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After the New Testament, the writings of the Apostolic fathers, the Teaching Company

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After the New Testament

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the writings of the Apostolic fathers

This course examines "the various writings of the Apostolic Fathers, both to see what each of the surviving books has to say and to see how these books can instruct us about the emerging Christian Church of the 2nd century."

Part 1. Lecture 1. Introduction to the the Apostolic fathers -- lecture 2. The letter of 1 Clement -- lecture 3. Church structures in early Christianity -- lecture 4. The letters of Ignatius -- lecture 5. Doctrinal problems in the early Church -- lecture 6. Still other doctrinal disputes -- lecture 7. The letter of Polycarp to the Philippians -- lecture 8. The use of authorities in the early Church -- lecture 9. The first martyrology--Polycarp -- lecture 10. The persecution of the Christians -- lecture 11. A church manual--the Didache of the Apostles -- lecture 12. Ritual in the early churchPart 2: Lecture 13. Barnabas and the opposition to the Jews -- lecture 14. The rise of Christian anti-Semitism -- lecture 15. 2 Clement--an early sermon -- lecture 16. The use of Scripture in the early Church -- lecture 17. Papias--an early Christian interpreter -- lecture 18. Oral tradition in early Christianity -- lecture 19. The shepherd of Hermas--an apocalypse -- lecture 20. Apocalypses in early Christianity -- lecture 21. The letter to Diognetus--an apology -- lecture 22. Apologetics in early Christianity -- lecture 23. The Apostolic fathers as a collection -- lecture 24. The Apostolic fathers and proto-orthodoxy

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