The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church Paperback – 30 Nov. 2010

Very useful. Has given me, a discerning non-denominational Christian, a lot to think about. Very interesting to see what the Fathers of the Early Church have to say about these different topics. Highly recommend.

I bought this book back in 2014 as I was curious about the Catholic Church. I was a former Pentecostal who had deep issues with Catholicism and was very critical. This book helped answer some of the questions that I had about Catholicism. It was then I began to see the truth of Catholicism. I soon joined a RCIA group and was received into the Church at the Easter Vigil 2015.I would strongly recommend this book to those who want to know more about Catholicism and those who are Catholics that wish to defend their faith. It is a great introduction to patrology.

A unique compilation! strong insight into early church teachings with many short (900!) quotes from the early church fathers, about heresies, all in all nearly 50 topics ranging from the Trinity, The Divinity of Christ, Sources of Faith (scripture and tradition), the church and the pope, to topics like sacraments, mortal sin, abortion, contraception, homosexuality etc. As the title implicates, it's not to read as a novel but useful as orientation, study help and reference.

An excellent synopsis of the Teaching of the Fathers. Quotations from the Fathers makes their teaching easily accessible and should be on the desk of any student who wishes to have a reliable guide to the faith of Catholic Church in the Post Apostolic era.

Very interesting information collected in a very readable manner. It is hard to find reliable information for Catholics, as we are often left to follow in faith. So good to find detailed explanation.

It's very easy to read

Invaluable resource - a must buy for those searching for explanations

The content of the book looks as if it would be a brilliant read, unfortunately when I received it and opened it I discovered the pages where not glued to the spine particularly at the bottom, large chunks of the book are detached from the spine-chunks of 100 pages + are detached from the spine. I am therefore going to have to return the item for a refund as there was no option on my amazon page for a replacement. Very disappointed with this purchase and I am scared to purchase another copy in case it has the same defect. I am extremely disappointed with amazon due to this and will seriously reconsider buying books via the site in the future.

Absolutely packed with juicy eye-opening information. Definitely worth reading.

If you are looking at this book, you need to purchase it and read it. Even if you are not Catholic you will learn about the early fathers that helping spread the word of the Lord.

This book is structured in a clear and comprehensive manor and gives a broad overview on controversive topics, of which you can choose anyone anytime. Never the less it doesnt lack any evidence I suppose. It seems like Jimmy Akin presents all sources of the Church Fathers he could find cooncerning the topsics mentioned in the book. "The Fathers know best" helped me in standing firm in my catholic faith because it provides the historical evidence of what the first christians believed and what threrefore most likely the true teaching of christianity is. The book was just the one I looked for. I would recommend it to anybody who has doubts about the legitimacy of catholic doctrine. Especially protestans might be surprised of what the first christians really believed. I would love to have this or a similar book in German as well.

This 450 page book is just what I was looking for. Well researched without getting too technical. A good approach with sections on themes, The Fathers and Councils, and relevant to today.Can be read as a book or used as a handbook with easy to find history, topics and people.

Good books for referring the views of EARLY CHURCH FATHERS on Christian doctrines.