The Apostolic Fathers And Those Associated With Them In The Third Generation Are Here Placed Together In A Handbook Which With The Inestimable Scriptures Supplies A Succinct Autobiography Of The Spouse Of Christ For The First Two Centuries. No Christian Scholar Has Ever Before Possessed In Faithful Versions Of Such Compact Form A Supplement So Essential To The Right Understanding Of The New Testament Itself. This Volume Includes: -The Didache -Clement Of Rome -Mathetes -Ignatius Of Antioch -Polycarp Of Smyra -Barnabas -The Shepard Of Hermas -The Martyrdom Of Ignatius -The Martyrdom Of Polycarp -Fragments Of Papias