Writings of the Church Fathers

This is the complete set of early Christian writings covering the first four centuries after Christ's death, as compiled by Philip Schaff. There are more than 60 authors, and over 2,500 works included in this collection. There are also introductions on most of the authors, which provide a background of their life and how their works came to be accepted and preserved by the wider Christian world. All this has been catalogued as an organized app to make it easy to reference each author's work. The text size can be altered and there is a text-to-speech option. The following authors are included: Alexander of Alexandria Alexander of Lycopolis Ambrose Aphrahat Archelaus Aristides the Philosopher Arnobius Athanasius Athenagoras Augustine of Hippo Bardesanes Barnabas Basil the Great Caius Clement of Alexandria Clement of Rome Commodianus Cyprian of Carthage Cyril of Jerusalem Dionysius of Rome Dionysius the Great Ephraim the Syrian Eusebius of Caesarea Gennadius of Marseilles Gregory the Great, Pope Gregory Nazianzen Gregory of Nyssa Gregory Thaumaturgus Hermas Hilary of Poitiers Hippolytus Ignatius of Antioch Irenaeus of Lyons Jerome John of Damascus John Cassian John Chrysostom Julius Africanus Justin Martyr Lactantius Leo the Great, Pope Malchion Mar Jacob Mathetes Methodius Minucius Felix Moses of Chorene Novatian Origen Pamphilus Papias Peter of Alexandria Polycarp Rufinus Socrates Scholasticus Sozomen Sulpitius Severus Tatian Tertullian Theodoret Theodotus Theophilus Venantius Victorinus Vincent of Lérins Also included are the early liturgies, councils and the apocryphal works.