Read the Fathers Reading Plan Supplement 2019-2026

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  • Patristic reading cycle
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Reading List

Verbum/Logos Reading Plan

Supplements to readings by date

Please feel free to add resources to this list. I may modify the formating and the positioning to preserve consistency until I have the framework completely built.

Dec 4, 2019 The Epistle of Diognetus
Dec 5, 2019 Polycarp to the Philippians
Dec 6, 2019 The Martyrdom of Polycarp
Dec 7, 2019 Ignatius to the Ephesians
Dec 8, 2019 Epistle to the Magnesians
Dec 9, 2019 Epistle to the Trallians
Dec 10, 2019 Epistle to the Romans
Dec 11, 2019 Epistle to the Philadelphians
Dec 12, 2019 Epistle to the Smyrneans
Dec 13, 2019 Epistle to Polycarp; Syriac versions of Ignatius’s epistles
Dec 14, 2019 Ignatius/Pseudo-Ignatius
Epistle to the Tarsians
Epistle to the Antiochians
Epistle to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch
Epistle to the Philippians
The Epistle of Maria the Proselyte to Ignatius
Epistle to Mary at Neapolis, Zarbus
First Epistle to St. John
Second Epistle to St. John
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Virgin Mary
Dec 17, 2019 Martyrdom of Ignatius

Note: the reading of the Didache is deferred until the Apostolic Constitution are read.

Dec 18, 2019 Epistle of Barnabas
Dec 21, 2019 Justin Martyr, First Apology
Dec 25, 2019 Justin Martyr, Second Apology
Dec 26, 2019 Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho
Jan 6, 2020 Justin Martyr, Discourse to the Greeks; Hortatory Address to the Greeks
Jan 9, 2020 Justin Martyr, On the Sole Government of God
Jan 10, 2020 Justin Martyr, On the Resurrection
Jan 11, 2020 Justin Martyr, Fragments; Martyrdom of Justin
Jan 12, 2020 Irenaeus, Against Heresies
Feb 15, 2020 Irenaeus, Fragments
Feb 22, 2020 Tatian the Assyrian, Address to the Greeks
Feb 24, 2020 Tatian the Assyrian, Fragments
Feb 25, 2020 Theophilus, To Autolycus
Mar 1, 2020 Athenagoras the Athenian, A plea for the Christians
Mar 4, 2020 Athenagoras the Athenian, On the Resurrection of the Dead
Mar 6, 2020 Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen
Mar 11, 2020 Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor
Mar 24, 2020 Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies
Apr 27, 2020 Clement of Alexandria, Fragments
Apr 29, 2020 Clement of Alexandria, Who Is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?
May 1, 2020 Tertullian, Apology
May 7, 2020 Tertullian, On Idolatry
May 9, 2020 Tertullian, The Shows


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