The Epistles of St. Clement of Rome and St. Ignatius of Antioch #1

Publication Data: New York, NY/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1946
Format: hardcover
Number of Pages: x + 162
Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.2 cm × 14.6 cm × 1.7 cm
ISBN: 0‒8091‒0038‒X

   
Newly Translated and Annotated by James A. Kleist, S.J., Ph.D.

No. 1 of Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation

“Clement and Ignatius belong to that group of ancient Christian writers known as the Apostolic Fathers—a term of comparatively recent origin and meant to signify that these writers had, or were supposed to have had, some personal contact with the Apostles. [...]It is important for the modern Christian reader to realize that Clement, representing the Occident, and Ignatius, representing the Orient, are in agreement regarding the form of Christianity they profess. The Christian Church shows the same face, whether seen through the eyes of Clement, or those of Ignatius. Both are convinced, too, that this form corresponds to the Apostolic tradition, which, in their minds, is in complete harmony with Scripture.”
—“Introduction”

CONTENTS

FOREWORD BY THE EDITORS
ST. CLEMENT OF ROME
THE EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS
   Introduction
   Translation
ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
THE EPISTLES
   Introduction
   Translation
      To the Ephesians
      To the Magnesians
      To the Trallians
      To the Romans
      To the Philadelphians
      To the Smyrnaeans
      To Polycarp
NOTES
   Clement
   Ignatius
INDEX