c. 90 – 155 AD

Papias of Hierapolis

c. 60 – 130 AD

Hierapolis, Turkey

Overview

Collector of oral traditions who interviewed those who knew the Apostles.

He is the primary source for the claim that Mark's Gospel is based on Peter's eyewitness accounts.

Fragments only — Survives only in quotes by later writers like Eusebius and Irenaeus.

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The immediate successors to the Apostles, focused on survival, unity, and establishing authority.

4 Church Fathers in this era

Part of The Apostolic Fathers