Unit 1 - The Church of the Apostles and the Fathers Print E-mail

 

This first unit, presented by Fr John Hughes of Scotus College, took us back to the early centuries of the Church.   Below you will find links to the presentation slides and unit handouts.  There are also various suggestions for further reading and reference.

The presentation slides and handouts are in PDF format and can only be viewed if you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer.  If you do not have Adobe Reader you can download it by clicking on the image below.

 

 

  • Unit 1 Materials

1 - Presentation slides 

2- Handouts

Change and the Church

Ancient Model of Sunday Mass

Council of Nicaea (325)

Prayer - Hilary of Poitiers (315-367)

Concern for the Poor in the 4th Century

The Martyrs (1)

The Martyrs (2)

The Social Conscience of the Church

What Cost - Christianity?

  • Suggestions for Further Reading and Reference

For Quick Reference / information

The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.   ed.Cross,   OUP

The Concise Dictionary of the Early Christian Church.   ed. JF Kelly,   Lit. Press

The Patristic Dictionary.   ed. A. di Berardino,    Patristic Institute Rome

 For Early Church History Information

How to Read Church History (vol.1)    J.Comby,   SCM

The Early Church.   H. Chadwick,   Penguin

The History of the Early Church.   Brox

The Early Church.   WHC Frend,   SCM

Early Christianity.     ed. I. Hazlett,   SPCK

Early Christian Doctrines.   JND Kelly,   A & C Black

The Fathers of the Church

How to Read the Fathers of the Church.   A.Hamman,   SCM

Handbook of Patrology.   P. Hammell,   Alba House

Beginning to Read the Fathers.   B. Ramsay,   DLT.

Patrology (vols 1-4).    J. Quasten,    Christian Classics

The Early Christian Fathers.    Bettenson,   OUP

The Later Christian Fathers.   Bettenson,   OUP

The Desert Fathers.    Driot

Women in the Patristic Era

Ministers of your Grace.     J. Lang,   St. Paul

 

  • Websites

www.newadvent.org/fathers

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf210.html