...The label "Apostolic Fathers" has been applied to them since the 17th century to indicate that they were thought of as being of the generation that had personal contact with the Twelve Apostles. Thus they provide a link between the Apostles who knew Jesus of Nazareth and the later generation of Church Fathers: Christian apologists, defenders of orthodoxy, and developers of doctrine. Read full entry
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- 1.Apostolic Fathers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Apostolic Fathers are a small number of Early Christian authors who lived ... 2.5 Works by contemporaneous authors not considered Apostolic Fathers ...
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A
postolic_Fathers
- 2.CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Apostolic Fathers
- ... by them that their writings may be held as echoes of genuine Apostolic ... Some of the Apostolic Fathers are found in the oldest manuscripts of the New ...
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathe
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Best books on the apostolic I want to learn about what
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You could start out with the first five books of the New Testament. I am not being smart. Some Bibles have comprehensive information about the authors of all the books and letters written that is very enlighting |
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Should the Apostolic Fathers Like Hermas, Clement, Ignatius
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I think you meant New Testament. The Old Testament was closed in the Council of Jamnia by Jews who had little respect for the Apostolic Fathers. As far as the New Testament. The process of canonization was quite complex. Generally speaking though the books that are in our New Testaments now were received immediately as scripture on par with the Old Testament (which was read in the Greek Translation). Theses books were written within the first generation (more or less) of Christians and contain the authoritative teachings of Christ and the apostles (See 2 Peter 1:16) All of the first Christian writers (Fathers) quoted Paul and the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament as authoritative scripture. They would quote each other only in passing. An obvious disctintion was made early on beween Christian scripture and other good writing from Christians. While there were some loose edges to clean up that didn't get settled officially until the council of Nicea, there have always been specific standards for inclusion in the NT canon that the writings of the Aposolic Fathers (2nd century and onwards) have not met up with. |
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i have a question about i need some pro's and con's of
the years 90-260 in terms of
religion, preferably about the
Apostolic fathers
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The Apostolic Fathers where the keepers of the Faith And tried to stand firm on the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. With Love in Christ, Mouse. PS. Next time be more specific on your Question |
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