Mababu wa Kitume

Mababu wa Kitume walikuwa Wakristo waandishi wa karne ya 1 na ya 2 BK ambao wanashika nafasi ya pekee kati ya Mababu wa Kanisa kutokana na ujirani wao na Mitume wa Yesu, ambao baadhi yao waliweza kuwafahamu au walau waliathiriwa nao sana kupitia mtu aliyewafahamu . Ingawa baadhi ya maandishi yao yalitungwa wakati uleule wa vitabu kadhaa vya Agano Jipya na pengine yalitumika sana katika Kanisa la mwanzoni, hatimaye hayakupokewa katika Biblia ya Kikristo "Apostolic Fathers, The". In Cross, F. L., and Livingstone, E.A., eds. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press (1974).. 

Maandishi yao

Barua zinazohusiana na Papa Klementi I
Barua ya kwanza ya Klementi
Barua ya pili ya Klementi (wengi wanaona si ya kwake)
Barua saba za Ignas wa Antiokia
Kifodini cha Ignas
Barua ya Polikarpo
Kifodini cha Polikarpo
Mabaki ya maandishi ya Papia wa Hierapoli
Sehemu ndogo iliyobaki ya Apolojia ya Kwadrato wa Athens
Didake
Barua ya Barnaba
Barua kwa DiognetoSome editors place the Epistle to Diognetus among the apologetic writings, rather than among the Apostolic Fathers (Stevenson, J. A New Eusebius SPCK (1965) p. 400).
Mchungaji, kazi ya Herma

Baadhi wanakubali pia Tenzi za Solomoni kama maandishi ya mwanafunzi wa Mtume Yohane ya katikati ya karne ya 1.

Matoleo ya kitaalamu
 The Apostolic Fathers. Vol. 1. I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache. Barnabas. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1912 Kirsopp Lake
 The Apostolic Fathers. Vol. 2. Shepherd of Hermas. Martyrdom of Polycarp. Epistle to Diognetus. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1913 Kirsopp Lake
 The Apostolic Fathers. Vol. 1. I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003 Bart Ehrman (replaced Lake)
 The Apostolic Fathers. Vol. 2. Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005 Bart Ehrman (replaced Lake)
The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations. 3rd Edition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007 Michael Holmes
Die Apostolischen Väter. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1992 Andreas Lindemann and Henning Paulsen (German)

Tanbihi

Viungo vya nje
 This contains a more detailed exegesis of the writings.
Apostolic Fathers in the Christian Cyclopedia
SBL Apostolic Fathers Section

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