'''Papias''' (60 - 130 A.D.) was [[Bishop]] of Heiropolis in Phrygia, [[Asia Minor]]. He sought to collect together sayings attributed to [[Christ]] that were not recorded in the [[Gospels]]. According to [[Irenaeus]], he was a disciple of [[John the Apostle|John]] and a companion of [[Polycarp]]. He was the author of ''Logion Kyriakon Exegesus'' (Expositions of the words of the Lord) and his work was quoted by both Irenaeus and [[Eusebius]]. One of his claims he made in his writing was that [[John Mark|Mark]] was the interpreter of [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and that he set down accurately, but not in chronological order, all that he had been told of the words and actions of [[Jesus]]. | '''Papias''' (60 - 130 A.D.) was [[Bishop]] of Heiropolis in Phrygia, [[Asia Minor]]. He sought to collect together sayings attributed to [[Christ]] that were not recorded in the [[Gospels]]. According to [[Irenaeus]], he was a disciple of [[John the Apostle|John]] and a companion of [[Polycarp]]. He was the author of ''Logion Kyriakon Exegesus'' (Expositions of the words of the Lord) and his work was quoted by both Irenaeus and [[Eusebius]]. One of his claims he made in his writing was that [[John Mark|Mark]] was the interpreter of [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and that he set down accurately, but not in chronological order, all that he had been told of the words and actions of [[Jesus]]. |