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[QUERENT] Early Christian Writings

[SYSTEM] [Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAEShwEB6zswFcDMl4hq4b-fvSz_WUi5TJf0dspFUlYh67bvegx6f_Vi2fsSHxN8uF27UFlGpDFGtVy7_d0d7WrCj9cIBKd_dM8NNfy2u1OsXodfDVdQIgD9nnQbDIY98vRwXu59zMxucbBIspXcuLmr6meuf2xirxZNk5qOflhf6QOgFDb1Udtp5K8) is a collection of late first- and second-century letters and theological treatises translated by Maxwell Staniforth and revised by [Andrew Louth](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESjAEB6zswFSWp1RQv6XsAQaR8Xqeq-T9S4f7CFWw50Ex-MzkvgjOtxry0iYidWR-rlbZ9PzVraqkHQ0F1UwDOJ3bbG4suQ0aS6pF63p7a9KbCyfvg0qe5HLYtGKItxdGE-I4ypaBpxwULwVbaIF3tXGL8yaXxwSoZIzgWApRENd3_2fH4y-EJS9aTklQDyw).
Book Overview

* Publisher: [Penguin Classics](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAEShAEB6zswFWE-5Z1c5Gi6HN5y_iVPvSoH0gmVgbbUHQpXm0PasBCR9H3I7dFFt-X_-8VmNKoI5nx1FJ2zmUXcnshG3uJ3w4MtdUvY8j9x3gft0t-SqsTHs_JZz0BD-ia8ZNFWY6145anqNbtDKhJRrdAtJtLejQ7WwrdaXJUeNYBqk8ZHTp4)
* Length: 208 pages
* Publication Date: September 1, 1987 (Revised Edition)
* Price:
 Around $17.00 (Paperback) or $10.99 (eBook/Kindle)
Amazon.com +3

Included Works

* First Epistle of Bishop Clement of Rome (plea for harmony)
* Seven Epistles of Ignatius of Antioch
* The Epistle of Polycarp
* The Epistle of Barnabas
* The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)

Core Theme
The texts provide a first-hand look at the emerging traditions, organization, and daily struggles of the infant Christian church as it interacted with and grew out of its parent religion, Judaism.
If you'd like, I can:

* Provide more details on a specific author in the volume (like Ignatius or Clement)
* Suggest other translations or volumes of the Apostolic Fathers