The Complete Works of the First Fathers of the Church gathers a formative body of early Christian writing: pastoral epistles, martyrial exhortations, apologies, theological treatises, biblical interpretation, ecclesiastical histories, and visionary instruction. Spanning the generations from the apostolic age to late antiquity, it records Christianity's emergence within Jewish, Greek, and Roman intellectual worlds. Particularly compelling are its defenses of Christian belief before pagan cr...

This short volume compiles the few remains fragments of the sentinel work by the Byzantine Historian Hippolytus of Thebes. They are collected here translated into English for the first time. These dozen fragments are the surviving elements of his magnum opus detailing events of the life of the Emperor Constantine, the family of Christ, and events related to the founding of the early Christian church.

The early Church Orders were systematic manuals of disciplinary and liturgical rules for which the collective authority of the whole apostolate was claimed. They made their appearance in the second century, grew to considerable dimensions in the third, and reached their fullest development toward the end of the fourth century. They are sources of importance for our knowledge of the inner life of the church, and they were influential factors in the formation of the later canon law.

The early Church Orders were systematic manuals of disciplinary and liturgical rules for which the collective authority of the whole apostolate was claimed. They made their appearance in the second century, grew to considerable dimensions in the third, and reached their fullest development toward the end of the fourth century. They are sources of importance for our knowledge of the inner life of the church, and they were influential factors in the formation of the later canon law. That leg...

The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus is a significant early Christian text attributed to Antipope Hippolytus. It serves as a vital source for understanding the liturgical practices, church organization, and theological beliefs of the early Christian community. The document outlines various rites, including baptism, the Eucharist, and ordination, reflecting the structure and rituals that were prevalent in the early church. Its insights into the roles of clergy and laity provide a glimpse i...

We must not overlook any figment devised by those denominated philosophers among The Greeks. For even Their incoherent tenets must be received as worthy of credit, on account of The excessive madness of The heretics; who, from The observance of silence, and from concealing Their own ineffable mysteries, have by many been supposed worshippers of God. We have likewise, on a former occasion, expounded The doctrines of These briefly, not illustrating Them with any degree of minuteness, but ref...

"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Early Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until before the promulgation of the Nicene Creed at the First Council of Nicaea. This volume contains his most important polemic against heretics, the "Philosophumena", the original title of which is kata pason aireseon elegchos (A Refutation of All Heresies). The first book had long been known; books IV to X, which had been discovered a sh...

"Philosumena; or, The Refutation of All Heresies, Volume II" is a significant work attributed to Antipope Hippolytus, a prominent early Christian theologian. This text serves as a critical examination of various heretical beliefs that emerged in the early centuries of Christianity. Hippolytus meticulously outlines the doctrines of different sects, providing insights into the theological disputes of his time. His work not only defends orthodox Christian beliefs but also offers a historical ...

"Philosumena; or, The Refutation of All Heresies" is a significant work attributed to Antipope Hippolytus, who was an early Christian theologian and martyr. This text serves as a comprehensive critique of various heretical beliefs that emerged in the early Christian church. Hippolytus meticulously outlines the doctrines of different sects, aiming to defend orthodox Christianity against these divergent teachings. His work is not only a theological treatise but also a historical document tha...

The story of the discovery of the book here translated so resembles a romance as to appear like a flower in the dry and dusty field of patristic lore. A short treatise called Philosophumena , or “Philosophizings,” had long been known, four early copies of it being in existence in the Papal and other libraries of Rome, Florence and Turin. The superscriptions of these texts and a note in the margin of one of them caused the treatise to be attributed to Origen, and its Edito princeps is that ...

The story of the discovery of the book here translated so resembles a romance as to appear like a flower in the dry and dusty field of patristic lore. A short treatise called Philosophumena , or "Philosophizings," had long been known, four early copies of it being in existence in the Papal and other libraries of Rome, Florence and Turin. The superscriptions of these texts and a note in the margin of one of them caused the treatise to be attributed to Origen, and its Edito princeps is that ...

The early Church Orders were systematic manuals of disciplinary and liturgical rules for which the collective authority of the whole apostolate was claimed. They made their appearance in the second century, grew to considerable dimensions in the third, and reached their fullest development toward the end of the fourth century. They are sources of importance for our knowledge of the inner life of the church, and they were influential factors in the formation of the later canon law.