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See, for example, Philippians 2:6–11; Colossians 1:15–20; John 1:1–15; 1 Timothy 3:16; Romans 1:3–4; 1 Corinthians 15:3–5.

Iranaeus, Against Heresies 1.26.1.

A convenient source for the works of the Apostolic Fathers is the two-volume edition of The Apostolic Fathers transl. Kirsopp Lake, the Loeb Classical Library (London: Heinemann/Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1912, 1913, reprinted numerous times).

For Ignatius’ statements on the birth of Jesus, see his letter, Ephesians 19:1 and Smyrnaeans 1:1.

The Caesarean creed of Eusebius was appended by Athanasius to his work on the Council of Nicea, De decretis. For the text and an English translation, see J.N.D. Kelly, Early Christian Creeds (London/New York: Longmans, Green, 1950), p. 182.

Robert L. Short, The Gospel According to Peanuts (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 1964) and The Parables of Peanuts (New York: Fawcett, 1968).

G. Frank Burns, “The Bible and American Popular Humor,” in The Bible and Popular Culture in America, ed. Allene S. Phy, The Bible in American Culture 2 (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985), p. 32. There is even a Museum of Cartoon Art in Rye Brook, N.Y., which admittedly covers more than the comic strip.

For examples, see Pummer, Samaritans, p. 25.