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The writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers are a testimony to the
beliefs, practices, world outlook and Spiritual fortitude, of those first
to receive the Gospel of Christ from the Apostles. Many of the Ante-Nicene
Fathers were direct students of the Apostles or the students of those who
worked with and studied with the Apostles. Their writings shed invaluable
insight upon what was "orthodox" (meaning right doctrine) Christianity and what was not, as well as provides the answers
to many practical questions about the New Testament Church of Christ.
At a time when the "Bible" had yet to be compiled it was the writings
of the Ante-Nicene Fathers that provided the orthodox solidarity of the
faithful that would eventually prove essential in the determination of the
composition of the Christian Scriptures.<o:p />

Church of the Ancient Christian Faith accepts the
writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers as the "Testimony of the
Fathers" and as such view them as instrumental to the further edification
of the faithful. Any study of these writings will further enlighten the
faithful student on the life changing nature of our faith and a clear
understanding of the manifestations of that faith within the Chrsitian
Community and the world in which the believer lives.<o:p />

The following is taken from the web site<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/" target="_top">http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/</a>  where the reader may also find writings of later Church
leaders onward.<o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-01/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume I.</a>   The Apostolic Fathers
with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus<o:p />

Clement of Rome,
Mathetes, Polycarp, Ignatius, Barnabas, Papias, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus<o:p />

Also available: <a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers/ANF-01/ECF01.ZIP" target="_top">text.zip</a>, <a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers/ANF-01/ecf01wh.zip" target="_top">WinHelp.zip</a>, <a href="http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/ecf/anf01/anf01.lit" target="_top">Microsoft Reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers/ANF-01/ANF-01.pdf" target="_top">pdf</a><o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-02/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume II.</a>   Fathers of
the Second Century<o:p />

Hermas, Tatian,
Theophilus, Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria<o:p />

Also available: <a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers/ANF-02/ANF-02.pdf" target="_top">pdf</a>, <a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers/ANF-02/ECF02.ZIP" target="_top">text.zip</a> <a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers/ANF-02/ecf02wh.zip" target="_top">WinHelp.zip</a>, <a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers/ANF-02/hermas.rtf" target="_top">hermas.rtf</a><o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-03/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume III.</a>   Latin
Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian<o:p />

Three Parts: I.
Apologetic; II. Anti-Marcion; III. Ethical<o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-04/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume IV.</a>   The Fathers
of the Third Century<o:p />

Tertullian Part IV;
Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen<o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-05/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume V.</a>   The Fathers
of the Third Century<o:p />

Hippolytus; Cyprian;
Caius; Novatian; Appendix<o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-06/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume VI.</a>   The Fathers
of the Third Century<o:p />

Gregory Thaumaturgus;
Dinysius the Great; Julius Africanus; Anatolius and Minor Writers; Methodius;
Arnobius<o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-07/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume VII.</a>   Fathers of
the Third and Fourth Centuries<o:p />

Lactantius, Venantius,
Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily,
Liturgies<o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-08/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume VIII.</a>   Fathers of
the Third and Fourth Centuries<o:p />

The Twelve Patriarchs,
Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa
and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Ages<o:p />

<a href="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-10/TOC.htm" target="_top">Volume X.</a>   Recently
Discovered Additions to Early Christian Literature; Commentaries of Origen<o:p />

The Gospel of Peter, The
Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Visio Pauli, The
Apocalypses of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of
Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The
Epistles of Clement (Complete Text), Origen's Commentary on John, Books I-X,
Origen's Commentary on Mathew, Books I, II, and X-XIV<o:p />

The writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers are a testimony to the beliefs, practices, world outlook and Spiritual fortitude, of those first to receive the Gospel of Christ from the Apostles. Many of the Ante-Nicene Fathers were direct students of the Apostles or the students of those who worked with and studied with the Apostles. Their writings shed invaluable insight upon what was "orthodox" (meaning right doctrine) Christianity and what was not, as well as provides the answers to many practical questions about the New Testament Church of Christ. At a time when the "Bible" had yet to be compiled it was the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers that provided the orthodox solidarity of the faithful that would eventually prove essential in the determination of the composition of the Christian Scriptures.

Church of the Ancient Christian Faith accepts the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers as the "Testimony of the Fathers" and as such view them as instrumental to the further edification of the faithful. Any study of these writings will further enlighten the faithful student on the life changing nature of our faith and a clear understanding of the manifestations of that faith within the Chrsitian Community and the world in which the believer lives.

The following is taken from the web sitehttp://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ where the reader may also find writings of later Church leaders onward.

Volume I. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus

Clement of Rome, Mathetes, Polycarp, Ignatius, Barnabas, Papias, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip, Microsoft Reader, pdf

Volume II. Fathers of the Second Century

Hermas, Tatian, Theophilus, Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria

Also available: pdf, text.zip WinHelp.zip, hermas.rtf

Volume III. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian

Three Parts: I. Apologetic; II. Anti-Marcion; III. Ethical

Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip

Volume IV. The Fathers of the Third Century

Tertullian Part IV; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen

Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip

Volume V. The Fathers of the Third Century

Hippolytus; Cyprian; Caius; Novatian; Appendix

Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip

Volume VI. The Fathers of the Third Century

Gregory Thaumaturgus; Dinysius the Great; Julius Africanus; Anatolius and Minor Writers; Methodius; Arnobius

Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip

Volume VII. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries

Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily, Liturgies

Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip

Volume VIII. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries

The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Ages

Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip

Volume X. Recently Discovered Additions to Early Christian Literature; Commentaries of Origen

The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Visio Pauli, The Apocalypses of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (Complete Text), Origen's Commentary on John, Books I-X, Origen's Commentary on Mathew, Books I, II, and X-XIV

Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip

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