The Apostolic Fathers: Volume I (Translated by Bart D. Ehrman)
by Bart D. Ehrman
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The writings of the Apostolic Fathers give a rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after New Testament times. Some of them were accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early Church. This new Loeb edition of these essential texts reflects current idiom and the latest scholarship.Here are the Letters of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, among the most famous documents of early Christianity; these letters, addressing core theological questions, were show more written to a half dozen different congregations while Ignatius was en route to Rome as a prisoner, condemned to die in the wild-beast arena. Also in this collection is a letter to the Philippian church by Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and friend of Ignatius, as well as an account of Polycarp's martyrdom. There are several kinds of texts in the Apostolic Fathers collection, representing different religious outlooks. The manual called the Didache sets forth precepts for religious instruction, worship, and ministry. The Epistle of Barnabas searches the Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, for testimony in support of Christianity and against Judaism. Probably the most widely read in the early Christian centuries was The Shepherd of Hermas, a book of revelations that develops a doctrine of repentance. show lessTags
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The early church had numerous authorities who protected orthodoxy, prosecuted heresy and spread the word of Jesus. The Churches followed their teachings. Some writings that had at the time near canonical status (the Canon had yet to be decided) fell into disfavor and eventually faded from memory. These two volumes capture some of the writings of the early church. Fascinating reading from a simpler time when theology had yet to become an argumentative system of religious thought.
(edited by Bart Ehrman, replacing Kirsopp Lake's edition)
L024) Apostolic Fathers: Volume I. I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache. Barnabas
L025) Apostolic Fathers: Volume II. Shepherd of Hermas. Martyrdom of Polycarp. Epistle to Diognetus
L024) Apostolic Fathers: Volume I. I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache. Barnabas
L025) Apostolic Fathers: Volume II. Shepherd of Hermas. Martyrdom of Polycarp. Epistle to Diognetus
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New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and graduated from Wheaton College in 1978. He earned his Masters of Divinity and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and has taught at Rutgers University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor. He has published show more more than 20 scholarly and popular books, including three New York Times bestsellers, plus numerous articles and book reviews. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Apostolic Fathers: Volume I (Translated by Bart D. Ehrman) (Translated by Bart D. Ehrman)
- Alternate titles
- The Apostolic Fathers, I, I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache
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- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 270.1 — Religion History of Christianity History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity Apostolic; Nativity to Constantine
- LCC
- BR60 .A62 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christianity Christianity Early Christian literature. Fathers of the Church, etc.
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