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Papias of Hierapolis

2nd century · AD 130 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 15 passages

Background on Papias of Hierapolis

In his own words on Revelation

  • Revelation 20:4-6

    There will be a period of some thousand years after the resurrection of the dead, and... the kingdom of Christ will be set up in material form on this very earth.

    Church History (Book III), Chapter 39, Section 12

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.