What we can learn from Papias about early Christianity

ABSTRACT: We have only fragmentary evidence of Papias of Hierapolis, a bishop active in the early-to-middle second century. But what evidence we do have from him is suggestive. Papias offers a window into an early Christian community that is without canonical texts, preoccupied with eschatological speculation, and apparently ignorant of or hostile to the apostle Paul.

Dr. Steven Nemes has a BA in Philosophy from Arizona State University with a minor in Religious Studies (2013), and an MDiv and PhD in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary (2016, 2021). The author of a number of articles, chapters, and books on diverse subjects in theology and philosophy, he teaches Latin at North Phoenix Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Arizona.