Papias of Hierapolis - Wikipedia Papias (Greek: Παπίας) was a Greek Apostolic Father, Bishop of Hierapolis (modern Pamukkale, Turkey), and author who lived c 60 – c 130 AD [2][3] He wrote the Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord (Greek: Λογίων Κυριακῶν Ἐξήγησις) in five books
Who was Papias of Hierapolis? - GotQuestions. org Who was Papias of Hierapolis? Little is known about the life and death of Papias (c AD 60–130) other than he was the bishop of Hierapolis in Asia Minor (now modern Turkey), and he recorded details regarding Jesus and the apostles in five books entitled Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord
Papias | Biography, Apostolic Father, Writing, Facts | Britannica Papias, bishop of Hierapolis, Phrygia (now in Turkey), and one of the Apostolic Fathers His work, although extant only in fragments, provides important apostolic oral source accounts of the history of primitive Christianity and of the origins of the Gospels
Early Christian History Papias of Hieropolis Papias is not merely a Church Father, he’s also counted as an Apostolic Father, having known one or more of the apostles (mainly, and according to him, John) He appears to have been a native of Phrygia (a province in western Anatolia populated by ethnic Greeks) and was a bishop there
Fragments of Papias - Early Christian Writings Papias himself preferred "the living voice" to what could be found in books Nevertheless, Papias seems to have known the Gospels, and he provides the earliest tradition concerning the authorship of the Gospel of Mark
Who Was Papias? - History of Christianity Papias may be one of the most important church fathers that you have never heard of Unlike other fathers, we only have short fragments of his works quoted by later authors Papias was the bishop of Hierapolis in Asia Minor He was active in the second century, although he was born in the first
Papias - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway Papias prob was born in the decade a d 60-70 His writings are the major ground of interest in him, for he said that he made a point of interrogating people who had known the Lord’s disciples He thought he could profit more “from the utterances of a living and surviving voice” than from books
Papias - New World Encyclopedia As one of the earliest known Christian authors, Papias is recognized as one of the Apostolic Fathers, writers believed to have known the Apostles personally Even his few extant writings provide an important early account of the history of earliest Christianity, including the origins of the Gospels