This new Loeb edition of essential texts from the Apostolic Fathers reflects the latest emendations in light of modern idiom and current scholarship. Some of these writings were accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early Church, such as the epistle of Barnabas, which probes the Old Testament for testimony in support of Christianity and against Judaism, and The Shepherd of Hermas, which was widely read in the early Christian centuries and develops a doctrine of repentance. This volume also contains Papias and Quadratus as well as the Epistle to Diognetus. All of the texts appear in their original Greek and contain a page by page English translation.
