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The first volume of the Fathers of the Church series presents the Apostolic Fathers translated into English with introductions setting the background for each writing and the history of its manuscripts. The Apostolic Fathers includes the writings of St. Clement of Rome, St. Ignatius Antioch, St. Polycarp, the Didache, the Letter of Barnabas, the Shepherd of Hermas, the Letter to Diognetus, and...

force you to go one mile with him, go two.’8 ‘If anyone takes your cloak, give him also your tunic.’9 If anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back,10 for you have no power.11 5 Give to everyone who asks, and ask nothing in return;12 for the Father wishes that a share of His own gifts be given to all. Blessed is the man who gives according to the commandment, for he is without blame. Woe to the man who takes. However, if the one who takes is in need, he is without blame. But should he not
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