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The Church Fathers · c. 175–185; survives in fragments
Memoirs
Hypomnemata
Hegesippus · c. 110–c. 180
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What it is
Five lost books of travel and enquiry into what the churches actually taught, preserved where Eusebius quotes them — including the account of the death of James the brother of Jesus.
Why it lasted
The first attempt at a history of Christian doctrine, and the origin of the argument from unbroken succession in the apostolic sees.
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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