Taking occasion from Papias of Hierapolis, the illustrious, a disciple of the apostle who leaned on the bosom of Christ, and Clemens, and Pantænus the priest of [the Church] of the Alexandrians, and the wise Ammonius, the ancient and first expositors, who agreed with each other, who understood the work of the six days as referring to Christ and the whole Church.
Apocrypha · Chapter 9 of 11
Fragments of Papias and Quadratus 9
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About Fragments of Papias and Quadratus
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, Fragments of Papias (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co.), Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, 1885 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, Fragments of Papias (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co.), Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (1885) · public domain