CHAPTER III.

_THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS--continued._

The Epistles of Ignatius--One Version allowed to be genuine--The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians: its acceptance as genuine by Irenæus--Hegesippus--Fragments only preserved of his writings--The impossibility of knowing what was in the portions notextant-- Papias--His evidence respecting Mark's Gospel--His assertion that Matthew wrote in Hebrew, and Tischendorf's opinion that he wrote in Greek--Justin Martyr--His reference to the Memoirs called Gospels--The Clementine Homilies--Important quotation from Matthew--Paul's Epistle to the Church at Laodicea--Construction of Matthew's Gospel--The Epistle to Diognetus 75