Papias of Hierapolis

Papias of Hierapolis (Greek Παπίας Ἱεραπόλεως / ὁ Ἱεραπολίτης; † 140 ) was one of the early church fathers and bishop and theologian in Hierapolis ( at today's Pamukkale, Turkey).

Life

His birth date is estimated by many authors to 70, by some, however, to 60 or even 50 Irenaeus of Lyons (ca. 135-202 ) reports that Papias a friend and companion of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, was. As Polycarp himself, he said to have been a pupil of the Apostle John. Eusebius of Caesarea associated with Papias Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch implies that Papias was active during the reign of Trajan ( 98-117 ), probably before the Martyrdom of Ignatius (107).

Papias mentions that he had personally known the daughters of Philip, who spent his last years in Hierapolis and heard from them about the apostles.

Information of Papias

Papias referred to as its key informants Aristion and John the Presbyter, both of which he, like the apostles, referred to as disciples of Jesus:

Papias wrote:

Richard Bauckham, who sees two different people in the two and naming of John reads from this formulation that the Apostles, whose statements he learns of elders at the time when Papias collected his material, are no longer alive, but that the two disciples Aristion and John for Papias as living witnesses have a special value. Other authors have contradicted.

Writings of Papias

Papias wrote five books by 130 headed interpretation of the words of the Lord (Greek λογίων κυριακῶν ἐξηγήσεις ), but they are not completely preserved in quotations by later church fathers. His books are mainly due to the foundation on the oral tradition of the apostles of theological importance.

Papias is the first extant source that mentions Matthew as the author of the Gospel of Matthew and St. Mark's as an interpreter of Peter and the author of this imputed Gospel.

According to Eusebius of Caesarea Papias wrote about Mark:

According to Eusebius of Caesarea Papias wrote about Matthew:

The opinions later Christian writers of antiquity Papias parted; some praised him as particularly Eusebius of Caesarea criticized him for his millenarian positions.

So Eusebius of Caesarea wrote about Papias: