Ancient TalkThe Didache
The Didache is a short, anonymous manual for Christian communities, probably written in Syria or Palestine within a generation or two of the apostles.
2 sessions · 6 discussion questions
Reading guides
Free one-page study guides for reading the Fathers on your own, with a friend or in a church group. Each guide has a short introduction to the author, what to look for, discussion questions and a reading plan split into sessions.
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Epistle to the Ephesians
Ignatius was bishop of Antioch in Syria.
3 sessions · 6 discussion questions
On the Incarnation
Athanasius attended the Council of Nicaea (325) as a young deacon and became bishop of Alexandria in 328.
5 sessions · 6 discussion questions
Confessions
Augustine was born at Thagaste in North Africa to a pagan father and a Christian mother, Monica.
5 sessions · 6 discussion questions
On the Priesthood
John of Antioch, later called Chrysostom (“golden-mouthed”) for his preaching, lived for a time as a monk before being ordained in Antioch.
4 sessions · 6 discussion questions
The Imitation of Christ
Thomas à Kempis spent most of his long life as an Augustinian canon at the monastery of Mount St Agnes near Zwolle in the Netherlands, copying manuscripts and guiding novices.
5 sessions · 6 discussion questions
Orthodoxy
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English journalist, novelist, poet and debater, famous for his humour and paradoxes.
4 sessions · 6 discussion questions
The Practice of the Presence of God
Nicolas Herman, a former soldier and footman, joined the Discalced Carmelites in Paris as a lay brother, taking the name Lawrence of the Resurrection.
3 sessions · 6 discussion questions