- Caius (presbyter)
Caius, Presbyter of Rome (also known as "Gaius") was a Christian author who lived and wrote towards the beginning of the
3rd century A.D.cite web
title = "Catholic Encyclopedia" entry on Caius
url= http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03144a.htm
accessdate = 2007-07-14 ] Only fragments of his works are known, which are given in the collection entitled "TheAnte-Nicene Fathers ." However, theMuratorian fragment , an early attempt to establish the canon of theNew Testament , is often attributed to Caius and is included in that collection.cite web
last = Salmond
first = S.D.F.
title = "Introductory Notice to Caius, Presbyter of Rome" from the "Ante-Nicene Fathers," Vol. 5. (Ed. by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson.)
url= http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf05.v.ii.html
accessdate = 2007-07-14 ]For the existing fragments from Caius' "Dialogue or Disputation Against Proclus," we are indebted to Eusebius, who included them in his "Ecclesiastical History."cite web
title = "Catholic Encyclopedia" entry on Caius
url= http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03144a.htm
accessdate = 2007-07-14 ] In one of these fragments, Caius tells Proclus,:"And I can show the trophies of the apostles. For if you choose to go to the Vatican or to the Ostian Road, you will find the trophies of those who founded this church." cite web
title = "Fragments of Caius. I.—From a Dialogue or Disputation Against Proclus" from the "Ante-Nicene Fathers," Vol. 5
url= http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf05.v.iii.i.html
accessdate = 2007-07-14 ]This is described by the "
Catholic Encyclopedia " as "a very valuable evidence of the death of Sts. Peter and Paul at Rome, and the public veneration of their remains at Rome about the year 200."cite web
title = "Catholic Encyclopedia" entry on Caius
url= http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03144a.htm
accessdate = 2007-07-14 ]There is also another series of fragments Eusebius gives from a work called "Against the Heresy of Artemon," although the "Ante-Nicene Fathers" note says regarding the authorship only that it is "an anonymous work ascribed by some to Caius."cite web
title = "Fragments of Caius. II.—Against the Heresy of Artemon" from the "Ante-Nicene Fathers," Vol. 5
url= http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf05.v.iii.ii.html
accessdate = 2007-07-14 ]Caius was also one of the authors to whom the "Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades" was ascribed at one time.cite web
last = Niese
first = Benedictus
title = "Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics" entry on Josephus
url= http://pace.cns.yorku.ca/York/york/pdf/studies/Niese_Josephus.pdf
accessdate = 2007-07-14 (From the website of the [http://pace.cns.yorku.ca/ Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement] .)] (It was also attributed, much more famously, toJosephus and still appears in editions of theWilliam Whiston translation of his collected works, but is now known to be excerpted from a work byHippolytus of Rome .)cite web
last = Goldberg
first = Gary
title = Did Josephus write the "Discourse on Hades?" (from "Josephus Mail and FAQs")
url= http://members.aol.com/FlJosephus2/MailAndFAQ.htm#discourse
accessdate = 2007-07-14 (Part of the [http://members.aol.com/FLJOSEPHUS/home.htm Flavius Josephus Home Page] of G.J. Goldberg.)]ee also
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