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The amount of their extant writings, 364

The Epistle of Polycarp, 365

Justin Martyr, his history and his works, ib.

The Epistle to Diognetus, 367

Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Hermas, ib.

The Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas, ib.

Papias and Hegesippus, ib.

Irenaeus and his Works, 368

Tertullian, his character and writings, 370

Clement of Alexandria, 373

Hippolytus, 374

Minucius Felix, 375

Origen—his early history and remarkable career—his great learning—

his speculative spirit—his treatise against Celsus and his

"Hexapla"—his theological peculiarities, ib.

Cyprian—his training, character, and writings, 381

Gregory Thaumaturgus, 383

The value of the Fathers as ecclesiastical authorities, 384

Their erroneous and absurd expositions, 385

The excellency of Scripture, 387