Early Christianity

Mark Shea offers a review of Jimmy Akin's latest.  Excerpt follows:

Long one of the coolest features of This Rock, Jimmy Akin puts together a very handy book which introduces a modern reader to the greatly neglected world of the patristic writers and helps us to get a real feel for what early Christianity looked like (hint: Catholics and Orthodox will not be surprised at what they find there) and how the Church that emerged from the apostolic period thought about life, the universe, and everything.

If you want to have a much better grasp of Scripture by reading it in the context of the language, culture, and worldview of the people who were vastly closer in outlook to the apostles than any modern can hope to be, check out The Fathers Know Best.

For multimedia supplements to the book, check out the dedicated blog for the book.