Download or read book The Apostolic Fathers, And, the Fathers of the Third Century (Classic Reprint) written by George A. Jackson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Apostolic Fathers, And, the Fathers of the Third Century IT is the design of this volume and of the of which it is the first, to provide intelligent per sons, laymen as well as ministers, with the means of acquainting themselves, through accurate trans lations or summaries, with the early ecclesiastical writers. Wmwqeihi between the close of the apostolioagenand the_. The secondmentury. Many of the Christian writings of this period have perished al together, sharing thus the fate which befell so large a portion of the ancient classical literature. This circumstance, however, .heightens the value e 'en of the fragments which have survived the wreck, and which serve to throw light upon the condition of the Church in the obscure opening era of its his tory, when doctrines began to be formulated, and the New Testament Scriptures to be collected in the Canon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.