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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 Nice [[Nicea]] in 325AD. The only exception to this rule, are the writings of Origen.
== List of Ante-Nicene Fathers ==
*Mathetes,
*[[Polycarp of Smyrna|Polycarp]],
*[[Ignatiusof Antioch|Ignatius]],
*[[Apostle Barnabas]],
*[[Papias]],
*[[Hermas]],
*Tatian,
*[[Theophilusof Antioch|Theophilus]], *[[Athenagoras]], *[[Clement of Alexandria]].
'''The Third Century Fathers'''
*[[Tertullian]];
*Minucius Felix;
*Commodian;
*[[Origen]]
*Hippolytus;
*Cyprian;
