The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who...

The Apostolic Fathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries...

two tables. Ante-Nicene Fathers (book) Apostolic Fathers Cappadocian Fathers Church Fathers Desert Fathers Doctors of the Church List of early Christian...

Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers). The small communities founded by the Desert Fathers were the beginning of Christian monasticism...

Pilgrim Fathers knelt down in prayer on the quay near the church. Much later, American visitors gave the church its third name, Pilgrim Fathers' Church. The...

Fathers, Early Church Fathers, or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential theologians and writers in the Christian Church, particularly those...

critics think may be Paul. See the Early Church Fathers and Jerome. See Jerome and the Early Church Fathers. One of the works included in the Nag Hammadi...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I Wikisource has original text related to this article: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II A Select Library...

and Ephesus. The church uses the Bible, sacred traditions, historical interpretations by church fathers, and the Synods of the Church as its main source...

whether the earliest Church Fathers in Christian history believed in the doctrine of the Trinity – the Christian doctrine that God the Father, the Son (Jesus...

earliest Church Fathers (within two generations of the Apostles of Christ) are usually called the Apostolic Fathers. Important Apostolic Fathers include...

designated Church Fathers. The names derive from the combined forms of Latin pater and Greek πᾰτήρ (father). The period of the Church Fathers, commonly...

their dominion. It is a model of the atonement that is dated to the Church Fathers, and it was the dominant theory of atonement for a thousand years,[citation...

contain some historical kernel; the writing of the Apostolic Fathers and the Church Fathers, such as Papias of Hierapolis, Pope Clement I, Polycarp, Ignatius...

for the sacrament") Wilson, Douglas; Fischer, Ty (2005). Omnibus II: Church Fathers Through the Reformation. Veritas Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-932168-44-0...

councils, and the teaching of the Church Fathers. The church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church established by Jesus Christ in...

The Cappadocian Fathers, also traditionally known as the Three Cappadocians, were a trio of Byzantine Christian prelates, theologians and monks who helped...

Luigi Gambero, "Mary and the fathers of the church: the Blessed Virgin Mary in patristic thought" pp. 35–41 CHURCH FATHERS: The History of Joseph the Carpenter...

is necessary that it be attested by the liturgy, and the Fathers and Doctors of the Church. Guéranger maintained that these conditions were met and that...

Network. Retrieved 24 December 2022. Fathers, Council (11 November 1215). Fourth Lateran Council : 1215 Council Fathers. Retrieved 24 December 2022. "Frank...

The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation (FOTC or FC) is an ongoing book series of English translations of patristic texts from early Christian writers...

Tertullian. CHURCH FATHERS: The Prescription Against Heretics XXX (Tertullian). Retrieved 15 January 2021. of Alexandria, Clement. CHURCH FATHERS: The Stromata...

in Greek are called the Greek (Church) Fathers. Famous Greek Fathers of second century (other than the Apostolic Fathers) include: Irenaeus of Lyons and...

of the Fathers, also known as "Abraham's Bosom", where just souls before Christ awaited Heaven. It is to this abode that the Catholic Church teaches...

the fathers", not a council's addition that could be shown to be in line with the intentions of the Fathers and the faith of the ancient Church. Actions...

Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches for the majority of their history. Many early Church Fathers—including Justin Martyr and Augustine of...

teaching of the church fathers and the councils." As such, the Lutheran Churches traditionally hold that theirs represents the true visible Church. This mark...

Pentecostals, and others.[citation needed] Church Fathers First seven ecumenical councils State church of the Roman Empire World Encyclopaedia of Interfaith...

century onwards, however, Greek Fathers tend to cite such readings as from a 'Book of Baruch', although Latin Fathers consistently maintain the former...

traditions of the apostolic church, apostolic succession ("historic episcopate"), and the writings of the Church Fathers, as well as historically, the...