Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1 (Justin Martyr, Tatian)

...such as the fanciful use sometimes made of Old Testament statements, the fabulous stories accepted by its author, and the general diffuseness and feebleness of style by which it is distinguished. But the high tone of evangelical truth that pervades it, the simple and earnest appeals it makes to the heart and conscience, and the anxiety its writer so constantly shows to promote the best interests of the Church of Christ still impart an undying charm to this precious relic of later apostolic times.

[N.B.—A sufficient guide to the recent literature of the Clementine manuscripts and discoveries may be found in The Princeton Review, 1877, p. 325, as well as in Bishop Wordsworth’s succinct but learned Church History to the Council of Nicæa, p. 84. The invaluable edition of the Patres Apostolici Latin: "Apostolic Fathers." by Jacobson (Oxford, 1840), with a critical text and rich prolegomena Introductory remarks or preface. and annotations, cannot be dispensed with by any Patristic inquirer. A. C. C.]