THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS

comprising

the epistles (genuine and spurious) of clement of rome, the epistles of s. ignatius, the epistle of s. polycarp, the martyrdom of s. polycarp, the teaching of the apostles, the epistle of barnabas, the shepherd of hermas, the epistle to diognetus, the fragments of papias, the reliques of the elders preserved in irenæus

REVISED TEXTS

WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

by the late

J. B. LIGHTFOOT, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D.,

lord bishop of durham,

edited and completed by

J. R. HARMER, D.D.,

lord bishop of rochester, sometime chaplain to the bishop of durham

published by the trustees of the lightfoot fund

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

ST MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON

1912

COPYRIGHT

First Edition 1891. Reprinted 1893, 1898, 1907, 1912

Extract from the last Will and Testament of the late Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Lord Bishop of Durham.

“I bequeath all my personal Estate not hereinbefore otherwise disposed of unto [my Executors] upon trust to pay and transfer the same unto the Trustees appointed by me under and by virtue of a certain Indenture of Settlement creating a Trust to be known by the name of ‘The Lightfoot Fund for the Diocese of Durham’ and bearing even date herewith but executed by me immediately before this my Will to be administered and dealt with by them upon the trusts for the purposes and in the manner prescribed by such Indenture of Settlement.”

Extract from the Indenture of Settlement of ‘the Lightfoot Fund for the Diocese of Durham.’

“Whereas the Bishop is the Author of and is absolutely entitled to the Copyright in the several Works mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and for the purposes of these presents he has assigned or intends forthwith to assign the Copyright in all the said Works to the Trustees. Now the Bishop doth hereby declare and it is hereby agreed as follows:—

“The Trustees (which term shall hereinafter be taken to include the Trustees for the time being of these presents) shall stand possessed of the said Works and of the Copyright therein respectively upon the trusts following (that is to say) upon trust to receive all moneys to arise from sales or otherwise from the said Works, and at their discretion from time to time to bring out new editions of the same Works or any of them, or to sell the copyright in the same or any of them, or otherwise to deal with the same respectively, it being the intention of these presents that the Trustees shall have and may exercise all such rights and powers in respect of the said Works and the copyright therein respectively, as they could or might have or exercise in relation thereto if they were the absolute beneficial owners thereof …

“The Trustees shall from time to time, at such discretion as aforesaid, pay and apply the income of the Trust funds for or towards the erecting, rebuilding, repairing, purchasing, endowing, supporting, or providing for any Churches, Chapels, Schools, Parsonages, and Stipends for Clergy, and other Spiritual Agents in connection ...