Getting to Know the Church Fathers
Subtitle: An Evangelical Introduction
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: Jul 19, 2016
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801097249
Description: This concise introduction to the church fathers connects evangelical students and readers to twelve key figures from the early church. Bryan Litfin engages readers with actual people, not just abstract doctrines or impersonal events, to help them understand the fathers as spiritual ancestors in the faith. The first edition has been well received and widely used. This updated and revised edition adds chapters on Ephrem of Syria and Patrick of Ireland. The book requires no previous knowledge of the patristic period and includes original, easy-to-read translations that give a brief taste of each writer's thought.
Notes: Source title: Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction