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Papias of Hierapolisearly 2nd century2nd century

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Category: Apostolic Fathers
Genre: Treatise
Tradition: Eastern
Region: Asia Minor
Original language: Greek
Date certainty: Range

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Apostolic TraditionGospel TraditionScripture InterpretationEschatology

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Indirect witness: Papias material extracted from Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.39. This preserves extant quotations and testimonia, not an autograph text.

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Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica 3.39 (Papias testimonia)
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