1834 Epistles of the Apostolic Fathers, Ante-Nicene. Early Christianity. Leather
EPISTLES
OF THE
APOSTOLIC FATHERS
ST. CLEMENT, ST. POLYCARP,
ST. IGNATIUS, ST. BARNABAS;
THE
SHEPHERD OF HERMAS,
AND THE
MARTYRDOMS OF ST. IGNATIUS AND ST. POLYCARP,
WRITTEN BY THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT AT THEIR SUFFERINGS,
BEING TOGETHER WITH THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
TRANSLATED
BY
WILLIAM, LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
ARRANGED BY W. ADAM
TO WHICH IS ADDED
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES
OF THE LIVES OF
ST. CLEMENT, ST. POLYCARP, ST. IGNATIUS, ST. BARNABAS
Parsons and Hills, Hartford, 1834.
Fine binding. Full brown leather, gilt decorations on front and spine, gilt spine lettering, octavo (23 cm), all edges gilt, xii, 503, [1{errata)] pages : frontispiece (portrait).
Very scarce copy from this edition.
The Apostolic Fathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD who are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to have been significantly influenced by them. Their writings, though widely circulated in early Christianity, were not included in the canon of the New Testament. Many of the writings derive from the same time period and geographical location as other works of early Christian literature which came to be part of the New Testament.
CONDITION:
Very Good-. (Covers have some wear at edges and corners, some abrasion and crackling of leather on boards, repaired splits at joints of boards. Spotting and discoloration on pastedowns and endpapers. The tightly bound Contents are complete and intact but the pages have moderate foxing spots and frequent pencil marginal annotations.)
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