Early Christian theologians not included in the New Testament
For the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, see Ante-Nicene Fathers (book).
Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
Polycarp of Smyrna
Papias of Hierapolis
Quadratus of Athens
The Apostolic Fathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD who are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to have been significantly influenced by them.[1] Their writings, though widely circulated in early Christianity, were not included in the canon of the New Testament. Many of the writings derive from the same time period and geographical location as other works of early Christian literature which came to be part of the New Testament.
^ Peterson, John Bertram (1913). "The Apostolic Fathers". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
The ApostolicFathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries...
The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who...
history. The earliest Church Fathers, within two generations of the Twelve Apostles of Christ, are usually called ApostolicFathers for reportedly knowing and...
Holy Apostles Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Church to the original Twelve Apostles The ApostolicFathers, the earliest generation...
Apocryphal New Testament, itself a reprint of a translation of the ApostolicFathers done in 1693 by William Wake, who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury...
traditionally claimed authority deriving, by apostolic succession, from the Twelve Apostles. Early Church Fathers who came to be associated with apostles –...
other writings attributed to the ApostolicFathers, were once considered scriptural by various early Church fathers. They are still being honored in some...
earliest Church Fathers (within two generations of the Apostles of Christ) are usually called the ApostolicFathers. Important ApostolicFathers include Clement...
of Constantinople in AD 381: "[We believe] in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church." This ecumenical creed is today recited in the liturgies of the...
as a bishop of Smyrna. Polycarp is regarded as one of three chief ApostolicFathers, along with Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch. The sole surviving...
Ante-Nicene Fathers Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Ancient Christian Writers Ludwig Schopp, ed. (1947). The ApostolicFathers. The Fathers of the Church...
20:17, Titus 1:5–7 and 1 Peter 5:1. The earliest writings of the ApostolicFathers, the Didache and the First Epistle of Clement, for example, show the...
marked with a lozenge (♦) are included in the collection known as the ApostolicFathers: Epistle of Barnabas ♦ First Epistle of Clement ♦ Second Epistle of...
second-generation Christian writings known as the ApostolicFathers. The work was considered by some Church Fathers to be a part of the New Testament, while being...
flesh suffered for our sins and which the Father raised up". During the same time period as the ApostolicFathers, Christians were also producing works claiming...
presides in the second division, over the penitents") The early church fathers, many of whom were taught directly by the Apostles, spoke of three heavens...
ApostolicFathers were prominent writers who are traditionally understood to have met and learned from Jesus's personal disciples. The Church Fathers...
Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 978-0664253950. Ehrman, Bart D. The ApostolicFathers. Vol. 1. Loeb Classical Library, 2003, 119. Ehrman further notes (fn...
Holy Fathers express it, is shown the Cause of the existence of the Son and the Spirit. All of the Eastern Fathers acknowledge that the Father is monos...
known, but this is a later work by a different author. Part of the ApostolicFathers collection, 1 and 2 Clement are not part of the canonical New Testament...
correspondence forms a central part of a later collection of works by the ApostolicFathers. He is considered one of the three most important of these, together...
Clement of Alexandria.[citation needed] Other known writings of the ApostolicFathers not listed in this table are as follows: the seven Epistles of Ignatius...
epistles, both those in the New Testament and among the early Christian Fathers, were written in accordance with the formalized, Hellenistic tradition...
p16 "ANF01. The ApostolicFathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus - Christian Classics Ethereal Library". www.ccel.org. "ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century:...
(the Ante-Nicene Fathers), and instead attempt to reconstruct primitive church practices as they might have existed in the Apostolic Age. To do this,...
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Peterson, John Bertram (1913). "The Apostolic Fathers". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
