Papias

Papias ni maarufu katika historia ya Ukristo kwa sababu ni mtu wa kwanza anayejulikana kukusanya habari juu ya waandishi wa Agano Jipya. Aliandika habari hizo katika vitabu vitano vilivyoitwa "Maelezo kuhusu maneno ya Bwana (Yesu)".

Maandiko hayo yamepotea lakini sehemu za yaliyomo yake zimehifadhiwa katika vitabu vingine vya Irenaeus wa Lyons ("Dhidi ya uzushi") na Eusebi wa Kaisarea ambao walikuwa na vitabu vyake wakati wa kuandika vya kwao.

Papias alimtaja Mtume Mathayo kama mwandishi wa Injili ya Mathayo na "Presbiteri Marko mfasiri wa Petro" kama mwandishi wa Injili ya Marko.

Waandishi wa baadaye katika Ukristo wa kale hawakukubaliana juu yake. Wengine walimsifu, wengine walimwona kama mtu asiye na habari za maana.

• Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
• Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko
• Mababu wa Kanisa

• Eusebius of Caesarea, The Ecclesiastical History translated by Kirsopp Lake, (Loeb Classical Library 153; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1926)
• Bart D. Ehrman, The Apostolic Fathers : Volume II. Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas (Loeb Classical Library 25; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003), pp. 92–119.
• Enrico Norelli, Papia di Hierapolis, Esposizione degli Oracoli del Signore: I frammenti (Milan: Paoline, 2005).
• Charles E. Hill, "Papias of Hierapolis," The Expository Times 117 (2006), pp. 309–315 doi:10.1177/0014524606065065
• Michael W. Holmes, The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations, 3rd edition (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007), pp. 722–767. A review of this work, with special attention to Papias, is provided by Timothy B. Sailors, "Bryn Mawr Classical Review: Review of The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations". Retrieved on 2023-04-08. 

• Chronicon.net Archived 10 Septemba 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Complete Fragments of Papias with new discoveries listed
• Christian Classics Etheral Liberary Fragments of Papias
• Early Christian Writings: Fragments of Papias
• Patristics In English Project: Archived 16 Julai 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Fragments of Papias
• Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Papias, including an explanation of why logia is not to be rendered "sayings" that might not stand today.
• Hieropolis/Pamukkale Archived 28 Septemba 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
• Paul N. Tobin, "The Apostolic Succession: Polycarp and Clement": A skeptical assessment finds inconsistencies in Irenaeus' interpretation of Papias' apostolic connection, as reported in this article.

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