History of Christianity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Church fathers=== {{Main|Church Fathers}}{{See also|Apostolic Fathers}} The earliest orthodox writers of the first and second centuries, outside the writers of the New Testament itself, were first called the [[Apostolic Fathers]] in the sixth century.{{sfn|Grant|2020|p=v}} The title is used by the Church to describe the intellectual and spiritual teachers, leaders and philosophers of early Christianity.{{sfn|Duncan|2008|p=669}} Writing from the first century to the close of the eighth, they defended their faith, wrote commentaries and sermons, recorded the Creeds and church history, and lived lives that were exemplars of their faith.{{sfn|Haykin|2011|p=16}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page