The Doctrine of the Early Church, Explored through Ancient Commentary on the Nicene Creed

The five-volume Ancient Christian Doctrine series, a follow-up to the acclaimed Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, provides patristic commentary on the Nicene Creed.

The series translates the primary Greek, Latin, Coptic and Syriac source material from the church fathers into accessible English, some here for the first time, giving readers unparalleled insight into what the early church believed.

Volumes in Ancient Christian Doctrine include:

• biographical sketches;
• a timeline of ancient Christian sources;
• indexes and bibliographies;
• keys to original language sources; and
• the text of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed in Greek, Latin and English (ICET version).

Praise for the Series

"As a professor of systematic theology I often seek to connect the teaching of the current church to the teaching of the church fathers. Tom Oden has done us all a great service in giving us the Ancient Christian Doctrine series... The current interest in the church fathers is a positive sign for me that many contemporary believers recognize that we must not be isolated in the twenty-first century from the faith once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3), a faith that the fathers of the church sought to preserve and promulgate."

—H. Wayne House, Faith Evangelical Seminary

"The Ancient Christian Doctrine series allows us to think with the church about the deepest issues of the Christian faith. Tom Oden and his colleagues have done a superb job in leading us to the wellspring of Christian wisdom in these classic expositions of the evangelical and apostolic tradition. A treasury of learning and faith for all followers of Jesus today."

—Timothy George, Founding Dean of Beeson Divinity School