Interfaith >> christianity >>  early christian writings There are a huge number of online texts, written by the early Christian theologians, available for free use in digital libraries. The following links contain material that is not necessarily exclusive, but each link given provides its own unique array of texts.   LIBRARIES: Early Fathers of the Church Early Church Fathers The Fathers of the Church Early Christian Library The Saint Pachomius Library (Orthodox - Dark Ages to Mediaeval period) Corpus Hermeticum (early Hellenic Christian texts) - potentially heretical! Ethiopic Texts   OTHER RESOURCES AND LIBRARIES: Early Christian Writings Lists the first Christian writings in table form according to their postulated dates of writing, inlcuding links to each text. Digital Library of Classical Texts A HUGE electronic database of Classical texts: Mediaeval Sources online Another HUGE collection of online mediaeval texts, translated into modern English. Good selection of works on the various crusades.

FEATURE: Apocrypha Which early Christian scriptures were left out of the New Testament? Find out in our comprehensive index of New Testament Apocrypha, the largest such collection on the internet.   FORUM: The Rapture What is the Rapture, and where did belief in it come from? Is it an entirely US Protestant belief? Check out the discussion in the forum: The Rapture.

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