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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 270.1
EAN: 9780140444759
ISBN: 0140444750
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: September 01, 1987
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Sales Rank: 13296
Studio: Penguin Classics

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The writings in this volume cast a glimmer of light upon the emerging traditions and organization of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development. A selection of letters and small-scale theological treatises from a group known as the Apostolic Fathers, several of whom were probably disciples of the Apostles, they provide a first-hand account of the early Church and outline a form of early Christianity still drawing on the theology and traditions of its parent religion, Judaism. Included here are the first Epistle of Bishop Clement of Rome, an impassioned plea for harmony; The Epistle of Polycarp; The Epistle of Barnabas; The Didache; and the Seven Epistles written by Ignatius of Antioch among them his moving appeal to the Romans that they grant him a martyr's death.

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- Needed and Useful
This book contains not only the words of the Early Church Fathers but their words are put in a modern translation that is easy to read and just better than previous English translations. You will learn a lot about what the Early Church believed and how they lived. A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the Early Christians, Early Church.

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- Affordable Yet Priceless Heritage
It is debatable whether we can truly know our faith without having considered what those who have gone before us discovered. C. S. Lewis warned about generational amnesia - that is, forgetting by ignoring what previous generations have learned. The early church understanding of who Jesus was and is gives us a better sense of why we believe as we do. And it stands in stark contrast against the accusations that the church has become something far different from what it once was. The doctrines of today are developments of the seeds planted in that early church.

The Staniforth translation is crisp and readable. The Penguin Classic price is right. There is no excuse for neglecting this priceless heritage.

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- WOW! We have writings of early trusted church pastors!
Why isn't this book on every evangelical seminary's guidebook to help us avoid many of the false teachings of the modern cults and churches? After studying in seminary and being mostly influenced by Dallas Seminary's Lewis Sperry Chafer and majority of trusted pastors of the last 150-200 years (Charles Spurgeon, Charles Swindoll, Graham, Kenneth Wuest, D.L. Moody, Matthew Henry, G.Campbell Morgan, J. Vernon Mcgee, and host of other popular writers), this is the first time I have known that we have actual writings of the early church pastors in such an easy to read guide format.

How the faithful looked at their impending martyrdom is beautifully seen in "the letter of Ignatius to the Church in Rome" and in Pastor Polycarp's martyrdom written down by the faithful for our edification. It is amazing how their view of faith included trust in Christ all the way to the end, just like John Wesley taught.
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Every true Christian should read this. and know what the early church founding fathers Really Believed

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