Cyril of Jerusalem Archives - Early Church History

Ancient Catholic Church by Robert Rainy

ByRob Bradshaw November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

Today’s free book is Robert Rainy’s comprehensive survey of early church history from the time of the Emperor Trajan to Fourth General Council (98-451 AD). My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of public domain title available for digitisation. Robert Rainy [1826-1906], The Ancient Catholic Church from the Accession of Trajan to the…

Introduction to Patristic Study by Henry Barclay Swete

ByRob Bradshaw May 25, 2018May 25, 2018

In his foreword H.B. Swete notes that he wrote this book to encourage younger clergy to read the church fathers for themselves and not to rely on second hand information. This brief introduction will be still of value to students of the early church more than a century after it was first published. This title…