The Complete Ante-Nicene & Nicene and Post-Nicene Church Fathers Collection: 3 Series, 37 Volumes, 65 Authors, 1,000 Books, 18,000 Chapters, 16 Million Words

For accurate text, layout, and arrangement of materials (chronologically, as in the printed volumes), I believe this (ASIN: B00KYBSUUM) is the best Church Fathers edition for Kindle. But - and this is a deficiency - none of the introductions are included. The introductions are useful because they provide some context when approaching these texts for the first time. It's unfortunate they were taken out. I believe the publisher is Catholic may have believed they were doing the right thing by removing text written by Anglican/protestants. Anyway, from the introductions I've read, it doesn't seem that there's much of anything in the introductions that a Catholic would object to or not be able to read in the right way. The introductions are brief, and just point out the context and maybe the significance of the text and how it might relate to other patristic texts. Usually helpful information. Maybe the publisher will make an updated edition, and put the introductions back in?My recommendation is to get this edition - the kindle book here - (ASIN: B00KYBSUUM) - for the better (error free) text and better (in my opinion) layout/arrangement of materials. Then also get one other edition - for example, ASIN: B01N9DKZK6. This latter edition contains the same text as here - but arranged alphabetically by author (instead of chronologically, which can be very handy) - and importantly it also contains *introductions* to almost all authors, plus (at the end) a complete KJV Bible including the deuterocanonicals (aka the Old Testament "apocrypha") (e.g., Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, 1st & 2nd Maccabees, etc. - as the KJV did when first published in 1611). Each is only about $3, so it's affordable to get both.

While there is an immense wealth of knowledge here, the kindle interface for this book is almost unbearable. I would pay $20 or $30 for this book if it had a more usable interface such as easier access to the sub sections, and quick scrolling through pages. Just the table of contents for a single section is dozens of pages long. I would love to see an update on the interface for this book and make it more user friendly. I love it, but it's obnoxious to use.

It's great to have these documents available to me at a moment's notice (the hard copies are as large as a set of encyclopedias), and with a good table of contents to navigate from. Unfortunately, the publisher has removed all of the introductions to the various books. As someone who has read this material for years, I don't have much of a problem with that. However, for someone new to these writers, such an introduction would be invaluable. Otherwise, there's no way for the new reader to tell the difference (for example) between the genuine letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch and the false ones, which the set also reproduced. I can understand why this was done. The publisher here is Catholic, and the original 19th century introductions and footnotes were not always kind to Catholicism. Still, it does create something of a vacuum in the set, and that's unfortunate.

IS always good to go to the common 1600 years of common Christian heritage roots. I will recommend to anyone who is always seeking to know from where our believes comes from. More than likely the dichotomy of tradition and faith will allow us a better understanding and appreciation of our common principles of faith instead of the differences among Christians.

Ancient documents of the early Catholic Church. Indispensable for anyone interested in some of the earliest exegesis of scripture and documentation of liturgy, apologetics, and theology.

While I'm appreciative of the fact that there is a text to talk feature I would much more appreciate a copy/paste feature. I sometimes have occasion to share quotes from one or another CF in email discussions so c/p would be very helpful. If this edition had that feature I would have given it five stars. This is an update. As it happens it does have a copy paste ability. It deserves a five star.

What these things really need is good interactive pages, notes, and Table of Contents Going back and forth in the table of contents on a kindle is no fun. Perhaps it's the KIndle that I give 3 stars.

Seriously. All of these books. For $2.99. Seriously. While I know I can read these from the internet for free, the price is still incredible to have offline access and the user-friendliness of the kindle. I consider this to probably be the single best purchase I have ever made.

Great to have all Schaff's collection in one handy-dandy kindle file! The indexing is good, and finding texts is pretty easy (even for me). Read together with the history of Christian Creeds, we can see clearly the battles those searching for the Truth had against heresy. The continuing relevance is amazing - almost all of the current PC myths about the Bible are covered and thoroughly exploded. Whoever said studying history doesn't help with living in the present was dead WRONG!

Not all the content is there. It is not complete as it says. The translations are good. However, the organization is a mess. There is nowhere that tells you which author you are reading. I use it for academic purposes but I struggle to find out when I search for a term, which author Im reading. I wish they could organize it a bit better so it could be easier to use. But generally its OK.

This book is what it says: Complete. It covers just about every Church Father from Clement of Rome to Gregory the Great taking in Augustine of Hippo, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Chrysostom and many more on the way. If you have this one, you won't need any other book of the Church Fathers.

Absolutely brilliant teachings. So different than any of the 20 century teachings. So different than 'the gospel' invented by Luther and Calvin and then spread around by their followers.

It's a bit confusing to have two translations "side-by-side", or rather, straight after one another, a "short" and a "long" version.