Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 02 — CCEL UTF-8 text — The Pastor of Hermas __________________________________________________________________
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 2
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[Translated by the Rev. F. Crombie, M.a.] [a.d. 160.] The fragment known as the "Muratorian Canon" is the historic ground for the date I give to this author. [1] I desired to prefix The Shepherd to the writings of Irenæus, but the limits of the volume would not permit. The Shepherd attracted my attention, even in early youth, as a specimen of primitive romance; but of course it disappointed me, and excited repugnance. As to its form, it is even now distasteful. But more and more, as I have studied it, and cleared up the difficulties which surround it, and the questions it has started, …
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