Home›Sources›The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations (Michael W. Holmes)SourcesThe Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations (Michael W. Holmes)sourceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations (Michael W. Holmes)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/holmes-the-apostolic-fathers.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations (Michael W. Holmes). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/holmes-the-apostolic-fathersCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-apostolic-fathers-greek-texts-and-en, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations (Michael W. Holmes)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/holmes-the-apostolic-fathers}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXMichael W. Holmes's The Apostolic Fathers, published by Baker Academic, is the standard modern critical edition of the whole corpus of earliest post-apostolic Christian writing, presenting the Greek text of each work with a facing English translation and scholarly introduction covering authorship, dating and manuscript transmission for each.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (101 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedMichael W. Holmes, editor and translatorPublisherWell-attestedBaker Academic, Grand Rapids (3rd edition)Publication YearWell-attested2007Source TypeWell-attestedCritical editionAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The standard modern critical edition of the apostolic fathers corpus, with facing Greek text and scholarly introductions for each work, widely used in academic patristics.Claims Backed By This Source (101 claims)This source backs 101 claims across the atlas. As facts: 76 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 9 holds, 1 connected. Plus 13 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicScriptures & Texts, 63 claims: 46 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 open question, 9 holds, 6 general references.Articles, 24 claims: 18 well-attested, 6 general references.Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Well-attested76ArticlesA Church Writing to Fix Another's SchismA Letter With No AddresseeAn Apology With No Known Author or RecipientAn Eyewitness Account Written to Be CopiedQuoting the Generation Before a Canon ExistedSeven Letters Written Walking to a Death SentenceOpen QuestionsWho wrote the Epistle to Diognetus, and when?Scriptures & TextsEpistle of BarnabasEpistle to DiognetusFirst ClementLetter of Polycarp to the PhilippiansLetters of Ignatius of AntiochMartyrdom of PolycarpSourcesThe Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations (Michael W. Holmes)Scholarly debate1Scriptures & TextsEpistle to DiognetusOpen question1Scriptures & TextsEpistle to DiognetusHolds9Scriptures & TextsEpistle of BarnabasEpistle to DiognetusFirst ClementLetter of Polycarp to the PhilippiansLetters of Ignatius of AntiochMartyrdom of PolycarpConnected1Open QuestionsWho wrote the Epistle to Diognetus, and when?General References13ArticlesA Church Writing to Fix Another's SchismA Letter With No AddresseeAn Apology With No Known Author or RecipientAn Eyewitness Account Written to Be CopiedQuoting the Generation Before a Canon ExistedSeven Letters Written Walking to a Death SentenceOpen QuestionsWho wrote the Epistle to Diognetus, and when?Scriptures & TextsEpistle of BarnabasEpistle to DiognetusFirst ClementLetter of Polycarp to the PhilippiansLetters of Ignatius of AntiochMartyrdom of PolycarpComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year