# Ante-Nicene Christian Library/Volume I

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, LLD.
VOL. I.
THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS.
EDINBURGH: T. AND T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.
MDCCCLXVII.
MURRAY AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.
THE WRITINGS
OF
THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS.
TRANSLATED BY
REV. DR ROBERTS, DR DONALDSON,
AND
REV. F. CROMBIE.
EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STEEET.
LONDON: HAMILTON & CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON & CO.
MDCCCLXVII.
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 Hemas, 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.
| | PAGE |
| 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 |
| Book I. Visions, | 323 |
| Book II. Commandments, | 349 |
| Book III. Similitudes, | 375 |
| Fragments of Papias, | 437 ​ |
| APPENDIX. ||
| The Spurious Epistles of Ignatius, | 449 |
| The Epistle to the Tarsians, | 455 |
| The Epistle to the Antiochians, | 461 |
| The Epistle to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch, | 467 |
| The Epistle to the Philippians, | 473 |
| The Epistle of Maria the Proselyte to Ignatius, | 483 |
| The Epistle to Mary at Neapolis, near Zarbus, | 487 |
| The Epistle to St John the Apostle, | 490 |
| A Second Epistle to St John, | 492 |
| The Epistle to the Virgin Mary, | 493 |
| Index of Subjects, | 495 |
| Index of Texts, | 500 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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