This paper will attempt to determine the attitude of the Apostolic Fathers toward the canonical New Testament writings on the basis of their references to and use of passages and phrases from those writings. Answers will be sought to the following questions. Which books of the New Testament are used by the Apostolic Fathers? Are these books used in a comparatively equal degree by all of the Fathers? Do the Fathers quote the New Testament writings and refer to them directly? If not, how do they introduce the New Testament material which they use? Do they copy passages from the New Testament directly, or do they freely adapt the language of the disciples and apostles to their own form of presentation? Do they borrow only from books included in our canon of the New Testament, or only from writings of apostolic origin, or do they use materials from other sources as well? The answers to these questions will be sought on a basis of a study of those Apostolic Fathers which are included in Lightfoot\u27s edition and are dated by him as being composed prior to 150 A. D. These are Barnabas, 1 Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Didache, Hermas, and 2 Clement
