COMPRISING

THE EPISTLES (GENUINE AND SPURIOUS)

OF CLEMENT OF ROME, THE EPISTLES OF S. IGNATIUS,
THE EPISTLE OF S. POLYCARP, THE MARTYRDOM OF S. POLYCARP,

THE TEACHING OF THE APOSTLES, THE EPISTLE OF

BARNABAS, THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS,

THE EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS, THE FRAGMENTS OF Papias,
THE RELIQUES OF THE ELDERS PRESERVED IN IRENEUS.

REVISED TEXTS

WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

BY THE LATE

J. B. LIGHTFOOT D.D., D.C.L., LL.D.;

LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM,

EDITED AND COMPLETED BY

J. R. HARMER, M.A.,

FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI College, Cambridge,

SOMETIME CHAPLAIN TO THE BISHOP.

published By The Trustees of the LIGHTFOOT FUnd.

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