Part I.-APOSTOLIC FATHERS. 



TERTULLIAN 



A 



Scorpiace XII (written cir. 220) " Addressing the Christians of 

 Pontus, Peter, at all events, says "... quoting I Pt. 2 ; 20. 



CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA 

 A 



(Cir. 200) 

 INSTRUCTOR I, 6. " Peter says "... quoting I Pt. 2 ; 1-3. 



IREN^US 

 A 



(Cir. 186) 

 IV, ix, 2 " Peter says in his Epistle "... quoting I Pt. 1 ; 8. 



IV, XV i, 5 " And for this reason Peter says" . . . quoting I Pt. 2; 16. 



V, vii, 2 " And this it is which has been said also by Peter "... 

 quoting I Pt. 1 ; 8. 



PAPIAS 



A 



(145-160) 

 Eusebius (H. E. Ill, xxxix, 17) quotes Papias as follows ; X£/pY)i:ai 



B' aOiroc ixapTuptaii; axo t7]i; 'Iwdcvvoo xpoTspac imairoX^? xol aizb Tf\c, 

 ITsTpou b\j.oio)c. 



II CLEMENT 



(Cir. 170) 



C 



c 

 (1) II Clem. XIV, 2 I Pt. 1 ; 20 



scpavspojO-Y) Bs £7c' £(7)(aT0)v TO)v cpavepwS-svTO? Bs Itt' l<r/jx,xou tSv 

 yi[j.epwv iva Yjixa? awoYi ipovoy^ 'hC u^a?. 



This striking resemblance receives additional significance when we 

 note with Benecke (N. T. in Apost. Fath.) that &%b t^? U-alriaioci; 

 -zriQ ^w^<; (XVI, 1) occurs in the same contextual connection. Of. 

 liboi ^wvTE? of I Pt. 2 ; 4. Bishop Lightfoot thinks the context 

 of II Clement at this point refers to Eph. 1 ; 23. 



