THE ETHIOPIAN BIBLE

What if the Church Fathers knew something about biblical history that modern Christianity has forgotten?

For 1,500 years, the Church Fathers-Augustine, Jerome, Chrysostom, Athanasius-quoted and defended ancient texts claiming to preserve the words of Enoch, the patriarch who "walked with God." Yet most Christians today have never heard of these writings that powerfully shaped early Christian thought.

HISTORICAL TIMELINE:

• 96 AD: Clement of Rome references Enochic traditions
• 150 AD: Justin Martyr employs Enochic angelology
• 200 AD: Tertullian defends Enochic authenticity
• 1947-1956: Dead Sea Scrolls vindicate patristic testimony

This investigation traces how Christianity's greatest theologians engaged with texts now recognized as authentic Second Temple Jewish literature. Every claim is documented through primary sources and archaeological evidence.

FOR CATHOLIC READERS: Witness how the Church Fathers-the saints whose feast days you celebrate-wrestled with texts that illuminate biblical interpretation, angelology, and early Christian thought.

WHY THIS MATTERS: 20th-century archaeology proved the texts quoted by Church Fathers were authentic pre-Christian writings. Ethiopian Christianity preserved complete versions that validate 15 centuries of Western scholarship.

The evidence is undeniable. The Church Fathers were right.

Discover why understanding early Christianity requires grappling with the ancient literature that shaped apostolic thought-from Jude the Apostle to Augustine of Hippo.