Church Fathers*

The following are early church fathers and apologists of the first and second centuries. The first eight or nine documents are also known as the Apostolic Fathers. The writers known as the church fathers represent the ancient orthodox church as opposed to other elements of ancient Christianity such as Gnosticism. These are the church fathers and apologists that can be read on the Early Christian Writings web site.

• Church Fathers: Didache
• Church Fathers: Epistle of Barnabas
• Church Fathers: Clement of Rome
• Church Fathers: 2 Clement
• Church Fathers: The Shepherd of Hermas
• Church Fathers: Ignatius of Antioch
• Church Fathers: Polycarp
• Church Fathers: The Martyrdom of Polycarp
• Church Fathers: Epistle to Diognetus
• Church Fathers: Fragments of Papias
• Church Fathers: Quadratus of Athens
• Church Fathers: Aristides
• Church Fathers: Justin Martyr
• Church Fathers: Claudius Apollinaris
• Church Fathers: Minucius Felix
• Church Fathers: Melito of Sardis
• Church Fathers: Hegesippus
• Church Fathers: Dionysius of Corinth
• Church Fathers: Athenagoras of Athens
• Church Fathers: Irenaeus of Lyons
• Church Fathers: Rhodon
• Church Fathers: Theophilus of Caesarea
• Church Fathers: Theophilus of Antioch
• Church Fathers: Maximus of Jerusalem
• Church Fathers: Polycrates of Ephesus
• Church Fathers: Pantaenus
• Church Fathers: Clement of Alexandria
• Church Fathers: Tertullian
• Church Fathers: Serapion of Antioch
• Church Fathers: Apollonius
• Church Fathers: Caius
• Church Fathers: Hippolytus of Rome
• Church Fathers: Origen

By Date Written:

30-60 Passion Narrative 40-80 Lost Sayings Gospel Q 50-60 1 Thessalonians 50-60 Philippians 50-60 Galatians 50-60 1 Corinthians 50-60 2 Corinthians 50-60 Romans 50-60 Philemon 50-80 Colossians 50-90 Signs Gospel 50-95 Book of Hebrews 50-120 Didache 50-140 Gospel of Thomas 50-140 Oxyrhynchus 1224 Gospel 50-150 Apocalypse of Adam 50-150 Eugnostos the Blessed 50-200 Sophia of Jesus Christ 65-80 Gospel of Mark 70-100 Epistle of James 70-120 Egerton Gospel 70-160 Gospel of Peter 70-160 Secret Mark 70-200 Fayyum Fragment 70-200 Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 73-200 Mara Bar Serapion 80-100 2 Thessalonians 80-100 Ephesians 80-100 Gospel of Matthew 80-110 1 Peter 80-120 Epistle of Barnabas 80-130 Gospel of Luke 80-130 Acts of the Apostles 80-140 1 Clement 80-150 Gospel of the Egyptians 80-150 Gospel of the Hebrews 80-250 Christian Sibyllines 90-95 Revelation 90-120 Gospel of John 90-120 1 John 90-120 2 John 90-120 3 John 90-120 Epistle of Jude 93 Flavius Josephus 100-150 1 Timothy 100-150 2 Timothy 100-150 Titus 100-150 Apocalypse of Peter 100-150 Secret Book of James 100-150 Preaching of Peter 100-160 Gospel of the Ebionites 100-160 Gospel of the Nazoreans 100-160 Shepherd of Hermas 100-160 2 Peter 100-200 Odes of Solomon 100-200 Gospel of Eve 100-230 Thunder, Perfect Mind 101-220 Book of Elchasai 105-115 Ignatius of Antioch 110-140 Polycarp to the Philippians 110-140 Papias 110-160 Oxyrhynchus 840 Gospel 110-160 Traditions of Matthias 111-112 Pliny the Younger 115 Suetonius 115 Tacitus 120-130 Quadratus of Athens 120-130 Apology of Aristides 120-140 Basilides 120-140 Naassene Fragment 120-160 Valentinus 120-180 Apocryphon of John 120-180 Gospel of Mary 120-180 Dialogue of the Savior 120-180 Gospel of the Savior 120-180 2nd Apocalypse of James

120-180 Trimorphic Protennoia 120-180 Gospel of Perfection 120-200 Genna Marias 130-140 Marcion 130-150 Aristo of Pella 130-160 Epiphanes On Righteousness 130-160 Ophite Diagrams 130-160 2 Clement 130-170 Gospel of Judas 130-200 Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus 140-150 Epistula Apostolorum 140-160 Ptolemy 140-160 Isidore 140-170 Fronto 140-170 Infancy Gospel of James 140-170 Infancy Gospel of Thomas 140-180 Gospel of Truth 150-160 Martyrdom of Polycarp 150-160 Justin Martyr 150-180 Excerpts of Theodotus 150-180 Heracleon 150-200 Ascension of Isaiah 150-200 Interpretation of Knowledge 150-200 Testimony of Truth 150-200 Acts of Peter 150-200 Acts of John 150-200 Acts of Paul 150-200 Acts of Andrew 150-225 Acts of Peter and the Twelve 150-225 Book of Thomas the Contender 150-250 Paraphrase of Shem 150-250 Fifth and Sixth Books of Esra 150-300 Authoritative Teaching 150-300 Coptic Apocalypse of Paul 150-300 Prayer of the Apostle Paul 150-300 Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth 150-300 Melchizedek 150-350 Preaching of Paul 150-350 Epistle to the Laodiceans 150-350 Questions of Mary 150-350 Allogenes, the Stranger 150-350 Hypsiphrone 150-350 Valentinian Exposition 150-350 Act of Peter 150-360 Concept of Our Great Power 150-400 Acts of Pilate 150-400 Anti-Marcionite Prologues 150-400 Dialogue Between John and Jesus 160-170 Tatian’s Address to the Greeks 160-180 Claudius Apollinaris 160-180 Apelles 160-180 Julius Cassianus 160-250 Octavius of Minucius Felix 161-180 Acts of Carpus 165-175 Melito of Sardis 165-175 Hegesippus 165-175 Dionysius of Corinth 165-175 Lucian of Samosata 167 Marcus Aurelius 170-175 Diatessaron 170-200 Dura-Europos Gospel Harmony 170-200 Muratorian Canon 170-200 Treatise on the Resurrection 170-220 Letter of Peter to Philip 170-230 Thought of Norea 175-180 Athenagoras of Athens 175-185 Irenaeus of Lyons 175-185 Rhodon 175-185 Theophilus of Caesarea 175-190 Galen 178 Celsus 178 Letter from Vienna and Lyons 180 Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs 180-185 Theophilus of Antioch 180-185 Acts of Apollonius

180-220 Bardesanes 180-220 Kerygmata Petrou 180-230 Hippolytus of Rome 180-230 Sentences of Sextus 180-250 1st Apocalypse of James 180-250 Gospel of Philip 182-202 Clement of Alexandria 185-195 Maximus of Jerusalem 185-195 Polycrates of Ephesus 188-217 Talmud 189-199 Victor I 190-210 Pantaenus 190-230 Second Discourse of Great Seth 193 Anonymous Anti-Montanist 193-216 Inscription of Abercius 197-220 Tertullian 200-210 Serapion of Antioch 200-210 Apollonius 200-220 Caius 200-220 Philostratus 200-225 Acts of Thomas 200-230 Ammonius of Alexandria 200-230 Zostrianos 200-230 Three Steles of Seth 200-230 Exegesis on the Soul 200-250 Didascalia 200-250 Books of Jeu 200-300 Pistis Sophia 200-300 Tripartite Tractate 200-300 Hypostasis of the Archons 200-300 Prayer of Thanksgiving 200-300 Coptic Apocalypse of Peter 200-330 Apostolic Church Order 200-350 Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit 200-450 Monarchian Prologues 203 Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas 203-250 Origen 210-245 Lucian of Antioch 217-222 Callistus 230-265 Dionysius of Alexandria 230-268 Firmilian of Caesarea 240-260 Commodian 246-258 Cyprian 250-274 Gospel of Mani 250-300 Teachings of Silvanus 250-300 Excerpt from the Perfect Discourse 250-350 Coptic Apocalypse of Elijah 250-400 Apocalypse of Paul 251-253 Pope Cornelius 251-258 Novatian 254-257 Pope Stephen 259-268 Dionysius of Rome 260-280 Theognostus 265-282 Gregory Thaumaturgus 269-274 Pope Felix 270-310 Victorinus of Pettau 270-312 Methodius 270-330 Marsanes 270-330 On the Origin of the World 270-350 De Recta in Deum Fide 280-300 Hesychius 280-310 Pierius 280-310 Pamphilus of Caesarea 297-310 Arnobius of Sicca 300-311 Peter of Alexandria 300-320 Pseudo-Clementine Homilies 300-340 Eusebius of Caesarea 300-350 Manichean Acts of Leucius Charinus 300-390 Letters of Paul and Seneca 300-400 Apocalypse of Thomas 300-400 Freer Logion 300-600 Gospel of Gamaliel 303-316 Lactantius 310-334 Reticius of Autun 320-380 Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions

*Information Taken from earlychristianwritings.com – a scholarly compilation of Christian writings from the first and second centuries.