The Apostolic Fathers ...

The Apostolic Fathers is a collection of early Christian texts written by the generation immediately following the apostles. This edition, edited and translated by renowned theologian Joseph Barber Lightfoot, includes the first letter of Clement of Rome, the letters of Ignatius of Antioch, and the letter of Polycarp of Smyrna, along with scholarly commentary and analysis.

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