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Papias (pā`pēəs), fl. A.D. 130, early Christian theologian said to have been bishop of Hieropolis and a friend of St. Polycarp Polycarp, Saint , c.A.D. 70–A.D. 156?, Greek bishop of Smyrna, Father of the Church. He was a disciple of St. John, who appointed him bishop. Thus he linked the apostles and such 2d-century Christian expositors as St. Irenaeus. St.
..... Click the link for more information. . Papias' five-volume work, Oracles; or, Explanations of the Sayings of the Lord, survives only in fragments quoted by Eusebius of Caesarea and St. Irenaeus. These are valuable sources for the history of the church.

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No references found			According to Pervo, Polycarp, writing in the fourth decade of the second century, may have known Acts, while Papias and Hegesippus show no knowledge of Acts. Dating Acts: Between the Evangelists and the Apologists by Linss, Wilhelm C. / Currents in Theology and Mission And in his closest followers, a boy named Papias in particular, the path to that transformation is every bit as rocky as Matthias's fall from it. In the Beginning: John by Harmon, A.G. / Commonweal As far as sources are concerned, Pontano relied heavily on genuinely ancient commentators such as Servius; despite his polemics against barbarous medieval grammarians, he nevertheless made extensive use of medieval authorities such as Isidore of Seville, Papias, Hugutio, and Giovanni Balbi too. Il De aspiratione di Giovanni Pontano e la cultura del suo tempo: Con ... by Black, Robert / Renaissance Quarterly			paper mill Paper Money paper nautilus Paper Pulp paper shale paper spar paper tape paper throw Paper, Photographic paper-backed lath paper-net paper-tape chemical analyzer paper-tape code paper-tape punch paper-tape Turing machine paper-to-PDF paperboard paperknife paperless office papermail paperoid Paphiopedilum Paphlagonia Paphnutius Paphos Papias papier maché Papier-Mache Papier-Mâché Papilionaceae Papilionidae Papilionoidea Papilionoideae papilla papilla of Vater papillary adenoma of ovary papillary carcinoma papillary muscle papillate papilledema papillocystoma Papilloma papillomatosis papillomatous papillomavirus Papillon papillose Papin, Denis Papineau, Louis Joseph Papini, Giovanni Papinian			Paphiopedilum Paphlagonia Paphlagonia Paphlagonian Paphlagonian Paphlagonians Paphlagonians Paphlogonian Paphlogonian Paphnutius Paphos Paphos Paphos Christian Fellowship International Paphos International Sailing Club Paphos, Cyprus - International PAPHR PAPHS Paphus Paphus PAPI PAPI PAPI Papia Papia Papia Papiamento Papiamento language Papiamento Verbs Papiamentu Papiamentu language Papias Papias, Saint PAPIE Papier collé papier glace Papier mache Papier mache Papier maché Papier maché papier mâché papier mâché Papier Quadrille Papier-, Büro- und Schreibwarenhandel papier-mache papier-mache Papier-maché Papier-maché Papier-mâche Papier-mâche papier-mâché papier-mâché Papieskie Dzielo Rozkrzewiania Wiary Papile grading system Papilio Papilio demoleus Papilio troilus Papilionaceae Papilionaceae papilionaceous Papiliones Papilionidae

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