Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction

A Trusted Introduction to the Church Fathers

This concise introduction to the church fathers connects evangelical students and readers to twelve key figures from the early church. Bryan Litfin engages readers with actual people, not just abstract doctrines or impersonal events, to help them understand the fathers as spiritual ancestors in the faith. The first edition has been well received and widely used. This updated and revised edition adds chapters on Ephrem of Syria and Patrick of Ireland. The book requires no previous knowledge of the patristic period and includes original, easy-to-read translations that give a brief taste of each writer's thought.

• Church History, Volume One: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context
• Early Christian Martyr Stories: An Evangelical Introduction with New Translations
• The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation
• Learning Theology with the Church Fathers
• Church History, Volume Two: From Pre-Reformation to the Present Day: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context
• Medieval Christianity: A New History
• The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): Their History and Theology (Theology and Life Series 21)
• The American Evangelical Story: A History of the Movement
• Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings
• The First Crusade: A New History