Fathers

Barnabas (Epistle)

Early Christian letter

The Epistle of Barnabas (fl. 1st–2nd c.) is an early Christian letter, not a work of the apostle Barnabas. Its author is unknown.

Dates
fl. 1st–2nd c.
Role
Early Christian letter
See
Unknown

It reads Israel’s Scripture as speaking of Christ, and it closes with a teaching on the two ways. The early church copied it beside the Apostolic Fathers.

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