Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers
Edited By: Andrew Louth
Translated By: Maxwell Staniforth
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Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers     -     Edited By: Andrew Louth
    Translated By: Maxwell Staniforth

Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers

Edited By: Andrew Louth
Translated By: Maxwell Staniforth
Penguin Classics / 1987 / Paperback

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These letters and short theological treatises provide a rich guide to the emerging traditions and organizations of the infant Church.

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Title: Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers
Translated By: Maxwell Staniforth
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
Vendor: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 1987
Dimensions: 7.74 X 5.04 X 0.54 (inches)
Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 0140444750
ISBN-13: 9780140444759
Stock No: WW444750

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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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Andrew Louth, born in Lincolnshire and brought up in the north of England, studied Theology at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. From 1970 to 1985 he was Fellow and Chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in Theology, teaching prinipally Patristics. In 1985 he became Reader in History at Goldsmith's College, London. He is the author of The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition (1981), Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology (1983) and Denys the Areopagite (1989). He has also edited Early Christian Writings for the Penguin Classics.

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