Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Note on the texts and translations; Series introduction; Introduction; Part I. Education: 1. Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor 1.1-4, 13 translated by Bradley K. Storin; 2. Teachings of Silvanus, Nag Hammadi Codex VII, Work 4 translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 3. Gregory the Wonderworker, Address to Origen 5-9 translated by Bradley K. Storin; 4. Methodius of Olympus, Symposium 5.1-5, 6 translated by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz; Part II. Advice: 5. Antony of Egypt, Letters 1 and 4 translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 6. Athanasius, Letter to Amoun translated by Mark DelCogliano; 7. Ammonas, Letters 2, 10 and 12 translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 8. Evagrius of Pontus, Protrepticus translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 9. Evagrius of Pontus, Paraeneticus translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 10. John Chrysostom, Letters to Olympias 9, 12 and 17 translated by Edward J. Vodoklys, SJ; 11. John Cassian, Conferences 1. Prologue, 1-4, 7-8 and 15-28 translated by Mark DelCogliano; 12. Book of Steps, memre 10 and 18 translated by Ellen Muehlberger; Part III. Forming Communities: 13. Pachomius, Paralipomena 19-20 translated by Mark DelCogliano; 14. Basil of Caesarea, Canonical Letters (Letters 188, 199, 217) translated by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz; 15. Gregory of Nyssa, Canonical Letter to Letoius translated by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz; 16. Shenoute of Atripe, Abraham our Father translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 17. Shenoute of Atripe, As I Sat on a Mountain translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 18. Rabbula, Canons for Monks and Clerics translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 19. John of Tella, Canons translated by Ellen Muehlberger; Part IV. Instructing Congregations: 20. Cyril of Jerusalem, Prologue and Mystical Catecheses translated by Bradley K. Storin; 21. John Chrysostom, Baptismal Instructions translated by Bradley K. Storin; 22. Theodore of Mopsuestia, Homily on Baptism translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 23. Augustine, On Catechizing the Uninstructed 1-6, 9-13 translated by Mark DelCogliano; 24. Narsai, On the Symbols of the Church and on Baptism translated by Ellen Muehlberger; Suggestions for further reading; Scriptural index.