Church Fathers: Introductory Resources

By Dave Armstrong (12-20-07; updated on 8-2-15)



Internet Papers

Joseph A. Gallegos: A Primer on the Church Fathers [read first]

Joseph A. Gallegos: Church Fathers FAQ

Wikipedia: Church Fathers

Catholic Encyclopedia: Fathers of the Church

Marcellino D’Ambrosio: Early Church Fathers Overview: Snapshot of the Fathers of the Church

Web Pages

Dave Armstrong: Fathers of the Church

Catholic Answers: Fathers Know Best series

Joseph A. Gallegos: Cor Unum: The Teachings of the Church Fathers

New Advent: The Fathers of the Church

Philip Schaff et al: 38-volume set of the Church fathers, online

Books

Jimmy Akin, The Fathers Know Best (Catholic Answers Press, 2010)

Mike Aquilina, The Fathers of the Church (Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor, revised edition, 2006)

Mike Aquilina, Roots of the Faith: From the Church Fathers to You (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2010)
Mike Aquilina, Faith of Our Fathers: Why the Early Christians Still Matter and Always Will (Emmaus Road Publishing, 2012)
Dave Armstrong, The Church Fathers Were Catholic: Patristic Evidences for Catholicism (2013)

Dave Armstrong, The Quotable Eastern Church Fathers: Distinctively Catholic Elements in Their Theology (2013)

Dave Armstrong, The Quotable Augustine: Distinctively Catholic Elements in His Theology (2012)

Rod Bennett, Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2002). [Clement, Ignatius, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus]

Rod Bennett, The Apostasy That Wasn't: The Extraordinary Story of the Unbreakable Early Church (Catholic Answers Press, 2015)

Henry Bettenson, editor, The Early Christian Fathers: A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius, Oxford University Press, 1969.

Marcellino D’Ambrosio, When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers (Servant Books, 2014)

DVDs

Marcellino D’Ambrosio, The Early Church Fathers (2 DVDs)

Steve Ray, Footprints of God: The Apostolic Fathers: Handing on the Faith