More in this section:

• History
  • Antioch: Trailblazer of Christianity
  • Justin Martyr: First Apology
  • The Diaconate in Ignatius’ Epistles
  • The Great Schism
• The Early Church Speaks
  • Cyprian of Carthage
    • The Martyrdom of Cyprian of Carthage (258 AD)
    • Unity in the Church
  • Irenaeus of Lyons
  • Justin Martyr describes Christian worship (c.150 AD)
  • Letter of Pelagius to Demetrias
  • On the Incarnation of the Word of God
    • Introduction to Athanasius’ On The Incarnation
  • Polycarp of Smyrna
    • Polycarp to the Philippians
    • The Martyrdom of Polycarp
  • The Didachē: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
  • The Letters of Ignatius of Antioch
    • The Martyrdom of Ignatius
    • To Polycarp
    • To the Ephesians
    • To the Magnesians
    • To the Philadelphians
    • To the Romans
    • To the Smyrnaeans
    • To the Trallians
  • The Protevangelium
  • Vincent of Lerins
    • The Commonitories