Understandings of the Church

A diverse selection of newly translated texts illumine the various understandings of the church in early Christianity. Selections are taken from: 1 Clement Didache Ignatius Letter of Pliny 2 Clement Justin Trypho in Justin Martyrdom of Polycarp Epistle to Diognetus Irenaeus Clement of Alexandria Tertullian Origen Cyprian Eusebius Augustine