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1 Publication

It was translated in the late 1800s. The text was edited by Rev. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson and first published in Edinburgh, 1867. It was also published in the United States in 1885, with additional introductionary material and notes by A. Cleveland Coxe.

2 Contents

The volumes include the following:

Volume I. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus

• Clement of Rome, Mathetes , Polycarp, Ignatius, Barnabas, Papias, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Volume II. Fathers of the Second Century

• HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas is a Christian work of the first or second century which had great authority in ancient times and was considered by some as one of the books of the Bible. Since Paul sent greetings to a Christian of Rome with this name ( Romans 16:1, TatianTatian was an early Christian writer and theologian of the second century. Life Concerning the date and place of his birth, little is known beyond what he tells about himself in his Oratio ad Graecos chap. xlii Ante-Nicene Fathers ii. 81-82): that he was, TheophilusVarious people have been known by the name Theophilus . These include; Theophilus of Antioch — c 163, and early Christian patriarch. Theophilus of Alexandria — (? 412) patriarch of Alexandria Theophilus (emperor) — ( 829 842) a Byzantine emperor of the se, Athenagoras, Clement of AlexandriaClement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), was the first member of the Church of Alexandria to be more than a name, and one of its most distinguished teachers. He was born about the middle of the 2nd century, and died between 211 and 216. His Life He

Volume III. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, TertullianQuintus Septimius Florens Tertullian (b. 150- 160, d. 220- 240) is a highly ambivalent character in early Christianity. On one hand, he was the first great writer of Latin Christianity. He was born, lived, wrote, and died in Carthage, in what is today Tun

• Three Parts: I. Apologetic; II. Anti-Marcion; III. Ethical

Volume IV. The Fathers of the Third Century

• Tertullian Part IV; Minucius Felix; Commodian ; OrigenOrigen was a Christian scholar and theologian and one of the most distinguished of the Fathers of the early Christian Church. He was born about 182, probably at Alexandria, and died at Caesarea not later than 251. Life Early training His full name was app

Volume V. The Fathers of the Third Century

• HippolytusIn Greek mythology, Hippolytus was a son of Theseus and either Antiope or Hippolyte. Hippolytus is the title of a tragedy by Euripides based on the myth. Hippolytus was a writer of the early Christian Church.; Cyprian; Caius; Novatian; Appendix

Volume VI. The Fathers of the Third Century

• Gregory Thaumaturgus; Dionysius the Great ; Sextus Julius Africanus; Anatolius and Minor Writers; Methodius; Arnobius

Volume VII. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries

• Lactantius, Venantius , Asterius, Saint Victorinus , Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily, Liturgies

Volume VIII. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries

• The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Ages

Volume X. Recently Discovered Additions to Early Christian Literature; Commentaries of Origen

• The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Visio Pauli, The Apocalypses of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (Complete Text), Origen's Commentary on John, Books I-X, Origen's Commentary on Mathew, Books I, II, and X-XIV

See also the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers