Ante-Nicene Fathers
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The Ante-Nicene Fathers are a collection of extant writings of the Church Fathers, from the Apostolic fathers up to the date of the first General Council that was held at Nicea in 325AD. The only exception to this rule, are the writings of Origen.
List of Ante-Nicene Fathers
The Apostolic Fathers:
- Clement of Rome,
- Mathetes,
- Polycarp,
- Ignatius,
- Apostle Barnabas,
- Papias,
- Justin Martyr,
- Irenaeus.
The Second Century Fathers
- Hermas,
- Tatian,
- Theophilus,
- Athenagoras,
- Clement of Alexandria.
The Third Century Fathers
- Tertullian;
- Minucius Felix;
- Commodian;
- Origen
- Hippolytus;
- Cyprian;
- Caius;
- Novatian;
- Gregory the Wonderworker;
- Dinoysius the Great;
- Julius Africanus;
- Anatolius
Minor Writers;
- Methodius and Arnobius
The Fourth Century fathers
- Lactantius,
- Venantius,
- Asterius,
- Victorinus,
- Dionysius