The Complete Church Fathers Collection (Trial)

The Church Fathers were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers. Although there is no definitive list, the era of these scholars who set the theological and scholarly foundations of Christianity largely ended by AD 700 (John of Damascus died in 749 AD).

This is the complete set of their writings compiled under the editorial supervision of Philip Schaff.

There are almost 60 authors, and over 2,500 works included in this collection. Also included are introductions to most of the authors. These provide a background to their life and how their works came to be accepted and preserved by the wider Christian world.

The following authors are included:

Alexander of Alexandria

Alexander of Lycopolis

Ambrose

Aphrahat

Archelaus

Aristides the Philosopher

Arnobius

Athanasius

Athenagoras

Augustine of Hippo

Bardesanes

Barnabas

Basil the Great

Caius

Clement of Alexandria

Clement of Rome

Commodianus

Cyprian of Carthage

Cyril of Jerusalem

Dionysius of Rome

Dionysius the Great

Ephraim the Syrian

Eusebius of Caesarea

Gennadius of Marseilles

Gregory the Great, Pope

Gregory Nazianzen

Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Hermas

Hilary of Poitiers

Hippolytus

Ignatius of Antioch

Irenaeus of Lyons

Jerome

John of Damascus

John Cassian

John Chrysostom

Julius Africanus

Justin Martyr

Lactantius

Leo the Great, Pope

Malchion

Mar Jacob

Mathetes

Methodius

Minucius Felix

Moses of Chorene

Novatian

Origen

Pamphilus

Papias

Peter of Alexandria

Polycarp

Rufinus

Socrates Scholasticus

Sozomen

Sulpitius Severus

Tatian

Tertullian

Theodoret

Theodotus

Theophilus

Venantius

Victorinus

Vincent of Lérins

Also included are the early liturgies, councils and the apocryphal works.

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