Early Christian Writing: Apocrypha,Gnostics,Church Fathers


	Early Christian Writing: Apocrypha,Gnostics,Church Fathers

pokkets

10-9-2007 4:35 AM

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christian, writing, gnostic, apocrypha, bible, nicene

pokkets says:

There are a number of early Christian writings beside what is in the Bible, most of them largely ignored, but they can provide insight into the formation and the establishment of the church

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10-9-2007 6:22 AM

debbyski

Great clip!

10-9-2007 1:19 PM

Lifestar

Excellent clip, pokkets, this is just awesome!
Many thanks mate ^_^

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Early Christian Writings is the most complete collection of documents from the first two centuries with translations and commentary. Includes the New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers. The "Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers" site is copyright © 2001-2006 Peter Kirby <CODE>&lt;<A href="http://www.peterkirby.com/">E-Mail</A>&gt;</CODE>. Permission is given to link to any HTML file on the Early Christian Writings site.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"><A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/alphabetical.html">Alphabetical List</A> -- <A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/">Chronological List</A> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.earlychristianwritings.com/img/867110BC-AAB5-4C5F-83A6-48BF286FF668" alt="New Testament" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.earlychristianwritings.com/img/2F5C9CF8-E1B4-4C4E-ABF9-7B9E6E3AD137" alt="Apocrypha" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.earlychristianwritings.com/img/B8F807A8-271A-4781-8FAD-0BF3ADAEABFE" alt="Gnostics" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.earlychristianwritings.com/img/6039D702-F789-409A-AF5A-9F7F5EBDA6CD" alt="Church Fathers" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.earlychristianwritings.com/img/C488E147-AB39-4508-A9E8-12416B2FAC48" alt="Other" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"><P>
Take a look at the <A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/e-catena/">e-Catena</A> project for many references from the Ante-Nicene writings to particular New Testament passages.
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Go to the <A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/onlinebooks.html">Online Books</A> page for many classic scholarly works.
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I have launched a new web site called <A href="http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/">Early Jewish Writings</A> for documents from antiquity by Jewish authors.
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You may also be interested in the <A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theories.html">Theories of the Historical Jesus</A> web page. Also, for some later Church Fathers, go to the <A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/fathers/">Church Fathers Outside the ANF-NPNF Collection</A> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"><DIV id="breadcrumbs"><P><A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/intro.html">Intro</A> - <A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/links.html">Links</A> - <A href="http://www.christianorigins.com/">Christian Origins</A> - <A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/onlinebooks.html">Online Books</A> - <A href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/books.html">Recommended Books</A></p> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D643F1B9-27E7-4CF4-9C29-2C18EEFB8E0D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>