https://openscriptorium.com/books/apostolic.html en-us Translation © 2026 Scriptorium Press, free to share with credit The Didache, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Barnabas & the Shepherd of Hermas, Newly Translated from the Greek. The generation that knew the apostles, or said it did: the Didache's two roads and the oldest church manual in existence; Clement of Rome writing to Corinth while John may still have been alive; Ignatius dashing off seven letters on the road to the beasts; Polycarp's letter and the eyewitness account of his burning; Barnabas; and the strange, sprawling visions of the Shepherd of Hermas — the whole collection translated fresh from the Greek. A new plain-English translation made directly from the original language by Scriptorium Press, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Free to read, listen to and download at https://openscriptorium.com/books/apostolic.html The Didache, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Barnabas & the Shepherd of Hermas, Newly Translated from the Greek. The generation that knew the apostles, or said it did: the Didache's two roads and the oldest church manual in existence; Clement of Rome writing to Corinth while John may still have been alive; Ignatius dashing off seven letters on the road to the beasts; Polycarp's letter and the eyewitness account of his burning; Barnabas; and the strange, sprawling visions of the Shepherd of Hermas — the whole collection translated fresh from the Greek. A new plain-English translation made directly from the original language by Scriptorium Press, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). 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