Author, Date and Place of Writing

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Paul is identified as the author in the opening verses of both epistles (I Cor. 1:1; 2 Cor. 1:1). This view is also held by the early church fathers. Clement of Rome has supported this view as Carly as A.D.96. Paul's authorship is almost universally accepted.

Paul was in Corinth for 18 months on his second missionary journey in AD 51 & 52. After establishing a church Paul left Corinth. Later in his third missionary journey Paul visited Ephesus and stayed there for about 3 years. It was when Paul was in Ephesus that he heard about the prevailing problems in the Corinthian church. He decided to write a letter to the Corinthians to solve the problems there. According to I Cor. 16:8 Paul intended to remain in Ephesus somewhat less than a year when he wrote | Corinthians. This indicates that 1 Corinthians was written about A.D.55 towards the close of Paul's three-year stay in Ephesus

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Difference between Apostolic Fathers and Church Fathers

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The apostolic fathers were the follower of the apostles; they were either known the apostles and the  immediate disciples of the apostle. They represent the writings of those who were still alive during the  lifetime of N.T apostles, or they were contemporary of the apostles. They were men who knew the  apostles and apostolic doctrine continue the task of writing Christian literature. These men were known  as the apostolic fathers. While the church fathers were the title given to bishop in 2nd and 3rd centuries to describe the orthodox  champion of the church and the exponent of the faith, and defender of the Christian faith. The writings of apostolic fathers must be distinguished from N.T Apocrypha because of two points:  Their writings are rooted in the historical situation of the church;  They are generally orthodox rather than Gnostic. The apostolic fathers wrote what was devotional and edifying the church, but the apologist product  literature that defended the faith. The fathers
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