The Faith of the Early Fathers VOLUME TWO by William Jurgens
These fully indexed volumes contain actual writings from the first seven centuries of the Early Church, including selections from the Apostolic Fathers. Preceding each selection is a brief introduction treating the authorship, date, and place of composition, and the purpose of the work from which the selection was taken. You’ll find the Doctrinal Index provided in each volume to be invaluable. Here you can find the texts pertinent to particular doctrinal points – a method especially useful for apologetics! In addition, each volume is enhanced by comprehensive Scriptural and General Indices.
Volume 2 concludes with St. Julian of Eclanum (d. 454). It covers the post-Nicene era through St. Jerome.
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