Christian literature, Early (Topical Term)
- Early Christian literature
- Patristic literature
Britannica online, Oct. 25, 2005 (patristic literature; body of literature that comprises those works, excluding the New Testament, written by Christians before the 8th century AD)
Here are entered writings of early Christian authors. Works on the life and thought of the leaders of the early church to the time of Gregory the Great in the West and John of Damascus in the East are entered under Fathers of the church.
Note under Fathers of the church