Sunday School Handout

  Distin" rel="nofollow">inguish between Apostolic, Apologists, and later Fathers of the Church and their formative ideas as the foundation of all future Christian theological engagement. It is both excitin" rel="nofollow">ing and imperative that a student of Christianity encounters the first attempts at communicatin" rel="nofollow">ing the Gospel in" rel="nofollow">in the generations immediately followin" rel="nofollow">ing the death of the Apostles. It is amazin" rel="nofollow">ing to witness the contin" rel="nofollow">inued work of the Holy Spirit in" rel="nofollow">in the Church after the NT era closed. The immediate application, however, is to see that many of the main" rel="nofollow">in theological questions hammered out in" rel="nofollow">in these early eras are still debated today. Not only are the ideas crucial for us but the different modes of engagement with an unbelievin" rel="nofollow">ing world offer models of evangelism and polemicism when necessary. Sunday School Handout Read one full primary source document by either an Apostolic Father or one of the Apologists. Summarize for a typical Sunday School settin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in the form of a 1 page handout crucial elements necessary to understand the work.