Papias

Name: Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Introductory Note to the Fragments of Papias
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Papias, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Fragments (1885)

“ IV. [12]
As the elders who saw John the disciple of the Lord remembered that they had heard from him how the Lord taught in regard to those times, and said] : “The days will come in which vines shall grow, having each ten thousand branches, and in each branch ten thousand twigs, and in each true twig ten thousand shoots, and in every one of the shoots ten thousand clusters, and on every one of the clusters ten thousand grapes, and every grape when pressed will give five-and-twenty metretes of wine. ”

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Papias, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Fragments (1885)

“ The presbyters, the disciples of the apostles, say that this is the gradation and arrangement of those who are saved, and that they advance through steps of this nature; and that, moreover, they ascend through the Spirit to the Son, and through the Son to the Father; and that in due time the Son will yield up His work to the Father, even as it is said by the apostle, “For He must reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” [20] For in the times of the kingdom the just man who is on the earth shall forget to die. ”

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Papias, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Introductory Note to the Fragments of Papias (1885)

“ Introductory Note to the Fragments of Papias
[a.d. 70–155.] It seems unjust to the holy man of whose comparatively large contributions to early Christian literature such mere relics have been preserved, to set them forth in these versions, unaccompanied by the copious annotations of Dr. Routh. If even such crumbs from his table are not by any means without a practical value, with reference to the Canon and other matters, we may well credit the testimony (though disputed) of Eusebius, that he was a learned man, and well versed in the Holy Scripture. ”

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Papias, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Fragments (1885)

“ We must now point out how Papias, who lived at the same time, relates that he had received a wonderful narrative from the daughters of Philip. For he relates that a dead man was raised to life in his day. [24] He also mentions another miracle relating to Justus, surnamed Barsabas, how he swallowed a deadly poison, and received no harm, on account of the grace of the Lord. The same person, moreover, has set down other things as coming to him from unwritten tradition, amongst these some strange parables and instructions of the Saviour, and some other things of a more fabulous nature. ”

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Papias, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Fragments (1885)

“ But I shall not be unwilling to put down, along with my interpretations, [3] whatsoever instructions I received with care at any time from the elders, and stored up with care in my memory, assuring you at the same time of their truth. For I did not, like the multitude, take pleasure in those who spoke much, but in those who taught the truth; nor in those who related strange commandments, [4] but in those who rehearsed the commandments given by the Lord to faith, [5] and proceeding from truth itself. ”

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Papias, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Introductory Note to the Fragments of Papias (1885)

“ He was a hearer of the Apostle John, and was on terms of intimate intercourse with many who had known the Lord and His apostles. From these he gathered the floating traditions in regard to the sayings of our Lord, and wove them into a production divided into five books. ”

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Papias, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Fragments (1885)

“ And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.” [21]
VI. [22]
[Papias, who is now mentioned by us, affirms that he received the sayings of the apostles from those who accompanied them, and he moreover asserts that he heard in person Aristion and the presbyter John. [23] Accordingly he mentions them frequently by name, and in his writings gives their traditions. Our notice of these circumstances may not be without its use. ”

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Papias, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Introductory Note to the Fragments of Papias (1885)

“ Eusebius [3] speaks of Papias as a man most learned in all things, and well acquainted with the Scriptures. In another passage [4] he describes him as of small capacity. The fragments of Papias are translated from the text given in Routh’s Reliquiæ Sacræ, vol. i. [5] ”

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