Dictionary

of the

Apostolic Church

EDITED BY

JAMES HASTINGS, D.D.

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF

JOHN A. SELBIE, D.D.

AND

JOHN C. LAMBERT, D.D.

VOLUME I

AARON-LYSTRA

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK

1916

COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

The above copyright notice is for the protection of articles copyrighted in the United States.

Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, have the sole right of publication of this
DICTIONARY OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH in the United States and Canada.

PREFACE

IT has often been said that the Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels is of more practical value than a Dictionary of the Bible. From all parts of the world has come the request that what that Dictionary has done for the Gospels another should do for the rest of the New Testament. The DICTIONARY OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH is the answer. It carries the history of the Church as far as the end of the first century. Together with the Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, it forms a complete and independent Dictionary of the New Testament.

The Editor desires to take the opportunity of thanking the distinguished New Testament scholars who have co-operated with him in this important work.