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Early Church

Explore the lives, writings, and testimonies of the early Christians who shaped the Church, from the apostolic age to the Desert Fathers.

• Ignatius of AntiochBishop of Antioch, martyred in Rome in the early second century.Died about AD 110
• Justin MartyrChristian philosopher and apologist, martyred in Rome about AD 165.About AD 100 to about AD 165
• Irenaeus of LyonsBishop of Lyons, whose Against Heresies answered the Gnostics from what the apostles taught.About AD 130 to about AD 202
• TertullianCarthaginian writer, the first major Christian author to write in Latin.About AD 155 to after AD 220
• Moses the BlackRemembered as a former slave and robber who became a monk and a priest in the Egyptian desert.About AD 330 to about AD 405