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The following is a list of Christian Church Fathers. Roman Catholics generally regard the Patristic period to have ended with the death of John of Damascus in 749. [citation needed] However, Orthodox Christians believe that the Patristic period is ongoing.
In the Catholic Church tradition, Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296 or 298 – 373), Basil of Caesarea (c. 330 – 379), Gregory of Nazianzus (329 – c. 390), and John Chrysostom (347–407) are four Greek Church Fathers each who are called the "Great Church Fathers", and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, three of these (Basil of Caesarea ...
Articles relating to the Church Fathers, ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity.
Charles Edward Coughlin (/ ˈ k ɒ ɡ l ɪ n / KOG-lin; October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979), commonly known as Father Coughlin, was a Canadian–American Catholic priest based in the United States near Detroit.
The Catholic Church has different rules for the priesthood in the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches than those in the Latin Church. The chief difference is that most of the Eastern Catholic Churches ordain married men, whereas the Latin Church, with very few exceptions, enforces mandatory clerical celibacy. This issue has caused tension among ...
The earliest known use of the term "Apostolic(al) Fathers" was by William Wake in 1693, when he was chaplain in ordinary to King William and Queen Mary of England. [2] According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the use of the term Apostolic Fathers can be traced to the title of a 1672 work by Jean-Baptiste Cotelier, SS.
(1947) The Apostolic Fathers.Translated by Francis X. Glimm, Gerald G. Walsh, and Joseph M.-F. Marique. Includes the First Epistle of St. Clement, the so-called Second Epistle of St. Clement, the seven epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch, the Epistle of St. Polycarp, the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, the Didache, the Epistle of Barnabas, the Shepherd of Hermas, the Epistle to Diognetus, and the ...
The Fathers of Mercy, formally known as the Congregation of the Priests of Mercy (Latin: Congregatio Presbyterorum a Misericordia; abbreviated CPM), [1] is a Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right of missionary priests founded by Jean-Baptiste Rauzan in early 19th-century France.