Handbook of Patrology

Foreword. 7 Introduction.9 Text of the Fathers.13 First Period (Saec. I-1II) Outline.19 I Primitive Ecclesiastical Literature. 21 II Apologetic Literature of the Second Century .... 35 III Heretical Literature of the Second Century .... 46 IV Anti-Heretical Literature of the Second Century . . 51 V Ecclesiastical Literature during the genesis of Christian Theology. 56 i. EasternWriters. 60 ii. WesternWriters. 70 Second Period. Golden Age ofPatristic Literature (Saec. IV-V). Outline.87 First section: GreekWriters. 92 Second section: SyriacWriters.124 Third section: LatinWriters.126 Conclusion.163 Bibliography.166 Index.167