Early Christian Writings

Editorial Reviews

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  The writings in this volume cast light upon the emerging traditions and organization of the infant church during an otherwiselittle-known period of its development. A selection of letters andsmall-scale theological treatises from a group known as the ApostolicFathers, several of whom were probably disciples of the Apostles,provide a first-hand account of the early Church and outline a form ofearly Christianity still drawing on the theology and traditions of itsparent religion, Judaism. Included here are the first Epistle of BishopClement of Rome, an impassioned plea for harmony The Epistle ofPolycarp The Epistle of Barnabas The Didache and the Seven Epistleswritten by Ignatius of Antioch among them his moving appeal to theRomans that they grant him a martyr s death. Editor: Andrew Louth Translated by: Maxwell Staniforth Format: 208 pages, paperback, 7.8 x 5 x 0.7 inches Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780140444759