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      • Justin Martyr: First Apology
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    • 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

    The early Christians wrote prolifically about what they believed, how they worshiped, and what was important to them.

    What they wrote is important to us because it gives us a window into what the first generations of Christians considered normal Christianity.

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