Chapter XXXI: Appendix: D

SOME EARLY WITNESSES TO NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS[1]

CLEMENT OF ROME. Bishop of Rome.
_Epistle to Corinthians_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. A.D. 95

BARNABAS. _Epistle of_, not by the Barnabas who
was St. Paul's companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. A.D. 98

DIDACHÉ. "The Teaching of the Twelve
Apostles," a manual of Church regulations . . . . c. A.D. 100

IGNATIUS. Bishop of Antioch and Martyr.
7 _Epistles_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. A.D. 110

POLYCARP. Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr.
_Epistle to Philippians_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. A.D. 110

PAPIAS. Bishop of Hierapolis. _Expositions of
the Oracles of the Lord_ (fragments are
preserved by Eusebius) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. A.D. 130

HERMAS. _The Shepherd_, an allegory . . . . . . . . c. A.D. 140

MARCION. Heretic from Pontus at Rome . . . . . . . c. A.D. 144

JUSTIN MARTYR. Apologist. _1 and 2 Apologies_
and _Dialogue with Trypho_ . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 152-157

EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS. Anonymous defence
of Christianity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. A.D. 160

TATIAN. Syrian Apologist, disciple of Justin
Martyr. _Diatessaron_, a harmony of the Gospels A.D. 160-170

THEOPHILUS. Apologist of Antioch. _Ad Autolycum_ c. A.D. 180

IRENAEUS. Bishop of Lyons. _Against Heresies_ c. A.D. 185

[1] In the case of most of these witnesses the date here given is that of their chief literary activity.

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CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. Head of the Catechetical
School. _Paedagogus, Hypotyposes_, etc. . . . . c. A.D. 190

TERTULLIAN. Of Carthage. Apologist . . . . . . . . A.D. 200

HIPPOLYTUS. Presbyter at Rome. _Refutation of
All Heresies_ and numerous commentaries . . . . . c. A.D. 220

ORIGEN. Of Alexandria. Successor of Clement,
great philosopher and writer . . . . . . . . . . . c. A.D. 230

DIONYSIUS. Bishop of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 248

EUSEBIUS. Bishop of Caesarea. _Ecclesiastical
History_, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 320

APHRAATES. Syrian writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 338

ATHANASIUS. Bishop of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . A.D. 328-373

EPIPHANIUS. Bishop of Salamis . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 380

JEROME. Author of the revised or "Vulgate"
Latin version of the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 390

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