Getting to Know the Church Fathers

A Trusted Introduction to the Church Fathers



This concise introduction to the church fathers connects evangelical
students and readers to twelve key figures from the early church. Bryan Litfin
engages readers with actual people, not just abstract doctrines or impersonal
events, to help them understand the fathers as spiritual ancestors in the
faith. The first edition has been well received and widely used. This updated
and revised edition adds chapters on Ephrem of Syria and Patrick of Ireland.
The book requires no previous knowledge of the patristic period and includes
original, easy-to-read translations that give a brief taste of each
writer´s thought.



Contents



Timeline

Introduction

1. Ignatius of Antioch

2. Justin Martyr

3. Irenaeus of Lyons

4. Tertullian of Carthage

5. Perpetua of Carthage

6. Origen of Alexandria

7. Athanasius of Alexandria

8. Ephrem the Syrian

9. John Chrysostom

10. Augustine of Hippo

11. Cyril of Alexandria

12. Patrick of Ireland

Epilogue

Index



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