One of the first great events in Christian history was the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, convened to organize Christian sects and beliefs into a unified doctrine. The great Christian clergymen who wrote before this famous event are referred to as the Ante-Nicenes and the Apostolic Fathers, and their writings are collected here in a ten-volume set. The Ante-Nicenes lived so close to the time of Christ that their interpretations of the New Testament are considered more authentic than modern voices. But they are also real and flawed men, who are more like their fellow Christians than they are like the Apostles, making their words echo in the ears of spiritual seekers.
This Volume IX includes:
• Recently Discovered Additions
• The Gospel of Peter
• The Diatessaron of Tatian
• The Apocalypse of Peter Visio Pauli Apocalypse of Maria Virgo Apocalypse Sedrach
• The Vision of Paul
• The Apocalypse of the Virgin
• The Apocalypse of Sedrach
• The Testament of Abraham
• The Acts of Xanthappe and Polyxena
• The Narrative of Zosimus
• The Epistles of Clement
• The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher
• The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
• Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John
• Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
