{"id":1033,"date":"2021-01-18T23:27:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T04:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2021-04-11T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T16:48:19","slug":"church-fathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/18\/church-fathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Church fathers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Church Father<\/a><\/th>Date of death<\/th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Irenaeus<\/a><\/td>2nd (end of) or beginning of 3rd century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Dionysius of Corinth<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>2nd century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Mathetes<\/a><\/td>2nd century?<\/td>author of an Epistle to Diognetus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Caius<\/a><\/td>3rd century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Commodianus<\/a><\/td>3rd century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Hermias<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>3rd century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Archelaus (bishop of Carrhae)<\/a><\/td> 3rd century (early)<\/td>supposedly a bishop of Carchar who wrote against Manichaeism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Malchion<\/a><\/td>3rd century?<\/td>played key role in the deposition of Paul of Samosata<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Alexander of Lycopolis<\/a><\/td>4th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Gaius Marius Victorinus<\/a><\/td>4th century<\/td>combated Arianism<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Julius Firmicus Maternus<\/a><\/td>4th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Juvencus<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>4th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Optatus<\/a><\/td>4th century<\/td>combated Donatism<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Coelius Sedulius<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>5th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Hesychius of Jerusalem<\/a><\/td>5th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Nonnus<\/a><\/td>5th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Patrick<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>5th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Theodotus of Ancyra<\/a><\/td>5th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Philip the priest<\/td> 5th Century (dates uncertain)<\/td>Acquaintance of Jerome<\/a>,[10]<\/a><\/sup> commented on the Book of Job<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Adrian the monk of Antioch<\/td> 5th Century (estimate)[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>wrote a manual on the Antiochene method of Scriptural exegesis[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Victor of Antioch<\/td> 5th century (late) to early 6th century<\/td>contemporary of John Chrysostom<\/a>,[12]<\/a><\/sup> commented on the Gospel of Mark[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Apringius<\/a> of Beja<\/td>6th century<\/td>commented on the Apocalypse<\/a><\/em>[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Oecumenius<\/a><\/td>6th century<\/td>author of the first extant Greek<\/a> commentary on the Apocalypse<\/a><\/em>[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Philoxenus of Hierapolis<\/a>[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>6th century<\/td>author of 13 ascetic discourses who combated Nestorianism<\/a>, Manichaeism<\/a>, and Marcionism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite<\/a><\/td>6th century<\/td>author of The Divine Names<\/em>, The Mystical Theology<\/em>, The Celestial Hierarchy<\/a><\/em>, The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy<\/em>, and the non-extant Theological Outlines<\/em>; quoted extensively in the Summa Theologica<\/a><\/em> of Thomas Aquinas<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Anastasius Sinaita<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>7th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Barnabas<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>061<\/td>wrote a single Epistle<\/td><\/tr>
Dionysius the Areopagite<\/a><\/td>96<\/td>Writings attributed to him are thought to have been faked by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.<\/td><\/tr>
Clement of Rome<\/a><\/td>099<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Ignatius of Antioch<\/a><\/td>108<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Quadratus of Athens<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>129<\/td>wrote a non-extant apology to Emperor Hadrian<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Aristides the Athenian<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>134<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Polycarp<\/a><\/td>156<\/td>Wrote a single Epistle to the Philippians<\/td><\/tr>
Aristo of Pella<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>160<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Papias<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>163<\/td>disciple of John the Evangelist<\/a> and Ariston[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Justin Martyr<\/a><\/td>165<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Hegesippus of Palestine<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>180<\/td>a Jewish<\/a> convert who combated Gnosticism<\/a> and Marcionism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Melito of Sardis<\/a><\/td>180<\/td>author of an important sermon called On Pascha<\/em> about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Tatian<\/a><\/td>185<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Athenagoras of Athens<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>190<\/td>wrote in defense of the resurrection of the dead[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Pantaenus<\/a><\/td>200<\/td>first to make the Catechetical school of Alexandria famous[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Apollonius of Ephesus<\/a><\/td>210<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Clement of Alexandria<\/a><\/td>215<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Pope Zephyrinus<\/a><\/td>217<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Hippolytus of Rome<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>235<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Sextus Julius Africanus<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>240<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Tertullian<\/a><\/td>240<\/td>died a Montanist<\/a>, First of the Latin Fathers<\/td><\/tr>
Marcus Minucius Felix<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>250<\/td>author of Octavianus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Origen of Alexandria<\/a><\/td>254<\/td>posthumously anathematized at Fifth Ecumenical Council<\/a> (533)<\/td><\/tr>
Cyprian of Carthage<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>258<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Novatian<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>258<\/td>commented on the Psalms[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Pope Dionysius the Great of Alexandria<\/a><\/td>265<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Pope Dionysius of Rome<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>268<\/td>combated Sabellianism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Firmilian<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>269<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Gregory Thaumaturgus<\/a><\/td>270<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Victorinus of Pettau<\/a><\/td>303<\/td>author of On the Creation of the World<\/em> and a Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Pamphilus of Caesarea<\/a><\/td>309<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Methodius of Olympus<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>311<\/td>combated Origenism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Pope Peter of Alexandria<\/a><\/td>311<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Lucian of Antioch<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>312<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Lactantius<\/a><\/td>325<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Alexander of Alexandria<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>326 or 328<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Arnobius<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>330<\/td>author of Against the Heathen<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Eusebius of Caesarea<\/a><\/td>339<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Aphraates<\/a><\/td>345<\/td>Mesopotamian<\/a> bishop who authored 23 homilies[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Pachomius<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>348<\/td>Father of Christian cenobitic monasticism<\/td><\/tr>
Anthony the Great<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>356<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Eusebius of Emesa<\/a><\/td>360<\/td>commented on Genesis<\/a><\/em>[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Hilary of Poitiers<\/a><\/td>367<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Prohaeresius<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>368<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Lucifer<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>370<\/td>combated Arianism<\/a> and defended Athanasius<\/a> at the Council of Milan<\/a> in 354<\/td><\/tr>
Eusebius of Vercelli<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>371<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Zeno of Verona<\/a><\/td>371<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Athanasius<\/a><\/td>373<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Ephrem the Syrian<\/a><\/td>373<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Basil the Great of Caesarea<\/a><\/td>379<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church<\/a> and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs<\/a>; father of monachism<\/td><\/tr>
Meletius of Antioch<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>381<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Apollinaris of Laodicea<\/a><\/td>382<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Pope Damasus I<\/a><\/td>384<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Cyril of Jerusalem<\/a><\/td>386<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a> who wrote thorough instructions to catechumens and baptized Christians[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Gregory of Nazianzus<\/a><\/td>389<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church<\/a>; one of three Orthodox<\/a> saints honored with the title “The Theologian;” one of the Three Holy Hierarchs<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Diodore of Tarsus<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>390<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Tichonius<\/a><\/td>390<\/td>commented on the Apocalypse<\/a><\/em>; his seven principles of interpretation from his Book of Rules<\/em> inspired Augustine of Hippo<\/a> [5]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Macarius of Egypt<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>391<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Pacian of Barcelona<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>391<\/td>combated Novatianism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Ausonius<\/a><\/td>395<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Gregory of Nyssa<\/a><\/td>395<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Macarius of Alexandria<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>395<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Ambrose of Milan<\/a><\/td>397<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church<\/a>; strongly opposed Arianism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Martin of Tours<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>397<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Nectarius of Constantinople<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>397<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Didymus the Blind<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>398<\/td>teacher of Jerome<\/a> and Rufinus<\/a>; follower of Origen<\/a>; opponent of Arianism<\/a> and the Macedonian heresy<\/a>; works condemned at the Fifth Ecumenical Council<\/a> and the Sixth Ecumenical Council<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Epiphanius of Salamis<\/a><\/td>403<\/td>friend of Jerome<\/a> who strongly opposed Origenism<\/a> and wrote a history of heresies<\/td><\/tr>
Amphilochius of Iconium<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>403 or earlier<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Chromatius<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>407<\/td>wrote sermons on the Gospel of Matthew<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
John Chrysostom<\/a><\/td>407<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church<\/a> and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Theotimos<\/a><\/td>407<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Asterius of Amasea<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>410<\/td>wrote sermons on morality including topics like divorce and covetousness, and the parables of Jesus Christ<\/td><\/tr>
Tyrannius Rufinus<\/a><\/td>410<\/td>friend of Jerome<\/a> and continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup> who commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Aurelius Prudentius<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>413<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Nicetas of Remesiana<\/a><\/td>414<\/td>the patron saint<\/a> of Romania commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Synesius of Syrene<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>414<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Orosius<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>418<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Jerome<\/a><\/td>420<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Atticus<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>420s<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Palladius of Helenopolis<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>420s<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Sulpicius Severus<\/a>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>425<\/td>disciple and biographer of Martin of Tours<\/a> and author of an Ecclesiastical History<\/em>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Theodore of Mopsuestia<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>428<\/td>commented on Acts of the Apostles<\/a><\/em> and the First<\/a><\/em> and Second Epistle to the Corinthians<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Augustine of Hippo<\/a><\/td>430<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church<\/a> (Doctor Gratiae<\/em>)<\/td><\/tr>
Nilus of Sinai<\/a><\/td>430<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Paulinus of Nola<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>431<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
John Cassian<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>435<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Rabbula<\/a>[4]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>435<\/td>ascetic and energetic bishop of Edessa and ally of Cyril of Alexandria<\/a> who opposed the heretical teachings of Nestorius<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Socrates of Constantinople<\/a><\/td>439<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Proclus of Constantinople<\/a><\/td>440s<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Cyril of Alexandria<\/a><\/td>444<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a> (Doctor Incarnationis<\/em>) combated the Nestorian<\/a> heresy<\/td><\/tr>
Arsenius the Great<\/a><\/td>445<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Eucherius of Lyon<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>449<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Isidore of Pelusium<\/a><\/td>450<\/td>author of 2000 letters dealing primarily with allegorical exegesis[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Peter Chrysologus<\/a><\/td>450<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Poemen<\/a><\/td>450<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Sozomen<\/a><\/td>450<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Vincent of L\u00e9rins<\/a><\/td>450<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Marius Mercator<\/a><\/td>451<\/td>made a compilation on Nestorianism<\/a> and another on Pelagianism<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Prosper of Aquitaine<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>455<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Theodoret of Cyrus<\/a><\/td>458<\/td>continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Valerian of Cimiez<\/td>460<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Pope Leo I the Great<\/a><\/td>461<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Maximus of Turin<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>465<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Sidonius Apollinaris[2]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>489<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Moses of Chorene<\/a><\/td>490<\/td>author of A History of Armenia<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Salvian<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>490s<\/td>Gallic author of On the government of God<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Gennadius of Massilia<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>496<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Avitus of Vienne<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>518<\/td>author of the five-book poem De spiritualis historiae gestis;<\/em> converted King Sigismund; combated Arianism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Boethius<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>520s<\/td>author of Consolation of Philosophy<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Jacob of Serugh<\/a>[4]<\/a><\/sup>[6]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>521<\/td>a.k.a. Mar Jacob<\/td><\/tr>
Fulgentius of Ruspe<\/a><\/td>527 or 533<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Eugippius<\/a>[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>535<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Severus of Antioch<\/a>[4]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>538<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Barsanuphius of Palestine<\/a><\/td>540<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Caesarius of Arles<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>542<\/td>commented on the Apocalypse<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Leontius of Byzantium<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>543<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Benedict of Nursia<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>547<\/td>best known for the Rule of St Benedict<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Romanos the Melodist<\/a>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>556<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Martin of Braga<\/a><\/td>580<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Cassiodorus<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>585<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Gregory of Tours<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>594<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Columba of Iona<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>597<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Venantius Fortunatus<\/a><\/td>600 or 609<\/td>wrote a poem on Easter<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Pope Gregory I the Great<\/a><\/td>604<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church<\/a> and author of Dialogues<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Isidore of Seville<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>636<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Andrew of Caesarea<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>637<\/td>commented on the Apocalypse<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sophronius<\/a>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>638<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
John Climacus<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>649<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Sahdona<\/a><\/td>649<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Braulio of Zaragoza<\/a><\/td>651<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Maximus the Confessor<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>662<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Ananias of Shirak<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup>[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>685<\/td>wrote a work on Christmas<\/a> and one on Easter<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Isaac of Nineveh<\/a><\/td>700<\/td>ascetic author of many spiritual homilies who commented on the Psalms<\/a><\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup> and contributed significantly to Syrian piety; was not Christologically Nestorian<\/a>[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Andrew of Crete<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>712, 726, or 740<\/td>author of the 250-strophe Great Canon<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bede<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>735<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a> and author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
John of Damascus<\/a><\/td>749<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/a> and author of An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith<\/em> and ascetic and exegetical writings and hymns; Peter Lombard<\/a> based his Four Books of Sentences<\/a><\/em> on the works of John of Damascus and Thomas Aquinas<\/a> based his Summa Theologica<\/a><\/em> on Peter Lombard’s Sentences<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Apollinaris of Hierapolis<\/a><\/td>between 177-180<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Theophilus of Antioch<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Between 183-185<\/td>first writer known to have used the term Trinity<\/a> to describe the Father<\/a>, the Son<\/a>, and the Holy Spirit<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Severian of Gabala<\/a><\/td>between 408 and 425<\/td>commented on Genesis<\/a><\/em>[7]<\/a><\/sup> and the First<\/a><\/em> and Second Epistle to the Corinthians<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Julianus Pomerius<\/a>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>between 499-505<\/td>author of De Vita Contemplativa<\/em> concerning Christian sanctity<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Church Father<\/a><\/th>Date of death<\/th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Athanasius the Athonite<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>1003<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Gregory Palamas<\/a>[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>1359<\/td>Pillar of Orthodoxy and defender of Hesychasm<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Ishodad of Merv<\/a><\/td>9th century<\/td>commented on the Book of Job<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Innocent of Alaska<\/a><\/td>1879<\/td>his The Way Into the Kingdom of Heaven<\/em> is often used as an Orthodox<\/a> catechism[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Mark of Ephesus<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>1444<\/td>Pillar of Orthodoxy<\/td><\/tr>
Nicholas Cabasilas<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>1391<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Photius the Great<\/a>[9]<\/a><\/sup>[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>893<\/td>Pillar of Orthodoxy and author of Bibliotheca<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Symeon Metaphrastes<\/a>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>10th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Symeon the New Theologian<\/a>[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>1022<\/td>one of three Orthodox<\/a> saints honored with the title “The Theologian”<\/td><\/tr>
Theodore the Studite<\/a><\/td>826<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Theophan the Recluse<\/a>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>1894<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Church Father Date of death Notes Irenaeus 2nd (end of) or beginning of 3rd century   Dionysius of Corinth[2] 2nd century   Mathetes 2nd century? author of an Epistle to Diognetus Caius 3rd … Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n