03054cam a2200337Ii 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016008004100033020001800074020001500092035002100107040009400128041001300222050002400235100002500259240003900284245024200323250003800565260005200603300002900655500013300684504005300817505099800870520056601868650005602434650004702490650004102537650006002578700004302638700003502681922914052OCoLC20190326102333.0151005r20162007miu      b    001 0 eng d  a9780801098185  a0801098181  a(OCoLC)922914052  aBTCTAbengerdacBTCTAdYDXCPdBDXdCFTdPGCdOCLCOdOCLCQdLNTdOCLCFdOCLCOdOCLCQdEXN1 aenghger14aBR1706.3b.D76 20161 aDrobner, Hubertus R.10aLehrbuch der Patrologie.lEnglish.14aThe Fathers of the Church :ba comprehensive introduction /cHubertus R. Drobner ; translated by Siegfried S. Schatzmann ; with bibliographies updated and expanded for the English edition by William Harmless, SJ, and Hubertus R. Drobner.  aBaker Academic paperback edition.  aGrand Rapids, Mich. : bBaker Academic, cc2016  alvi, 632 pages :c23 cm.  aOriginally published in German, 1994 ; updated English edition originally published: Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson, 2007.  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.0 aApostolic and postapostolic literature. Introduction : the rise of Christian literature ; Biblical apocrypha ; Postapostolic literature -- Literature of the period of persecution (mid-second to early fourth centuries). Introduction : the impact of persecution. Greek literature ; Beginnings of Latin literature -- Literature of the ascending imperial church (early fourth century to ca. 430). Introduction : essential features of the history of the fourth century ; First phase of Arianism ; Apollinarianism and the second phase of Arianism ; Pastors, exegetes, and ascetics ; Monastic and hagiographic literature ; Augustine of Hippo -- Literature of the transition from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages (ca. 430 to the mid-eighth century). Introduction : retrospective collections and progressive works ; Theological controversies of the fifth century ; Literature of the Latin West ; Literature of the Greek East -- Literature of the Christian East. Independent bodies of literature.  a"The Fathers of the Church: A Comprehensive Introduction presents the most important authors and works of the early history of Christian literature. Spanning the first seven hundred years of Christianity, Hubertus R. Drobner introduces writers such as Philo, Origen, Eusebius, Jerome, and Augustine, among many others. All of the authors are presented in their respective political, social, ecclesiastical, and cultural contexts, and are organized in terms of bibliographies, editions, English translations, ancillary sources, and relevant literature."--Jacket. 0aChristian literature, EarlyxHistory and criticism. 0aChristian literature, EarlyvBibliography. 0aFathers of the churchvBibliography. 0aChurch historyyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.1 aSchatzmann, Siegfried S.,etranslator.1 aHarmless, William,d1953-2014.