Early church

The early church is a term that commonly refers to the time period after the death of Jesus (c. 30 AD) to 600 AD. 
== Further reading ==
=== Primary ===
* Early Church Fathers (ccel)
* Early Christian Writings
=== Secondary ===
* Robert Louis Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought. Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0300105983
* Jaroslav Pelikan, The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600). University of Chicago Press, 1971. Paperback, 1975. ISBN 0226653714
* David W. Bercot, ed., A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs. Hendrickson Publishers, 1998. ISBN 1565633571
* J.N.D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines. Prince Press, 1958. New edition, 2003. ISBN 1565639111
* John Anthony McGuckin, The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology. Westminster John Knox, 2004. ISBN 0664223966
* G. R. Evans, The First Christian Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Early Church. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN 0631231870
== See also ==
* Early church fathers
* Church history
* Heresies
== External links ==
* Guide to Early Christian Documents
* The Early Church, includes many resources
* FourthCentury.com
* The Future Lies in the Past: Why evangelicals are connecting with the early church as they move into the 21st century, by Chris Armstrong (Christianity Today)
* Early Church Online Encyclopedia
Category:Church history