FIRST EDITION, 1893 Reprinted with additions and corrections, 1897, 1902, 1905, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1920 OCT 31 1930 PREFACE It is hoped that the present volume will be found within its limits a fairly representative selection of original documents for the use of students. Attention has been directed, not only to the general course of events, but to the history of the New Testament Canon, and to the personal opinions of conspicuous writers. It has been thought best to give a translation for the benefit of such as are but mean scholars, and in the second edition a few introductory notes were given. My best thanks are due to the Trustees of the Lightfoot Fund, to Mr. Parker, of Oxford, and to Messrs. T. and T. Clark, of Edinburgh, for the use of translations mentioned below l; also to Dr. Zahn, of Erlangen, for the Latin text of the Canon Muratorianus, and to Professor (now Dean) Robinson for the Greek text of certain passages?, for certain translations, and for much help in many directions. | Translations marked L. are due to Lightfoot's Apostolic Fathers; R. to Dean Robinson; N.L. to the Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers; A.N.L. to the Ante-Nicene Christian Library. · These are numbered XXI a, XLVIII, XLIX, LI Q, LI b, LII. CONTENTS PAGK 2 2 IO 12 2. Opening of Clement's Letter to the Corinthians Clement of Rome 4. Arrangements settled by the Apostles 4a. The Persecution of Domitian -7. The Christians in the World 8. Church Order of the Didaché 9. Pliny's Correspondence with Trajan Of the Canon of the New Testament 14. Quadratus on our Lord's Miracles K 15. Heathenism the work of demons ( 16. Christianity before Christ 18. The Jewish interpretation of Isa. vii. 14 . 19. The Christian interpretation of various passages Letter of Dionysius of Corinth to the Romans . 21. . PAGE 88 . 90 92 94 22. Fragment of Muratori on the Canon 25. Letter of Irenaeus to Florinus 26. Letter of Polycrates to Victor 28. The Argument of Irenaeus from Tradition 30. Philosophy a preparation for the Gospel 33. Misuse of Scripture by Heretics 34. Bad Emperors the only Persecutors 39. Philosophy the Mother of Heresy . 40. The Argument of Tertullian from Tradition 41. Disorderly Worship of Heretics 43. Inconveniences of a mixed Marriage 47. Origen's conception of Education 49. The Argument from our Lord's Miracles 50. Celsus on the Lord's Resurrection . 51. The Gospel not specially addressed to Fools . 51a. The true ground of Old Testament Inspiration |
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