What the Church Fathers REALLY believed.

They were the Church’s first apologists, and her first martyrs.  They gave rise to the Christian Church, and defended her against heretics.   Their writings converted thousands, and continue to do so even in our day. The Early Church Fathers boldly spread the Truth of Christ throughout the known world, performing miracles, and converting countless sinners and wayward souls. And now, their most important writings have been collected and organized into one, easy-to-follow volume: The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church. The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church Edited by Jimmy Akin $24.95 - 450 Pages   This unique volume will introduce you to the teachings of the first Christians in a way no other work can.  It is specially designed to make it easy for you to find the information you want and need.  Key features in The Fathers Know Best include: More than 900 quotations from the writings of the early Church Fathers, as well as from rare and important documents dating back to the dawn of Christian history.   Mini-biographies of nearly 100 Fathers, as well as descriptions of dozens of key early councils and writings.   A concise history of the dramatic spread of Christianity after Jesus told his disciples to evangelize all nations.   Special maps showing you where the Fathers lived, including many little-known and long-vanished locations.   A guide to nearly 30 ancient heresies, many of which have returned to haunt the modern world.   The Fathers' teaching on nearly 50 topics, including modern controversial issues such as abortion, homosexuality, and divorce. This remarkable resource flings the door open on this crucial but little-known age covering the birth of Christianity and the triumphant march of the gospel throughout the ancient world.   The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church Edited by Jimmy Akin $24.95 - 450 Pages Save 15% when you order the 2-book set:           Click here to order BOTH books Apply coupon code EarlyChurch at checkout   How can I pray better? How do I know God hears my prayers? How can I ‘pray always,’ as Jesus commands? Why must I ask for things God already knows I need? Such were the questions that perplexed a young North African man, Augustine Aurelius (354-430), whose intense yearning for God led him into a profound and lifelong encounter with Christ in prayer. There Augustine found answers to these questions and to countless more — answers not grounded in his own brilliance, but in prayer itself. In time, Augustine became a bishop and a Father of the Church, and has long been numbered among her saints. Yet of all the Church’s saints, not one expresses the longing for God more beautifully, or explores the nature of prayer more helpfully, than St. Augustine. His words speak to us today as freshly as they did to his contemporaries. St. Augustine wrote many books, but never one devoted to prayer alone. Indeed, his teachings on prayer are scattered in many places. So from over 200 works, Fr. Cliff Ermatinger has gathered and translated Augustine’s teachings on prayer, and now presents them here in a simple question-and-answer format. What emerges is nothing less than a rich new “catechism on prayer” by one of the Church’s greatest saints.    Save 15% Click here to order the 2-book set and apply coupon code EarlyChurch at checkout           (Shipping not included.  Not eligible for any other discount. Limited Time Offer.) Order online above, or call 1-800-888-9344 www.SophiaInstitute.com