{"product_id":"apostolic-fathers-volume-ii","title":"Apostolic Fathers, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnduring and influential early Christian texts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe writings of the Apostolic Fathers give a  rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period  immediately after New Testament times. Some of them were accorded almost  Scriptural authority in the early Church. This new Loeb edition of  these essential texts reflects current idiom and the latest scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Here are the Letters of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, among the most  famous documents of early Christianity; these letters, addressing core  theological questions, were written to a half dozen different  congregations while Ignatius was en route to Rome as a prisoner,  condemned to die in the wild-beast arena. Also in this collection is a  letter to the Philippian church by Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and friend  of Ignatius, as well as an account of Polycarp’s martyrdom. There are  several kinds of texts in the Apostolic Fathers collection, representing  different religious outlooks. The manual called the \u003ci\u003eDidache\u003c\/i\u003e sets  forth precepts for religious instruction, worship, and ministry. The  Epistle of Barnabas searches the Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, for  testimony in support of Christianity and against Judaism. Probably the  most widely read in the early Christian centuries was \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd\u003c\/i\u003e of Hermas, a book of revelations that develops a doctrine of repentance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248682553688,"sku":"9780674996083","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674996083_35fcb6cc-ea6e-44e4-bdc2-2bc591eea19a.jpg?v=1779181229","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/apostolic-fathers-volume-ii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}