Early Christian Fathers

The Apostolic Fathers and the early Apologists

Edited by Cyril C. Richardson

Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, the Didache, the Letter to Diognetus, Justin Martyr, Athenagoras, and selections from Irenaeus, the voice of the Church in the first two centuries.

The First Letter of Clement to the Corinthians

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The Letters of Ignatius of Antioch

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The Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians

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The Martyrdom of Polycarp

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The Didache (The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)

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An Ancient Christian Sermon (so-called Second Letter of Clement)

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The Letter to Diognetus

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The First Apology of Justin Martyr

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A Plea Regarding Christians by Athenagoras

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Selections from Against Heresies by Irenaeus

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