Lives of the the Fathers: Sketches of Church History in Biography [Vol I & II] 1889 Frederic W. Farrar ~ Church Fathers ~ Early Christianity

Title: Lives of the the Fathers: Sketches of Church History in Biography [Vol. I & II]

Author: Frederic W. Farrar

Description: Two volumes, complete. First Edition. Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped spines. Spine ends worn with some loss. Spine of Vol. I is mottled. Corners exposed. Rear inner hinges cracked, but bindings still firm. Call numbers on title pages, indicating a small personal library, else internally clean. Errata slip for Vol. I. Index at conclusion of Vol. II. pp. xxv, 781 [&] 737, plus [2] ads.

Biographical histories of the early church fathers by the senior-ranking Anglican cleric, Frederic William Farrar (1831-1903), late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Archdeacon of Westminster; and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Royal Household of Queen Victoria.

Contents:

[Volume I]
Preface
Chronological Tables & Introduction
I. St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
II. St. Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop and Martyr
III. St. Irenaeus
IV. St. Justin the Martyr
V. Tertullian
VI. St. Cyprian
VII. St. Clement of Alexandria
VIII. Origen
IX. St. Athanasius
X. St. Hilary of Poitiers
XI. St. Martin of Tours
XII. St. Gregory of Nazianzus

[Volume II]
XIII. St. Basil
XIV. St. Gregory of Nyssa
XV. St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
XVI. St. Jerome
XVII. St. Augustine
XVIII. St. Chrysostom
Index

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
Place: Edinburgh
Year: 1889

Keywords: church fathers, early Christianity, church history, martyrs, saints,