The Fathers of the church : an introduction to the first Christian teachers

✍ Scribed by Aquilina, Mike

• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 287
• Edition: Expanded ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Fathers of the Church, first published a decade
ago, has become the standard popular introduction to the great teachers of
early Christianity. Now, this new edition presents more material from more
of the Fathers -- including authors from little-known traditions of Egypt,
East Syria, North Africa, and the lands that make up modern Iran and Iraq.
Also new with this edition is a section on selected "Mothers of the
Church," holy women from Christian antiquity.

This expanded edition features full references and citations, a topical
index, detailed bibliography, and ancient texts available in English for
the first time in more than a century.

The Fathers of the Church is an excellent place to pass on those
same teachings and traditions -- long established as an indispensable
reference tool for clergy, seminarians, RCIA candidates, and lay Catholics
who want to strive to live up to the "Faith of Our Fathers."

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Review

"An ideal introduction to the early history of the Church" -- Homiletic and Pastoral Review

"Reading this book, one grows more Catholic by the page. It will surely be a classic." -- Scott Hahn, Ph.D.,Pope Benedict XVI Chair in Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation, St. Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pa.

"Simply a great read... a clear, compelling, accessible primer that's a gem of readability for a popular audience. I highly recommend it." -- Archbishop Charles Chaput

About the Author

Vice-president of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, Mike Aquilina has authored or edited more than a dozen books on Catholic history, doctrine, and devotion, including the best-selling What Catholics Believe. He is currently co-host of EWTN's "Swear to God" and a regular panelist on "The Weekly Roman Observer" broadcast by the Catholic Family Network.�

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The World of the Fathers: Introduction --
THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS: THE GOSPEL'S FIRST ECHO. St. Clement of Rome --
St. Ignatius of Antioch --
St. Polycarp of Smyrna --
THE ANTE-NICENE FATHERS: THE CHURCH FINDS A VOICE. St. Melito of Sardis --
St. Justin Martyr --
St. Irenaeus of Lyons --
Tertullian --
St. Hippolytus of Rome --
St. Cyprian of Carthage --
St. Clement of Alexandria --
Origen --
THE NICENE ERA: THE GOLDEN AGE OF DOCTRINE. Eusebius of Caesarea --
St. Athanasius --
St. Aphrahat the Sage --
St. Ephrem of Syria --
St. Basil the Great --
St. Gregory of Nazianzus --
St. Gregory of Nyssa --
St. Cyril of Jerusalem --
St. Ambrose of Milan --
THE POST-NICENE ERA: THE LAST (AND LASTING) FATHERS. St. John Chrysostom --
St. Cyril of Alexandria --
St. Jerome --
St. Augustine of Hippo --
St. Vincent of Lérins --
St. Leo the Great --
St. Benedict of Nursia --
St. Gregory the Great --
Dionysius the (Pseudo- ) Areopagite --
St. Maximus the Confessor --
St. John of Damascus --
THE MOTHERS. St. Perpetua --
St. Syncletica --
Egeria the Pilgrim.

✦ Subjects

Fathers of the church.;Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.;Church history -- Primitive and early church.