The Apostolic Fathers
Of Rome, Clement / Of Smyrna, Polycarp / Of Antioch, Ignatius
The Apostolic Fathers are the Christian writers from the first and second centuries who are thought to have known, some of the Apostles, or to have been so directly influenced by the apostles that their writings are considered echoes of genuine Apostolic teaching. Their writings form a link of tradition that binds these writings to those of the New Testament.Chief among the apostolic fathers are the three first-century Bishops: St. Clement of ...