. Ante-Nicene Christian library : translations of the writings of the Fathers down to 325 . agmentsfrom the works of Irenaeus and Eusebius. Hewas bishop of the church in Hierapolis, a city ofPhrygia, in the first half of the second century. Laterwriters affirm that he suffered martyrdom about 163 ;some saying that Rome, others that Pergamus, was the sceneof his death. He was a hearer of the Apostle John, and was on terms ofintimate intercourse with many who had known the Lord andHis apostles. From these he gathered the floating traditionsin regard to the sayings of our Lord, and wove
. Ante-Nicene Christian library : translations of the writings of the Fathers down to 325 . agmentsfrom the works of Irenaeus and Eusebius. Hewas bishop of the church in Hierapolis, a city ofPhrygia, in the first half of the second century. Laterwriters affirm that he suffered martyrdom about 163 ;some saying that Rome, others that Pergamus, was the sceneof his death. He was a hearer of the Apostle John, and was on terms ofintimate intercourse with many who had known the Lord andHis apostles. From these he gathered the floating traditionsin regard to the sayings of our Lord, and wove them intoa production divided into five books. This work does notseem to have been confined to an exposition of the sayingsof Christ, but to have contained much historical speaks of Papias as a man most learned in allthings, and well acquainted with the Scriptures. In anotherpassage2 he describes him as of small capacity. The frag-ments of Papias are translated from the text given in RouthsEeliquice Sacrce, vol. i. 1 Hist. Eccl iii. 39. 2 Ibid. 439 FKAGMENTS OF i. From the Exposition of the Oracles of the Lord} HE writings of Papias in common circulation arefive in number, and these are called an Expositionof the Oracles of the Lord. Irenssus makesmention of these as the only works written byhim, in the following words: Now testimony is borne tothese things in writing by Papias, an ancient man, who was ahearer of John, and a friend of Polycarp, in the fourth of hisbooks ; for five books were composed by him. Thus wroteIrenseus. Moreover, Papias himself, in the introduction tohis books, makes it manifest that he was not himself a hearerand eye-witness of the holy apostles; but he tells us that hereceived the truths of our religion2 from those who wereacquainted with them [the apostles] in the following words:]But I shall not be unwilling to put down, along with myinterpretations,3 whatsoever instructions I received with careat any time from the el
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