Below is a listing of the authors and works contained in the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection. Dating back to the late nineteenth century, this series of ten volumes contains English translations of early Christian writings up to the Council of Nicaea. Although the introductions, notes, and language are out of date, the volumes remain the most complete English language resource for writings during this period.

*Listed page numbers are for the American edition and include any introductory material unless listed otherwise.

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VolumeContents
Volume IThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus
Volume IITatian, Theophilus, Athenagoras, and Clement of Alexandria
Volume IIITertullian
Volume IVTertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodianus, and Origen
Volume VHippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, and Novatian
Volume VIGregory Thamaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius of Alexandria,
and Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius
Volume VIILactantius, Venatius, Asterius Urbanus, Victorinius, Dionysius of Rome,
and works of unknown authors
Volume VIIIApocryphals and Decretals
Volume IXBibliography and General Index
Volume XRecently Discovered Additions to Early Christian Literature;
Commentaries of Origen

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Updated MS, 10/31/14

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