Early Christian
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Alexander of Alexandria 250–328 CE
Ambrose 339–397 CE
Anatolius 230–283 CE
Athanasius 295–373 CE
Athenagoras 133–190 CE
Augustine 354–430 CE
Cassiodorus 485–580 CE
Clement of Alexandria 150–215 CE
Clement of Rome 35–99 CE
Commodianus 250 CE
Cyprian 210–258 CE
Dionysius of Alexandria 190–264 CE
Eusebius 260–339 CE
Gregory of Nyssa 335–395 CE
Hegemonius 325–350 CE
Hilary of Poitiers 310–367 CE
Ignatius 35–108 CE
Irenaeus 130–202 CE
John Chrysostom 347–407 CE
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Justin Martyr 100–165 CE
Lactantius 250–325 CE
Methodius 260–311 CE
Origen 185–253 CE
Polycarp 69–155 CE
Pseudo Cyprian 255 CE
Pseudo Hippolytus 200–300 CE
Tatian 120–180 CE
Tertullian 155–220 CE
Anonymous Texts
2 Clement
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5 Ezra
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2 Esdras 1–2
6 Ezra
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2 Esdras 15–16
Acts of Paul and Thecla
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Paul and Thecla
Against Novatian
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Anonymous
Apocalypse of Peter
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Revelation of Peter
Barnabas
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Epistle of Barnabas
Council of Carthage
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Synod of 256
Didache
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Epistle to Diognetus
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Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
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Passion of Perpetua
Physiologus
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Protoevangelium of James
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Gospel of James
Pseudo Clementine Homilies
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Clementine literature
Shepherd of Hermas
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Early Christian literature includes all the writings of the early Church. This body of literature is made up of many different genres such as letters, gospels, acts, and apocalypses which are related to the life and thought of the particular community.
F. F. Bruce, “Literature, Early Christian,” in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 4:340.
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