Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Ante-Nicene Fathers, subtitled "The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325", is a set of books containing translations of early Christian writings into English. It was translated in 1885. The volumes include the following: Volume I. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus Clement of Rome, Mathetes, Polycarp, Ignatius, Barnabas, Papias, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus Volume II. Fathers of the Second Century Hermas, Tatian, Theophilus, Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria 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 Hippolytus; Cyprian; Caius; Novatian; Appendix Volume VI. The Fathers of the Third Century Gregory Thaumaturgus; Dionysius the Great; Sextus Julius Africanus; Anatolius and Minor Writers; Methodius; Arnobius Volume VII. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, 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 Christian Classics Ethereal Library This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.