Papias of Hierapolis
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Who is Papias of Hierapolis?
Papias was an Apostolic Father, Bishop of Hierapolis, and author of the Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord in five books.
This work, which is lost apart from brief excerpts in later writings, is an important early source on Christian oral tradition and especially on the origins of the canonical Gospels.
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