Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Early Christian Fathers

Recommended reading: Early Christian Fathers, edited by Cyril Richardson

Early Christian Fathers
is an excellent,
inexpensive collection of writings from the early Church. The editor's notes and introduction are especially useful to the beginning student of patristics. In Early Christian Fathers, you will find the following works, which Christians should be familiar with and keep as a permanent resource in their home library:

• First Letter of Clement
• Letters of Ignatius of Antioch
• Letter of Polycarp
• Martyrdom of Polycarp
• The Didache
• Letter to Diognetus
• First Apology of Justin Martyr
• Selections from Ireanaeus Against Heresies
• Writings by Athenagoras
(415 pages)

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