{"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":"\nChurch FatherDate of deathNotesIrenaeus2nd (end of) or beginning of 3rd century Dionysius of Corinth[2]2nd century Mathetes2nd century?author of an Epistle to DiognetusCaius3rd century Commodianus3rd century Hermias[3]3rd century Archelaus (bishop of Carrhae) 3rd century (early)supposedly a bishop of Carchar who wrote against ManichaeismMalchion3rd century?played key role in the deposition of Paul of SamosataAlexander of Lycopolis4th century Gaius Marius Victorinus4th centurycombated Arianism[2]Julius Firmicus Maternus4th century Juvencus[2]4th century Optatus4th centurycombated Donatism[2]Coelius Sedulius[2]5th century Hesychius of Jerusalem5th century Nonnus5th century Patrick[9]5th century Theodotus of Ancyra5th century[...x]<\/span>
td> <\/td><\/tr>Philip the priest<\/td> 5th Century (dates uncertain)<\/td>Acquaintance of Jerome,[10]<\/sup> commented on the Book of Job<\/td><\/tr>Adrian the monk of Antioch<\/td> 5th Century (estimate)[1]<\/sup><\/td>wrote a manual on the Antiochene method of Scriptural exegesis[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Victor of Antioch<\/td> 5th century (late) to early 6th century<\/td>contemporary of John Chrysostom,[12]<\/sup> commented on the Gospel of Mark[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Apringius of Beja<\/td>6th century<\/td>commented on the Apocalypse<\/em>[5]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Oecumenius<\/td>6th century<\/td>author of the first extant Greek commentary on the Apocalypse<\/em>[5]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Philoxenus of Hierapolis[4]<\/sup><\/td>6th century<\/td>author of 13 ascetic discourses who combated Nestorianism, Manichaeism, and Marcionism<\/td><\/tr>Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite<\/td>6th century<\/td>author of The Divine Names<\/em>, The Mystical Theology<\/em>, The Celestial Hierarchy<\/em>, The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy<\/em>, and the non-extant Theological Outlines<\/em>; quoted extensively in the Summa Theologica<\/em> of Thomas Aquinas<\/td><\/tr>Anastasius Sinaita[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>7th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Barnabas[3]<\/sup><\/td>061<\/td>wrote a single Epistle<\/td><\/tr>Dionysius the Areopagite<\/td>96<\/td>Writings attributed to him are thought to have been faked by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.<\/td><\/tr>Clement of Rome<\/td>099<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Ignatius of Antioch<\/td>108<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Quadratus of Athens[2]<\/sup><\/td>129<\/td>wrote a non-extant apology to Emperor Hadrian<\/td><\/tr>Aristides the Athenian[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>134<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Polycarp<\/td>156<\/td>Wrote a single Epistle to the Philippians<\/td><\/tr>Aristo of Pella[2]<\/sup><\/td>160<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Papias[9]<\/sup><\/td>163<\/td>disciple of John the Evangelist and Ariston[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Justin Martyr<\/td>165<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Hegesippus of Palestine[2]<\/sup><\/td>180<\/td>a Jewish convert who combated Gnosticism and Marcionism<\/td><\/tr>Melito of Sardis<\/td>180<\/td>author of an important sermon called On Pascha<\/em> about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ<\/td><\/tr>Tatian<\/td>185<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Athenagoras of Athens[2]<\/sup><\/td>190<\/td>wrote in defense of the resurrection of the dead[3]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Pantaenus<\/td>200<\/td>first to make the Catechetical school of Alexandria famous[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Apollonius of Ephesus<\/td>210<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Clement of Alexandria<\/td>215<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Pope Zephyrinus<\/td>217<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Hippolytus of Rome[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>235<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Sextus Julius Africanus[2]<\/sup>[9]<\/sup><\/td>240<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Tertullian<\/td>240<\/td>died a Montanist, First of the Latin Fathers<\/td><\/tr>Marcus Minucius Felix[2]<\/sup>[9]<\/sup><\/td>250<\/td>author of Octavianus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Origen of Alexandria<\/td>254<\/td>posthumously anathematized at Fifth Ecumenical Council (533)<\/td><\/tr>Cyprian of Carthage[2]<\/sup><\/td>258<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Novatian[2]<\/sup><\/td>258<\/td>commented on the Psalms[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Pope Dionysius the Great of Alexandria<\/td>265<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Pope Dionysius of Rome[2]<\/sup><\/td>268<\/td>combated Sabellianism<\/td><\/tr>Firmilian[2]<\/sup><\/td>269<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Gregory Thaumaturgus<\/td>270<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Victorinus of Pettau<\/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<\/td>309<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Methodius of Olympus[2]<\/sup>[9]<\/sup><\/td>311<\/td>combated Origenism<\/td><\/tr>Pope Peter of Alexandria<\/td>311<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Lucian of Antioch[2]<\/sup><\/td>312<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Lactantius<\/td>325<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Alexander of Alexandria[3]<\/sup><\/td>326 or 328<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Arnobius[2]<\/sup><\/td>330<\/td>author of Against the Heathen<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Eusebius of Caesarea<\/td>339<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Aphraates<\/td>345<\/td>Mesopotamian bishop who authored 23 homilies[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Pachomius[2]<\/sup>[9]<\/sup><\/td>348<\/td>Father of Christian cenobitic monasticism<\/td><\/tr>Anthony the Great[2]<\/sup><\/td>356<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Eusebius of Emesa<\/td>360<\/td>commented on Genesis<\/em>[7]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Hilary of Poitiers<\/td>367<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/td><\/tr>Prohaeresius[2]<\/sup><\/td>368<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Lucifer[2]<\/sup><\/td>370<\/td>combated Arianism and defended Athanasius at the Council of Milan in 354<\/td><\/tr>Eusebius of Vercelli[2]<\/sup><\/td>371<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Zeno of Verona<\/td>371<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Athanasius<\/td>373<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church<\/td><\/tr>Ephrem the Syrian<\/td>373<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/td><\/tr>Basil the Great of Caesarea<\/td>379<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs; father of monachism<\/td><\/tr>Meletius of Antioch[9]<\/sup><\/td>381<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Apollinaris of Laodicea<\/td>382<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Pope Damasus I<\/td>384<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Cyril of Jerusalem<\/td>386<\/td>Doctor of the Church who wrote thorough instructions to catechumens and baptized Christians[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Gregory of Nazianzus<\/td>389<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church; one of three Orthodox saints honored with the title “The Theologian;” one of the Three Holy Hierarchs<\/td><\/tr>Diodore of Tarsus[2]<\/sup><\/td>390<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Tichonius<\/td>390<\/td>commented on the Apocalypse<\/em>; his seven principles of interpretation from his Book of Rules<\/em> inspired Augustine of Hippo [5]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Macarius of Egypt[9]<\/sup><\/td>391<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Pacian of Barcelona[9]<\/sup><\/td>391<\/td>combated Novatianism<\/td><\/tr>Ausonius<\/td>395<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Gregory of Nyssa<\/td>395<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Macarius of Alexandria[9]<\/sup><\/td>395<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Ambrose of Milan<\/td>397<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church; strongly opposed Arianism<\/td><\/tr>Martin of Tours[9]<\/sup><\/td>397<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Nectarius of Constantinople[9]<\/sup><\/td>397<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Didymus the Blind[2]<\/sup><\/td>398<\/td>teacher of Jerome and Rufinus; follower of Origen; opponent of Arianism and the Macedonian heresy; works condemned at the Fifth Ecumenical Council and the Sixth Ecumenical Council<\/td><\/tr>Epiphanius of Salamis<\/td>403<\/td>friend of Jerome who strongly opposed Origenism and wrote a history of heresies<\/td><\/tr>Amphilochius of Iconium[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>403 or earlier<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Chromatius[3]<\/sup><\/td>407<\/td>wrote sermons on the Gospel of Matthew<\/em><\/td><\/tr>John Chrysostom<\/td>407<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs<\/td><\/tr>Theotimos<\/td>407<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Asterius of Amasea[3]<\/sup><\/td>410<\/td>wrote sermons on morality including topics like divorce and covetousness, and the parables of Jesus Christ<\/td><\/tr>Tyrannius Rufinus<\/td>410<\/td>friend of Jerome and continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea[2]<\/sup> who commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Aurelius Prudentius[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>413<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Nicetas of Remesiana<\/td>414<\/td>the patron saint of Romania commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Synesius of Syrene[2]<\/sup>[11]<\/sup><\/td>414<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Orosius[2]<\/sup><\/td>418<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Jerome<\/td>420<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church<\/td><\/tr>Atticus[2]<\/sup><\/td>420s<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Palladius of Helenopolis[2]<\/sup>[9]<\/sup><\/td>420s<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Sulpicius Severus[11]<\/sup><\/td>425<\/td>disciple and biographer of Martin of Tours and author of an Ecclesiastical History<\/em>[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Theodore of Mopsuestia[2]<\/sup><\/td>428<\/td>commented on Acts of the Apostles<\/em> and the First<\/em> and Second Epistle to the Corinthians<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Augustine of Hippo<\/td>430<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church (Doctor Gratiae<\/em>)<\/td><\/tr>Nilus of Sinai<\/td>430<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Paulinus of Nola[9]<\/sup><\/td>431<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>John Cassian[2]<\/sup>[9]<\/sup><\/td>435<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Rabbula[4]<\/sup>[11]<\/sup><\/td>435<\/td>ascetic and energetic bishop of Edessa and ally of Cyril of Alexandria who opposed the heretical teachings of Nestorius<\/td><\/tr>Socrates of Constantinople<\/td>439<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Proclus of Constantinople<\/td>440s<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Cyril of Alexandria<\/td>444<\/td>Doctor of the Church (Doctor Incarnationis<\/em>) combated the Nestorian heresy<\/td><\/tr>Arsenius the Great<\/td>445<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Eucherius of Lyon[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>449<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Isidore of Pelusium<\/td>450<\/td>author of 2000 letters dealing primarily with allegorical exegesis[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Peter Chrysologus<\/td>450<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/td><\/tr>Poemen<\/td>450<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Sozomen<\/td>450<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Vincent of L\u00e9rins<\/td>450<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Marius Mercator<\/td>451<\/td>made a compilation on Nestorianism and another on Pelagianism[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Prosper of Aquitaine[2]<\/sup><\/td>455<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Theodoret of Cyrus<\/td>458<\/td>continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea[2]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Valerian of Cimiez<\/td>460<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Pope Leo I the Great<\/td>461<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/td><\/tr>Maximus of Turin[2]<\/sup><\/td>465<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Sidonius Apollinaris[2]<\/sup>[11]<\/sup><\/td>489<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Moses of Chorene<\/td>490<\/td>author of A History of Armenia<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Salvian[2]<\/sup>[11]<\/sup><\/td>490s<\/td>Gallic author of On the government of God<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Gennadius of Massilia[2]<\/sup><\/td>496<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Avitus of Vienne[2]<\/sup><\/td>518<\/td>author of the five-book poem De spiritualis historiae gestis;<\/em> converted King Sigismund; combated Arianism<\/td><\/tr>Boethius[3]<\/sup><\/td>520s<\/td>author of Consolation of Philosophy<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Jacob of Serugh[4]<\/sup>[6]<\/sup>[9]<\/sup><\/td>521<\/td>a.k.a. Mar Jacob<\/td><\/tr>Fulgentius of Ruspe<\/td>527 or 533<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Eugippius[4]<\/sup><\/td>535<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Severus of Antioch[4]<\/sup>[11]<\/sup><\/td>538<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Barsanuphius of Palestine<\/td>540<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Caesarius of Arles[2]<\/sup><\/td>542<\/td>commented on the Apocalypse<\/td><\/tr>Leontius of Byzantium[2]<\/sup><\/td>543<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Benedict of Nursia[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>547<\/td>best known for the Rule of St Benedict<\/td><\/tr>Romanos the Melodist[11]<\/sup><\/td>556<\/td><\/td><\/tr>Martin of Braga<\/td>580<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Cassiodorus[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>585<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Gregory of Tours[3]<\/sup><\/td>594<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Columba of Iona[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>597<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Venantius Fortunatus<\/td>600 or 609<\/td>wrote a poem on Easter<\/td><\/tr>Pope Gregory I the Great<\/td>604<\/td>one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church and author of Dialogues<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Isidore of Seville[2]<\/sup>[3]<\/sup><\/td>636<\/td>Doctor of the Church<\/td><\/tr>Andrew of Caesarea[2]<\/sup><\/td>637<\/td>commented on the Apocalypse<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Sophronius[11]<\/sup><\/td>638<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>John Climacus[9]<\/sup><\/td>649<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Sahdona<\/td>649<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Braulio of Zaragoza<\/td>651<\/td>commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Maximus the Confessor[2]<\/sup>[9]<\/sup><\/td>662<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Ananias of Shirak[3]<\/sup>[4]<\/sup><\/td>685<\/td>wrote a work on Christmas and one on Easter<\/td><\/tr>Isaac of Nineveh<\/td>700<\/td>ascetic author of many spiritual homilies who commented on the Psalms<\/em>[6]<\/sup> and contributed significantly to Syrian piety; was not Christologically Nestorian[8]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>Andrew of Crete[3]<\/sup><\/td>712, 726, or 740<\/td>author of the 250-strophe Great Canon<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Bede[2]<\/sup><\/td>735<\/td>Doctor of the Church and author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People<\/em><\/td><\/tr>John of Damascus<\/td>749<\/td>Doctor of the Church and author of An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith<\/em> and ascetic and exegetical writings and hymns; Peter Lombard based his Four Books of Sentences<\/em> on the works of John of Damascus and Thomas Aquinas based his Summa Theologica<\/em> on Peter Lombard’s Sentences<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Apollinaris of Hierapolis<\/td>between 177-180<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>Theophilus of Antioch[2]<\/sup><\/td>Between 183-185<\/td>first writer known to have used the term Trinity to describe the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit<\/td><\/tr>Severian of Gabala<\/td>between 408 and 425<\/td>commented on Genesis<\/em>[7]<\/sup> and the First<\/em> and Second Epistle to the Corinthians<\/em><\/td><\/tr>Julianus Pomerius[2]<\/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<\/th>Date of death<\/th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Athanasius the Athonite[3]<\/sup><\/td>1003<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Gregory Palamas[13]<\/sup><\/td>1359<\/td>Pillar of Orthodoxy and defender of Hesychasm<\/td><\/tr>
Ishodad of Merv<\/td>9th century<\/td>commented on the Book of Job<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Innocent of Alaska<\/td>1879<\/td>his The Way Into the Kingdom of Heaven<\/em> is often used as an Orthodox catechism[3]<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Mark of Ephesus[9]<\/sup><\/td>1444<\/td>Pillar of Orthodoxy<\/td><\/tr>
Nicholas Cabasilas[9]<\/sup><\/td>1391<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Photius the Great[9]<\/sup>[13]<\/sup><\/td>893<\/td>Pillar of Orthodoxy and author of Bibliotheca<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Symeon Metaphrastes[11]<\/sup><\/td>10th century<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Symeon the New Theologian[13]<\/sup><\/td>1022<\/td>one of three Orthodox saints honored with the title “The Theologian”<\/td><\/tr>
Theodore the Studite<\/td>826<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Theophan the Recluse[11]<\/sup><\/td>1894<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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