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  • List of early Christian writers
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  • Various authors wrote the gospels and other books of the New Testament. The apostolic fathers are prominent early Christian writers who are traditionally understood to have met and learned from Jesus' personal disciples. Church Fathers are later writers with no direct connection to the disciples. Apologists defended Christianity against its critics, especially pagan philosophers. Dates given, if not otherwise specified, are of their writings or bishopric, not of their lives.
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  • Various authors wrote the gospels and other books of the New Testament. The apostolic fathers are prominent early Christian writers who are traditionally understood to have met and learned from Jesus' personal disciples. Church Fathers are later writers with no direct connection to the disciples. Apologists defended Christianity against its critics, especially pagan philosophers. Dates given, if not otherwise specified, are of their writings or bishopric, not of their lives.