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<dl><dd>GENERAL CONTENTS.</dd></dl><p>PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE RELATING TO THE SEVERAL TREATISES, AND THE AUTHORS OF THEM. 
CHAPTER I. 
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Introduction 1 
CHAPTER II. 
That the pieces here put together are all that remain of the most primitive and apostolical antiquity 3 
CHAPTER III. 
Of the authority of the following Treatises ; and the deference that ought to be paid to them upon the account of it 23 
CHAPTER IV. 
Of the subject of the following Discourses, and of the use that is to be made of them 38 
CHAPTER V. 
Of the manner after which these Discourses are written, and the simplicity of style used in them 49 
CONTENTS. 
THE FIRST PART. 
Preliminary Discourse on the First Epistle of St. Clement to the Corinthians 55 
The First Epistle of St Clement to the Corinthians  73 
Preliminary Discourse on the Epistle of St. Polycarp to the Philippians 117 
The Epistle of St Polycarp to the Philippians 133 
Preliminary Discourse on the Epistles of St Ignatius  141 
The Epistle of St Ignatius to the Ephesians 157 
The Epistle of St Ignatius to the Magnesians 169 
The Epistle of St Ignatius to the Trallians 177 
The Epistle of St Ignatius to the Romans 185 
The Epistle of St Ignatius to the Philadelphians   193 
The Epistle of St Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans 201 
The Epistle of St Ignatius to St Polycarp 211 
Preliminary Discourse on the Martyrdom of St Ignatius, written by those who were present at his sufferings  217 
A Relation of the Martyrdom of St Ignatius 229 
Preliminary Discourse of the Martyrdom of St Polycarp, and of the Epistle written by the Church of Smyrna concerning it 237 
Circular Epistle of the Church of Smyrna, concerning the Martyrdom of St Polycarp 249 
THE SECOND PART. 
Preliminary Discourse of the Catholic Epistle of St Barnabas 267 
The Catholic Epistle of St Barnabas 289 
Preliminary Discourse on the Shepherd of St Hennas ; and on the Second Epistle of St Clement to the Corinthians 323 
The First Book of St Hennas, which is called his Visions  339 
The Second Book of St Hernias, which is called his Commands   365 
The Third Book of St Hennas, which is called his Similitudes 395 
The Second Epistle of St Clement to the Corinthians   465 
GENERAL INDEX. 
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<dl><dd>Spine title: Epistles of the Apostolical Fathers</dd>
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<dd>Description based on print version record</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Fathers Of The Church; Apostolic Fathers; Christian Literature, Early; Christian literature, Early</div>
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Wake, William, 1657-1737</div>
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