The Fathers of the church : an introduction to the first Christian teachers /
Mike Aquilina.
- Expanded ed.
- Huntington, Ind. : Our Sunday Visitor, 2006.
- 287 pages ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-274) and index.
The Word of the Fathers: Introduction -- The Apostolic Fathers: The Gospel's First Echo -- St. Clement of Rome -- To Corinthians -- Sta. Ignatius of Antioch -- The Effects of Heresy -- The Desire for Martyrdom -- St. Polycarp of Smyrna -- The Martyrdom of Polycarp -- The Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Church Finds a Voice -- St. Melito of Sardis -- The Old Passover and the New -- St. Justin Martyr -- To the Emperor Antoninus Pius -- To the Roman Senate -- St. Irenaeus of Lyons -- Union With God -- Against the Heretics: A Satire of Gnosticism -- Mary, the New Eve -- The Eucharist, Pledge of Our Resurrection -- Tertullian -- The Love of Christians -- Athens and Jerusalem -- St. Hippolytus of Rome -- Milk and Honey -- Wisdom's House and Wisdom's Banquet -- St. Cyprian of Carthage -- To Pope Cornelius -- On the Unity of the Church -- St. Clement of Alexandria -- True Gnostics and False Gnostics -- A Hymn to Christ the Savior -- Origen -- To a Young Christian Intellectual -- The Senses of Scripture -- A snippet of Allegory -- When It's Tough to Read the Bible -- St. Gregory of Pontus: On Origen, My Teacher -- The Nicene Era: The Golden Age of Doctrine -- Eusebius of Caesarea -- In Praise of Constantine -- On Church History -- St. Athanasius -- We Worship the World Made Flesh -- On the Death of Arius -- St. Aphrahat the Sage -- On Persecution -- St. Ephrem of Syria -- A Song for Christmas -- St. Basil the Great -- On His Conversion -- A Plea to the Pope -- On the Holy Spirit -- St. Gregory of Nazianzus -- Why I Fled -- Soul and Body -- St. Gregory of Nyssa -- Why Do Infants Die? -- The Mystical Death -- On the Building of a Church -- St. Cyril of Jerusalem -- On Confession -- The Eucharist -- On Reverence at Liturgy -- St. Ambrose of Milan -- To the Emperor Valentinian -- To the Catechumens -- On True Fortitude -- The Hymns of the Little Hours -- The Post- Nicene Era: The Last (and Lasting) Fathers -- St. John Chrysostom -- On Riches -- On Luxury -- Husbands, Love Your Wives -- To Parents -- St. Cyril of Alexandria -- Reaching Out to Nestorius -- Trinity, Incarnation, Eucharist: Unity -- St. Jerome -- On Mary's Virginity -- On Lust -- On Old Age -- St. Augustine of Hippo -- On His Mother, Monica -- On Morals -- On the Trinity -- Letter to Januarius -- St. Vincent of Lérins -- How to Study the Fathers -- St. Leo the Great -- On Jesus Christ -- On Rome -- St. Benedict of Nursia -- To Work and to Pray -- St. Gregory the Great -- On Bashing the Clergy -- On the Rights of the Jews -- Dionysius the (Pseudo-) Areopagite -- Prayer BEfore Theology -- Hierarchy: The Ladder of Light -- St. Maximus the Confessor -- When Someone Gossips About You -- The Ultimate Authority on Earth -- St. John of Damascus -- On the VEneration of Saints -- Mothers -- St. Perpetua -- The Passion of St. Perpetua -- St. Syncletica -- The Sayings -- Egeria the Pilgrim -- Climbing Mount Sinai -- Notes -- Appendix: For Further Study -- The Times of the Fathers: Timeline of Events
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Fathers of the church. Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.