What to Read of the Fathers? - Michael A G Haykin

Michael Haykin, responding to a comment on his ecclesioblog, Historia ecclesiastica, has provided some helpful recommendations re: "what to read of the Fathers".

Here are his favorites.

Starters -
Pelikan, Jarislav. The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600). University Of Chicago Press; New Ed edition (August 15, 1975). 442 pages.

Kelly, JND. Early Christian Doctrine. Continuum International Publishing Group; 5th edition (May 2000). 528 pages.

Other secondary sources that provide a good introduction include:
Hall, Christopher. Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers . InterVarsity Press (September 1998). 223 pages.

_____. Learing Theology with the Church Fathers. InterVarsity Press (October 2002). 296 pages.

Wilken, Robert Louis. The Spirit of Early Christian Thought. Yale University Press (March 11, 2005). 398 paages.

Bray, Gerald Lewis. Creeds, Councils and Christ. Christian Focus Publications; New Ed edition (April 1997). 224 pages.

Chadwick, Henry. The Early Church. Penguin (Non-Classics); Revised edition (October 1, 1993). 320 pages.

_____. The Church in Ancient Society. Oxford University Press, USA (September 4, 2003). 744 pages.

Primary sources:
Bettenson, Henry. The Early Christian Fathers. Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (September 15, 1969). 318 pages.

_____. The Later Christian Fathers. Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (January 1, 1973). 302 pages.

The Confessions of St. Augustine. Revell (February 1, 1997). 208 pages.

The Epistle to Diognetus.. Edited by Kirsopp Lake. Kessinger Publishing (December 2005). 48 pages.

Basil. On the Holy Spirit. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press; New Ed edition (November 1980). 118 pages.

Here is a link to the original article: Why read the fathers?

What to Read of the Fathers? - Michael A G Haykin