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Early Church Fathers Writings Ante Nicene, Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers; Writings from the church fathers at www.goarch.com. Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine; The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation, by Dr. Roy Joseph Deferrari and Dr. Ludwig Schopp. Works hosted at the Internet Archive
A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, usually known as the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (NPNF), is a set of books containing translations of early Christian writings into English. [1] It was published between 1886 and 1900.
The Apostolic Fathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD who are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to have been significantly influenced by them. [1]
Volumes from Philip Schaff's The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers.. Patristics or patrology is the study of the early Christian writers who are designated Church Fathers. [1] The names derive from the combined forms of Latin pater and Greek πᾰτήρ (father).
The following is a list of Christian Church Fathers. Roman Catholics generally regard the Patristic period to have ended with the death of John of Damascus in 749. [citation needed] However, Orthodox Christians believe that the Patristic period is ongoing. [citation needed] Therefore, the list is split into two tables.
The Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 (abbreviated ANF) [1] is a collection of books in 10 volumes (one volume is indexes) containing English translations of the majority of Early Christian writings. [2] The period covers the beginning of Christianity until the promulgation of the Nicene Creed at the First ...
Icon depicting Emperor Constantine (center) and the Church Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea of 325 holding the Nicene Creed. Nicene Christianity includes those Christian denominations that adhere to the teaching of the Nicene Creed, [1] which was formulated [2] at the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 and amended at the First Council of Constantinople in AD 381. [3]
The Shepherd of Hermas was popular in the early church, considered a valuable book by many Christians, and considered canonical scripture by some of the early Church fathers. [94] It was written at Rome, in Greek. The Shepherd had great authority in the second and third centuries. [95]