The Apostolic Fathers
Translator: Maxwell Staniforth
Publisher: Dorset Press, 1968
Regarded as virtually equal to Holy Scripture by the nascent Church, these works are immensely valuable both historically and doctrinally. Written for the most part in the form of letters, they provide historians with the only available source from a dark era, and illuminate the emerging Church during a time when its powers and principles were still independent from the state.
In addition to the translation of the writing, there is information about each writer and writing.
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
The Epistles of Ignatius (To the Ephesians; To the Magnesians; To the Trallians; To the Romans; To the Philadelphians; To the Smyrnaeans; To Polycarp)
The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
The Martyrdom of Polycarp
The Epistle to Diognetus
The Epistle of Barnabas
The Didache
