Richard’s Reviews > Beginning to Read the Fathers > Status Update

Arghya wrote: "What is this book about? I read the blurb but could not make anything out of that!"

It is an introduction to the main ideas and themes of the Early Church Fathers. These are Christians who lived and wrote from about AD 50-70 to about AD 750 (the dates are a bit flexible). We can learn a lot from them about the history of Christian beliefs, traditions and practices.

Arghya wrote: "Oh, i see. On a slightly different issue: As a novice in Christianity i am sorely feeling the lack of a good dictionary of Christianity. I mean a book, a webpage... anything that provides precise a..."

I'm not sure at the moment. I will do some searching.