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Can any who spend several years in those seats of learning, be excused if they do not add to that reading of the Fathers the most authentic commentators on Scripture, as being both nearest the fountain, eminently endued with that Spirit by whom all Scripture was given. It will be easily perceived, I speak chiefly of those who wrote before the council of Nicea. But who could not likewise desire to have some acquaintance with those that followed them with St. Chrysostom, Basil, Augustine, and above all, the man of a broken heart, Ephraim Syrus -- John Wesley.

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History

The Fathers

The Twelve Apostles

• The Didache

Clement of Rome

• First Clement -- c. 96
• Second Clement -- c. 150

Barnabas

• The Epistle of Barnabas -- c. 130

Papias

• Fragments of Papias

Mathetes

• The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus

Hermas

• The Shepherd of Hermas -- c.150

Polycarp

• The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians -- c.130
• The Martydom of Polycarp

Miscellaneous Writings

• The Epistle of Adrian in behalf of the Christians
• The Epistle of Antoninus
• The Epistle of Marcus Aurelius to the Senate

Ignatius -- ?-c.108

• The Generally accepted Epistles of Ignatius
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp

• Other Spurious Epistles in the name of Ignatius
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to Mary at Neapolis
  • The Epistle of Maria the Proselyte to Ignatius
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to St. John the Apostle
  • The Second Epistle of Ignatius to St. John the Apostle
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, A deacon of Antioch
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
  • The Third Epistle of Ignatius
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians
  • The Second Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians
  • Another Version of Ignatius to Polycarp
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Virgin Mary
  • The Reply of the Virgin Mary to Ignatius

Justin Martyr -- c. 100 - c. 165

• The First Apology of Justin
• The Second Apology of Justin
• Other Fragments from the Lost Writing of Justin
• Justin's Discourse to the Greeks-1
• Justin's Hortatory Address to the Greeks
• Justin on the sole government of God
• Justin on the Resurrection  

Irenaeus of Lyons -- c. 130 - c. 200

• Against Heresies-Book 1
• Against Heresies-Book 2
• Against Heresies-Book 3
• Against Heresies-Book 4
• Against Heresies-Book 5
• Fragments of Irenaeus
• Works of the Elders Preserved by Irenaeus

Tertullian -- c.150-c.212

• Patience
• Prayer
• Spectacles
• The Apparel of Women
• To the Martyrs

Eusebius of Caesarea -- c.260-340

• Church History

Athanasius -- c.296-373

• On the Incarnation

Basil the Great -- c.330-379

• BASIL THE GREAT, Second Epistle
• BASIL THE GREAT, Seventh Epistle
• BASIL THE GREAT, Eighth Epistle

St. Jerome -- 331-420

• Letters and Selected Works

John Chrysostom -- c.350-407

• Homilies on Matthew
• Homilies on John and Hebrews
• Homilies on Acts and Romans
• Commentary and Homilies on Galatians and Ephesians
• Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
• Homilies on 1st & 2nd Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
• Various Homilies, Letters and Treatise by Chrysostom

Augustine -- 354-430

• Confessions
• Enchiridion
• Dialectica
• On Christian Doctrine
• The Letters of St. Augustine
• The Anti-Manichaean and Anti-Donatist Writings of Augustine

Theodore of Studium

• THEODORE OF STUDIUM: Selected Poems, with the Letter to Casia
• Theodore of Studium: TWENTY-SEVENTH DISCOURSE
• Theodore of Studium: SIXTY-FIRST DISCOURSE

Methodius of Olympus

• Methodius of Olympus, ORATION ON SIMEON AND ANNA

Gregory of Nazianzen

• Gregory of Nazianzen (the Theologian): SECOND PASCHAL ORATION

Anastasius the Librarian

• Anastasius the Librarian: Life of St. Peter of Alexandria