Knowra Apostolic Fathers Apostolic Fathers The Apostolic Fathers are early Christian writers whose surviving works are associated with the generation after the apostles. Their letters, sermons, and church manuals illuminate Christian belief and practice in the late first and early second centuries.
Early Christianity : The movement that grew from the life and teachings of Jesus in the first centuries CE. The Apostolic Fathers wrote within its diverse communities and emerging institutions.
First Epistle of Clement : A letter from the church of Rome urging the church of Corinth to restore order and its deposed presbyters. It is an early example of one church addressing a dispute in another.
Clement of Rome : A late first-century Christian leader traditionally associated with the church of Rome and the First Epistle of Clement. His letter became one of the earliest and most influential works grouped with the Apostolic Fathers.
Early Christian worship : The communal prayers, readings, rituals, and meals practiced by early Christians. The Didache and other texts preserve instructions and glimpses of communal worship.
Apostolic Fathers and Church Fathers : The Church Fathers are influential Christian theologians and leaders of the early church, especially in the first centuries CE. The broader patristic category includes later writers and more developed theological works.
New Testament : The collection of Christian scriptures comprising the Gospels, Acts, letters, and Revelation. Their writings stand near the New Testament historically but were not included in its canon.
Didache : An early Christian manual covering moral instruction, worship, church leadership, and community practice. It preserves practical teaching alongside the collection’s letters and sermons.
Ignatius of Antioch : A bishop of Antioch whose letters describe his journey to execution, probably in the early second century. His surviving letters anchor much of the collection’s evidence for early second-century Christianity.
Eucharist in early Christianity : The early Christian ritual meal understood in relation to Jesus’ final meal and communal fellowship. The Didache gives brief prayers and practices associated with the Eucharist.
New Testament apocrypha : Early Christian writings about Jesus and the apostles that were not included in the New Testament canon. These works overlap in period but often recount apostolic narratives rather than address church practice.
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