CHAPTER VIII. 



THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH. 



IGNATIUS — JUSTIN MARTYR POLYCARP — IRENiEUS— 



TERTULLIAN — ORIGIN CYPRIAN, 



It has grown to be the custom to speak of many 

 who became prominent by their labors in the 

 primitive ages of Christianity, as "The Fathers." 

 In some cases their history has been preserved to 

 us ; in others we have but the barest iecord of their 

 names and the outline of what they did. The 

 writings of some have come down to us, and con- 

 tain rich stores of learning, illustrating the 

 manners and explaining the views of the early 

 Church. 



