Download or read book The Apostolic Fathers : in two volumes. 1. I Clement, II Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Didache, Barnabas written by Kirsopp Lake and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: APOSTOLIC FATHERS II. 1. THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS A book of revelations or 'visions' and advice and a doctrine of repentance by a Christian 'prophet', mid-2nd century A.D. Follows the Epistle of Barnabas in the Codex Sinaiticus. 2. THE MARTYRDOM OF POLYCARP Epistle of the Church at Smyrna to the Philomelians. Describes the persecution at Smyrna, and the cruel death there of Polycarp. 3. EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS An 'open letter' on the ideal Christian life.