Papia wa Hierapoli

Papia wa Hierapoli (70 hivi - 155 hivi) alikuwa mfuasi wa Mtume Yohane pamoja na Polikarpo.

Baadaye akawa askofu au kiongozi wa ushirika wa Kikristo mjini Hierapoli (karibu na Pamukkale ya leo katika Uturuki)https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/42450.

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa kama mtakatifu.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 22 FebruariMartyrologium Romanum.

Maandishi
Papia ni maarufu katika historia ya Ukristo kwa sababu ni mtu wa kwanza anayejulikana kukusanya habari juu ya waandishi wa Agano Jipya. Aliandika habari hizo katika vitabu vitano vilivyoitwa "Maelezo kuhusu maneno ya Bwana (Yesu)". 

Maandiko hayo yamepotea lakini sehemu za yaliyomo yake zimehifadhiwa katika vitabu vingine vya Irenaeus wa Lyons ("Dhidi ya uzushi") na Eusebi wa Kaisarea ambao walikuwa na vitabu vyake wakati wa kuandika vya kwao.

Papia alimtaja Mtume Mathayo kama mwandishi wa Injili ya Mathayo na "Presbiteri Marko mfasiri wa Petro" kama mwandishi wa Injili ya Marko.

Waandishi wa baadaye katika Ukristo wa kale hawakukubaliana juu yake. Wengine walimsifu, wengine walimwona kama mtu asiye na habari za maana.

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko
Mababu wa Kanisa

Tanbihi

Marejeo
Eusebius of Caesarea, The Ecclesiastical History translated by Kirsopp Lake, (Loeb Classical Library 153; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1926)
Bart D. Ehrman, The Apostolic Fathers : Volume II. Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas (Loeb Classical Library 25; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003), pp. 92–119.
Enrico Norelli, Papia di Hierapolis, Esposizione degli Oracoli del Signore: I frammenti (Milan: Paoline, 2005).
Charles E. Hill, "Papias of Hierapolis," The Expository Times 117 (2006), pp. 309–315 
Michael W. Holmes, The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations, 3rd edition (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007), pp. 722–767. A review of this work, with special attention to Papias, is provided by Timothy B. Sailors, 

Viungo vya nje
Chronicon.net  Complete Fragments of Papias with new discoveries listed
Christian Classics Etheral Liberary Fragments of Papias
Early Christian Writings: Fragments of Papias
Patristics In English Project:  Fragments of Papias
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Papias, including an explanation of why logia is not to be rendered "sayings" that might not stand today.
Hieropolis/Pamukkale 
Paul N. Tobin, "The Apostolic Succession: Polycarp and Clement": A skeptical assessment finds inconsistencies in Irenaeus' interpretation of Papias' apostolic connection, as reported in this article.

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