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A few days ago I posted the first chapter of Ignatius of Antioch’s epistle to Polycarp, written probably at Troas in 112AD. Chapter 2 follows. EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP (CHAP 2) Let not the widows be neglected: be thou after God, their guardian. Let nothing be done without thy knowledge and consent; neither do [...]
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There are seven epistles which have come down to us. from Ignatius of Antioch (who became Bishop of Antioch in 69AD). At one time thought to be forgeries, they are now almost universally accepted as being genuine. This epistle to Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, was written from Troas whilst Ignatius was being taken to Rome [...]
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Chapters 1 thru 3, with part of chapter 4, are all that remain of this mid second century gospel. I posted chapters 1 an 2 here and here. Today I post chapter 3 along with what remains of chapter four. To say that this work is not theologically deep would be an understatement, and its [...]
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My loyal reader seems to have some interest in reading the surviving three and a bit chapters of the above gospel, so today I will post chapter 2. It must be said that the character of the infant Jesus, as presented here, is somewhat at variance with that of the adult Jesus. I suppose it [...]
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For those who are interested, the following is the first chapter of “Thomas’s Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ.” Not to be confused with the Gospel of Thomas, discovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945, it dates from the mid second century,. It was written to satisfy the second century’s appetite for more details of [...]
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I thought that I would kick off this category by reproducing one of the documents from the early Church. Mostly because it is short enough for me to type out by hand, I settled upon the Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans. Although an Epistle to the Laodiceans is mentioned in the canonical Epistle to [...]
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