Ancient Church Fathers What the Disciples of the Apostles Taught by Ken Johnson, Th.D. ۩ Copyright 2010, by Ken Johnson, Th.D. Ancient Church Fathers by Ken Johnson, Th.D. Printed in the United States of America ISBN 1452868565 ISBN -13 9781452868561 Front Cover: Pentecost by Jean Restout, AD 1732 Church father drawings courtesy of Wikipedia. Unless otherwise indicated, Bible quotations are taken from the King James Version Bible. Table of Contents 3 History of The Fathers 5 Who were the Fathers? 8 The Apostles 8 The Seventy Disciples 11 Eyewitnesses of the Apostles 12 Non-eyewitnesses of the Apostles 14 Timeline 18 Primary Doctrines 23 Authority of the Bible 24 New Testament Books 27 The Deity of Jesus Christ 32 Secondary Doctrines 39 Calvinism 40 Foreknowledge 44 Free Will 47 Predestination 51 Catholicism 54 Papal Authority 56 Idolatry 63 Eucharist and Transubstantiation 65 Baptism 69 Mary 73 Purgatory 75 Celibacy 76 Miscellaneous Catholic Notes 77 Cults 79 Jehovah’s Witnesses 80 Mormonism 81 Dispensationalism 82 Circumcision 84 Law of Moses 86 Sabbath 89 End Times 91 Premillennialism 94 Schism of Nepos 99 Return of the Jews 101 Apostasy of the Church 103 The Rapture 105 False Works 107 Gospel of Barnabas 111 Gospel of Judas 112 Gospel of Thomas 113 Protevangelium of James 115 Gnosticism 116 Carpocrates 122 Ebionites 123 Encratites 125 Mani 127 Marcion 129 Nicolaitans 131 Moral Issues 132 Abortion 133 Euthanasia and Suicide 136 Homosexuality 137 Replacement Theology 139 Women in Ministry 141 Paganism 143 Astrology 145 Astral Projection 147 Evolution 148 Ghosts 150 Islam 152 Meditation / Ecstasy 153 Reincarnation 156 Yoga 158 The Gospel 159 Immortality of the Soul 161 Salvation 164 Sin 167 Psychology 169 Spiritual Gifts 170 Gifts 171 Perfection 174 Text of Scripture 176 Missing Verses 179 Heretical Manuscripts 184 Endings of the Gospel of Mark 186 Other Teachings 190 Church Councils 191 Prince of Edessa 196 Sibylline Oracles 200 Conclusion 201
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