Ante-Nicene Fathers (book)

The Ante-Nicene Fathers, subtitled "The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325" and abbreviated as ANF,^[1] is a collection of books in 10 volumes (one volume is indexes) containing English translations of the majority of Early Christian writings.^[2] The period covers the beginning of Christianity until the promulgation of the Nicene Creed at the First Council of Nicaea.

^ "Citing Text Collections 6: ANF and NPNF". SBL Handbook of Style: Explanations, Clarifications, and Expansions. Society of Biblical Literature. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2023-04-30. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 (ANF) and A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (NPNF) are well over a century old, but they continue to be reprinted by publishers and cited by writers in the field.
^ Boston University website, Theology Library, TF701: Introduction to Christian Traditions

[1] "Citing Text Collections 6: ANF and NPNF". SBL Handbook of Style: Explanations, Clarifications, and Expansions. Society of Biblical Literature. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2023-04-30. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 (ANF) and A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (NPNF) are well over a century old, but they continue to be reprinted by publishers and cited by writers in the field.

[2] Boston University website, Theology Library, TF701: Introduction to Christian Traditions

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