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The Church Fathers · c. 172–180; survives in fragments
Apology and Against the Phrygians
Apollinaris of Hierapolis
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What it is
An apology addressed to Marcus Aurelius, reporting the Thundering Legion whose prayers were said to have broken a drought on campaign, together with the first written attack on the new prophecy spreading through Phrygia.
Why it lasted
The opening shot of the Montanist controversy, and a case study in how quickly a bishop turned to writing when a movement he could not control appeared in the next valley.
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Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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