Author: MURPHY, FRANCIS X. (C.SS.R.)
Title: Moral Teaching in the Primitive Church
Description: New Jersey, Paulist Press. 1968. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy. All too often the fathers of the Church and their teachings have been presented in terms of systematic analyses that have stripped them of their humanity and appeal for the modern Christian. Fr. Murphy breaks away from this too rationalistic approach to take a new look at the fathers and their teachings. Beginning with an analytic survey, he traces the growth of Christian consciousness through the post-apostolic years, and from this survey goes on to treat the documents of the early Church - the Didache, one of the earliest texts, The Shepherd of Hermas, the letters of Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, the writings of Irenaeus, and many others. NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY R8. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Fathers of the Church, the Didache, Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, the Shepherd of Hermas, Irenaeus


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