Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I

This is the first volume in the Ante-Nicene Fathers series of books, edited and translated by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. There are ten volumes in all (although volume ten is just the indexes) and were originally published between 1867 and 1873. They contain English translations of the works of the early Christians, covering the period from the beginning of Christianity until the adoption of the Nicene Creed in 325.

This volume contains works from the following early Christians: Clement of Rome (the fourth bishop of Rome); Mathetes; Polycarp (a Christian bishop who lived c. 69–155 AD); Ignatius (an early Christian writer who lived c. 100 AD); Barnabas (an early Christian, and one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem); Papias (a Greek Apostolic Father who lived c. 60–130 AD); Justin Martyr (an early Christian apologist who lived c. 100–165 AD); and Irenaeus (a Greek bishop who lived c. 130–202 AD).