Apology for the Christians

Ἀπολογία · Aristides of Athens · c. 125-140 · other

Greek · domain: apostolic · researched 2026-11-13

translated. A complete English translation exists. This dossier is included as a control, not as a gap; it shows what the register counts as translated.

Why this is in the register

Every English translation located is 19th-century. ANF vol. 9 prints 'The Apology of Aristides', headed 'Translated from the Greek and from the Syriac Version in Parallel Columns. D. M. Kay, B.Sc., B.D.': https://archive.org/details/antenicenefather09robeuoft. J. Rendel Harris, The newly recovered Apology of Aristides (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1891), is the translation from the Syriac discovery. HOLLIS Primo 'Aristides of Athens apology' returns those two 19th-century items plus the 2018 German translation (Herder) and studies; no 20th- or 21st-century English translation was located: https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Aristides%20of%20Athens%20apology&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0

Otto 1872 prints 'Aristidis reliquiae' (Greek/Latin). The Apology survives complete in Syriac and, in Greek, embedded in the Barlaam and Ioasaph tradition. The 1891 Harris translation is on archive.org as newlyrecoveredap00harr; the 1896 ANF 9 parallel-column translation is verified from the scan.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
The Apology of Aristides (Greek and Syriac in parallel columns) · Ante-Nicene Fathers 9 · D. M. Kay · 1896
The Newly Recovered Apology of Aristides · J. Rendel Harris · 1891

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (1872 imprint) hermiaephilosoph0000herm

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Aristides of Athens Apology for the Christians — 14 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

Record	Citation
The newly recovered apology of Aristides Harris, Helen B · 1891 · eng	Harris, Helen B. "The newly recovered apology of Aristides." London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1891. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022455260203941
The newly recovered apology of Aristides Harris, Helen B · 1893 · eng, syc	Harris, Helen B. "The newly recovered apology of Aristides." London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1893. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990061636020203941
The Apology of Aristides on behalf of the Christians : from a Syriac ms. preserved on Mount Sinai Aristides, active 2nd century · 1891 · eng	Aristides, active 2nd century. "The Apology of Aristides on behalf of the Christians : from a Syriac ms. preserved on Mount Sinai." Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1891. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990038953830203941
The Apology of Aristides on behalf of the Christians : from a Syriac ms. preserved on Mount Sinai Aristides, active 2nd century · 1893 · eng, syr, arm, grc	Aristides, active 2nd century. "The Apology of Aristides on behalf of the Christians : from a Syriac ms. preserved on Mount Sinai." Cambridge [England] The University press, 1893. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990027387620203941
The apology of Aristides on behalf of the Christians : from a Syriac MS. preserved on Mount Sinai Aristides, active 2nd century · 2004 · eng, syr, arm, gre	Aristides, active 2nd century. "The apology of Aristides on behalf of the Christians : from a Syriac MS. preserved on Mount Sinai." Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2004. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990094249120203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Apology for the Christians” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-aristides-apology