On the Incarnation
Athanasius explains why the eternal Word became human, accepted death, and rose again in order to renew creation and restore humanity from corruption to incorruption.
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Read the Fathers
Original-language texts and clear English editions, with historical context and study tools when available.
The Didache
An early Christian guide to the two ways, baptism, fasting, prayer, the Eucharist, traveling ministers, community order, and watchfulness.
The Martyrdom of Polycarp
The work describes earlier martyrs, Polycarp’s arrest and prayer, his hearing before the proconsul, his execution, the dispute over his remains, and the community’s commemoration of his martyrdom. A separate textual appendix preserves the alternative conclusion transmitted in the Moscow manuscript.