Papias of Hierapolis, by Kevin Rogers, 28 May, 2020.
February 18, 2022
Papias (c 60 AD to c 130 AD) was bishop of Hierapolis in western Turkey. He provides the first extant record about the authorship of the gospels and the manner of Christian oral tradition.
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His writings are highly debated and controversial, as they impinge on basic questions such as
- Who wrote the gospels?
- Are the gospels based on eye-witness sources?
- Are the gospels an accurate record of what Jesus said and did?
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Kevin Rogers is the director of Reasonable Faith Adelaide. He is also an engineering lecturer and researcher at the University of South Australia.
His presentation is available on YouTube.