01955cam a22003011 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720150014000890400018001030410011001210500022001320820014001541300062001682450108002302600037003383000025003753500008004004900031004085040031004395050014004705050358004845200013008425200735008556500033015907000030016231713370AUA.120170912102145.0700302s1968 enkb b 000 0 eng  a 71350149  aB68-14856 aDLCcDLCdDLC1 aenggrc00aBR60.A62bE3 196800a270.12190 aApostolic Fathers (Early Christian collection).lEnglish.10aEarly Christian writings :bthe Apostolic Fathers /ctranslated [from the Greek] by Maxwell Staniforth. aHarmondsworth :bPenguin,c1968. a237 p.bmap.c19 cm. a6/-0 aThe Penguin classics, L197 aBibliographical footnotes. aContents: aThe first epistle of Clement to the Corinthians -- The epistles of Ignatius. To the Ephesians ; To the Magnesians ; To the Trallians ; To the Romans ; To the Philadelphians ; To the Smyrnaeans ; To Polycarp -- The epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians and The martyrdom of Polycarp -- The epistle to Diognetus -- The epistle of Barnabas -- The Didache. aSummary: a These writings, new translated from Greek, are the earliest and most venerable examples of the mass of ecclesiastical literature produced in the first centuries A.D. They are the work of a group known as the Apostolic Fathers, who faithfully preserved the Apostolic teaching and tradition between the time of the Apostles and the late second century. Most of their writings take the form of epistles: those of Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch and Polycarp, for example, are warmly human and affectionate, while the anonymous "Epistle to Diognetus" and the "Epistle of Barnabas" are more impersonal. All, however, have a genuine pastoral concern -- they are interested more in people than ideas, in practice more than dogma. 0aChristian literature, Early.1 aStaniforth, Maxwell,etr.