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>By "earliest witnesses" I mean, of course, the extensive second-century
>citations which we possess:  Justin, Tertullian, Ignatius, the Didache, etc.
>Even the early third century citations in Clement of Alexandria, Origen,
>etc., are very important for the light they shed on both the text itself and
>how early "academic" Christians handled it.
>

>--Petersen, Penn State Univ.


As I have understood it, use of the Fathers is hazardous because we do not
know exactly their habits of citation.  Do they cite from manuscript or
memory?  Since we do not know, it seems that using them as primary sources
for textual reconstruction is a bit risky.

But perhaps I have been misinformed.


Jim West

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