The work of the early Church was largely done by Christians whose names we’ll never know. In fact, many of the most important documents from the first and second centuries have unknown or uncertain authorship. In this episode we examine some of those fascinating documents — the Didache, the Letter of Barnabas, and Second Clement — and we pay homage to our great (though nameless) ancestors in the faith.
Links
Kenneth Howell’s new translation of the Didache and Second Clement https://www.amazon.com/Clement-Didache-Early-Christian-Fathers/dp/0983082979/
Audiobook of the Didache https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/didache-teaching-twelve-apostles/
Alternate Translation of the Didache at CatholicCulture.org: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1631
Translation of the Letter of Barnabas at CatholicCulture.org https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1646
Audiobook of Second Clement https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/so-called-second-letter-st-clement/
Translation of Second Clement at CatholicCulture.org: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1990
More Works by the Fathers https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/
Mike Aquilina’s Website https://fathersofthechurch.com
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Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of http://www.ccwatershed.org.
36—The Luminous Vision of Didymus the Blind
35—Epiphanius of Salamis: A Passion for Pure Doctrine
34—Cyril of Jerusalem: Mystery and Mayhem
33—Ambrose of Milan: How the Church Regards the State
32—Julian, the Apostate Who Aped the Church
31—Gregory of Nyssa: Zero to Hero
30—Gregory Nazianzen: Greatness in the Passive Voice
29—Basil and the Beginning of Christian Social Thought
28—Ephrem, Symbolist
27 - Aphrahat: Parsee Sage Primary in Time
26 - Hilary of Poitiers: Exile and Understanding
Ep. 25—Eusebius: History from the Wrong Side of History
Ep. 24—Athanasius against the World
Ep. 23—Alexander’s Lagtime Stand
Ep. 22 - Anthony of the Desert: The Solitary Celebrity
Ep. 21 - Lactantius: The Fall & Rise of the Christian Cicero
Ep. 20 - Origen, Part 2: Hero, Heretic - or Hybrid?
Ep. 19 - Origen: The Most Controversial Christian Ever?
Ep. 18 - The Short, Happy Life of Cyprian of Carthage
Ep. 17 - The Long, Strange Trip of Hippolytus of Rome
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