Part of our understanding Christianity effort.
After the New Testament: The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers. You can download the entire lecture series at (archive.org source, download as zip).
– 1/24 Introduction to the Apostolic Fathers
– 2/24 The Letter of 1 Clement
– 3/24 Church Structures In Early Christianity
– 4/24 The Letters of Ignatius
– 5/24 Doctrinal Problems in the Early Church
– 6/24 Still Other Doctrinal Disputes
– 7/24 The Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians
– 8/24 The Use of Authorities in the Early Church
– 9/24 The First Martyrology—Polycarp
– 10/24 The Persecution of the Christians
– 11/24 A Church Manual—The Didache of the Apostles
– 12/24 Ritual in the Early Church
– 13/24 Barnabas and the Opposition to the Jews
– 14/24 The Rise of Christian Anti-Semitism
– 15/24 2 Clement—An Early Sermon
– 16/24 The Use of Scripture in the Early Church
– 17/24 Papias—An Early Christian Interpreter
– 18/24 Oral Tradition in Early Christianity
– 19/24 The Shepherd of Hermas— An Apocalypse
– 20/24 Apocalypses in Early Christianity
– 21/24 The Letter to Diognetus—An Apology
– 22/24 Apologetics in Early Christianity