Talk:List of early Christian writers

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List split from Early Christianity. Vassyana 19:32, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Merge?
Good idea Vassyana. I'm into retaining all information. This list seems to have a little more information regarding the Fathers it covers than List of Church Fathers. However, that list is much more comprehensive and more appropriately titled, i.e. the field is called Patristics and is an old and established discipline. Many of its core resources were compiled centuries ago. The Vatican has a massive online library of the writings. Wikisource has the standard English translations. Though those are 150 years old, they are still widely cited. Serious scholarship uses editions of the Greek and Lain manuscripts though.

If there's no objection to merger, or other issues. I'd propose someone eventually close this thread by implementing the merger. No information will be lost. Alastair Haines (talk) 01:46, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Keep it
It will better if two articles will remain, because not every Christian writer is Church Father (f.e. apostles, or heretics). Here is a place even for anonymous works. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 16:56, 28 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, I see your point, I'm pursuaded. :)
 * Church Fathers is one list (not all were writers). Christian writers is another list (not all were orthodox). Writers quoting the New Testament is another (not all were Christian!). They are all important for different reasons, and they have separate, objective grounds for inclusion.
 * I will remove the merge suggestion.
 * Alastair Haines (talk) 13:10, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that is my point. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 13:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Herodotus?
It says in this article, "Herodotus, the first major Church historian." And the link goes to "Herodotus...a Greek historian who was born in...the fifth century BC (c. 484–425 BC)." 15:28, 23 November 2014