Question

Choose the correct option
Which of the following leaders would have been prominent before the apostolic fathers were the leaders of the church in the second century
Paul
Polycarp
Augustine of hippo
Signature of Antioch

Answer 1

The correct option is **Paul**. Paul was a prominent leader of the early Christian church and wrote several letters that form part of the New Testament. He lived and worked in the first century, before the Apostolic Fathers of the second century, such as Polycarp and Ignatius of Antioch. Augustine of Hippo was a later theologian, active in the late 4th to early 5th century.