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The Church Fathers

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​"A significant contribution to the recovery of an adequate scriptural hermeneutic, as the synodal assembly stated, can also come from renewed attention to the Fathers of the Church and their exegetical approach.[117] The Church Fathers present a theology that still has great value today because at its heart is the study of sacred Scripture as a whole. Indeed, the Fathers are primarily and essentially “commentators on sacred Scripture”.[118] Their example can “teach modern exegetes a truly religious approach to sacred Scripture, and likewise an interpretation that is constantly attuned to the criterion of communion with the experience of the Church, which journeys through history under the guidance of the Holy Spirit”.[119]"
(Pope Benedict XVI, VERBUM DOMINI)


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The Early Church Fathers Teach Christian Truths

St. Clement of Rome (died 110 A.D.)

St. Ignatius of Antioch (died 110 A.D.)

St. Polycarp of Smyrna (69 - 155 A.D.)

St. Justin Martyr (105-165 A.D.)

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullian (155-245 A.D.)

St. Irenaeus of Lyons (130-202 A.D.)

St. Theophilus of Antioch (120-190 A.D.)

St. Clement of Alexandria (150-216 A.D.)

St. Hippolytus of Rome (about 170-236 A.D.)

Origen (185-253 A.D.)

St. Cyprian of Carthage (200-253 A.D.)

St. Ephraim (306-373 A.D.)

St. Athanasius (295-373 A.D.)


St. Basil the Great (330-379 A.D.)

St. Gregory of Nazianz (330-389 A.D.)

St. Gregory of Nyssa (330-395 A.D.)

St. John Chrysostom (about 344-407 A.D.)

St. Ambrose of Milan (333-397 A.D.)

St. Jerome (340-320)

St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

St. Gregory the Great (540-604 A.D.)