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Read the Fathers: a 30-day plan

Want something longer? Work through one of these each day, from the earliest writings onward.

  1. Anonymous: The Didache
  2. St Ignatius of Antioch: Epistle to the Ephesians
  3. St Clement of Rome: First Epistle to the Corinthians
  4. St Justin Martyr: First Apology
  5. St Irenaeus of Lyons: Against Heresies, Book III
  6. St Athanasius: On the Incarnation
  7. St Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures, Procatechesis, or Prologue to the Catechetical Lectures of our Holy Father, Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem
  8. St Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures, On Baptism
  9. St Basil the Great: On the Holy Spirit
  10. St Gregory of Nyssa: On the Making of Man
  11. St John Chrysostom: On the Priesthood, Book I
  12. St John Chrysostom: On the Priesthood, Book II
  13. St Augustine of Hippo: Confessions, Book I
  14. St Augustine of Hippo: Confessions, Book II
  15. St Augustine of Hippo: Confessions, Book III
  16. St Augustine of Hippo: Confessions, Book IV
  17. St Augustine of Hippo: Confessions, Book VIII
  18. St Augustine of Hippo: Confessions, Book IX
  19. St Augustine of Hippo: The City of God, Book I
  20. St Augustine of Hippo: The City of God, Book XIX
  21. St Augustine of Hippo: On Christian Doctrine, Book I
  22. St Isaac the Syrian: What Is a Merciful Heart? (Shorts)
  23. St Isaac the Syrian: The Ladder Is Hidden Within Thee (Shorts)
  24. St John of Damascus: An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book I
  25. St John of Damascus: An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book IV
  26. Thomas à Kempis: The Imitation of Christ, The First Book: Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life
  27. Thomas à Kempis: The Imitation of Christ, The Second Book: Admonitions Concerning the Inner Life
  28. Brother Lawrence: The Practice of the Presence of God
  29. G.K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy, I. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
  30. G.K. Chesterton: The Everlasting Man, Part II: On the Man Called Christ

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