Ante-Nicene Fathers
The Ante-Nicene Fathers, (that is, before the promulgation of the Nicene Creed at the First Council of Nicaea), which is subtitled "The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325", is a selected set of books containing English translations of the major early Christian writings. It was translated in 1885.
The volumes include the following:
Volume I. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
Volume II. Fathers of the Second Century
Volume III. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian
- Three Parts: I. Apologetic; II. Anti-Marcion; III. Ethical
Volume IV. The Fathers of the Third Century
- Tertullian Part IV; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen
Volume V. The Fathers of the Third Century
Volume VI. The Fathers of the Third Century
Volume VII. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries
- Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Saint Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily, Liturgies
Volume VIII. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries
- The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Ages
Volume X. Recently Discovered Additions to Early Christian Literature; Commentaries of Origen
- The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Visio Pauli, The Apocalypses of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (Complete Text), Origen's Commentary on John, Books I-X, Origen's Commentary on Mathew, Books I, II, and X-XIV
See also the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
External links:
- The full text of the Ante-Nicene Fathers is freely available at the
