The Apostolic Fathers (Moody Classics)

The Apostolic Fathers (Moody Classics)

<div><P>Now with a new foreword by Mark Galli.<br><br>A collection of the earliest known writings of the church, <I>The Apostolic Fathers</I> includes a sermon and six brief documents: the First and Second Epistles of Clement, the Didache, the Epistles of Ignatius, the Epistle of Polycarp, the Epistle about Polycarp's Martyrdom, and the Shepherd of Hermas.</p><P>"There are two ways, one of life and one of death," begins the Didache, "and between the two ways there is a great difference." Followers of the way of life today will find much encouragement of those who first embarked on the path two millennia ago.</P><P>The John Lightfoot (1602-1675) translation was the source used for this edition of <I>Apostolic Fathers.</I></P></div>