Patristic literature: The Greek and Latin Fathers of the Church are central to the creation of Christian doctrine and the establishment of the Christian Church as a social entity in the first five centuries CE. This page introduces you to resources one may use to study the writings and teachings of the Fathers of the Church and the Patristic Age that is generally considered to run from the end of the Apostolic Age (c. 100 CE) to either 451, the date of the Council of Chalcedon, or ending in the 8th century with the Second Council of Nicaea.
On the Incarnation / St. Athanasius the Great of Alexandria ; preface by C.S. Lewis ; translation and introduction by John Behr
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Early Christian creeds / J.N.D. Kelly.
Early Christian doctrines / by J.N.D. Kelly.
A history of Christian thought / Justo L. Gonzalez.
Catholicity and heresy in the early church / Mark Edwards.
Christology of the later Fathers, edited by Edward Rochie Hardy
History of theology Set (see vol. I)
Learning theology with the church fathers / Christopher A. Hall.
Manual of Patrology and History of Theology.
Message of the Fathers of the Church Series
The teachings of the Church Fathers / edited by John R. Willis.
Selected resources include:
Decrees of the ecumenical councils / edited by Norman P. Tanner.
The councils of the church : a short history / Norman P. Tanner.
Catechism of the Council of Trent for Parish Priests
