remains of the second and third centuries

Fragments of an early writer who examined the claims of the Montanist prophets.

Remains of an early dialogue between a Jewish and a Christian disputant over the Scriptures.

Fragments of an apologist who wrote to the emperor and on the date of the Passover.

What survives of pastoral letters sent to churches across the Mediterranean world.

What remains of the earliest church history, including the account of James the Lord's brother.

A surviving passage on the origin of matter and the freedom of the will.

A bishop of Sardis, early apologist, and one of the first to list the books of the Old Testament.

The few notices remaining of Clement's teacher and the first known head of the school at Alexandria.

A letter defending the Asian custom of keeping Easter, appealing to the memory of John and Philip.

A short piece transmitted under the name of Irenaeus, though of another hand.

The one surviving fragment of the earliest apology, noting that those Christ healed were still living.

A pupil of Tatian, surviving in pages on the divisions among the followers of Marcion.

A letter from a bishop who examined the Gospel of Peter and explained why he set it aside.

A Palestinian bishop, surviving in what he wrote on the keeping of Easter.

Fragments of Melito, Hegesippus, Quadratus, and other early writers whose fuller works have not survived.