter II.—The true doctrine respecting God and Christ.. . . . . . . . . p. 152
Chapter III.—The same continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 152
Chapter IV.—Continuation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 153
Chapter V.—Denunciation of false teachers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 153
Chapter VI.—Renewed cautions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 154
Chapter VII.—Exhortation to consistency of conduct.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 154
Chapter VIII.—Exhortations to the presbyters and others.. . . . . . . . . p. 154
Chapter IX.—Duties of husbands, wives, parents, and children.. . . . . p. 154
Chapter X.—Duties of masters and servants.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 155
Chapter XI.—Inculcation of various moral duties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 155
Chapter XII.—Salutations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 155
Chapter XIII.—Salutations continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 156
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