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| | Church Fathers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential theologians and writers in the Christian Church, particularly those of the first five centuries of Christian history. | | | In the Roman Catholic Church, St. John of Damascus, who lived in the 8th century, is generally considered to be the last of the Church Fathers and at the same time the first seed of the next period of church writers, scholasticism. | | | The Eastern Orthodox Church does not consider the age of Church Fathers to be over at all and it includes later influential writers in the term. |
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| | Unanimous Consent of the Church Fathers |
| | When the Fathers of the Church are morally unanimous in their teaching that a certain doctrine is a part of revelation, or is received by the universal Church, or that the opposite of a doctrine is heretical, then their united testimony is a certain criterion of divine revelation. | | | The Church sees the Fathers as the successors of the apostles, the closest source to the apostolic teaching and tradition, and therefore authoritative. | | | The Church does not claim that all her "authority rests" on the consent of the Fathers. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Fathers of the Church |
| | But he is also regarded by the early Fathers, such as Hegesippus, Irenaeus, and Tertullian as the recipient of the tradition of his predecessors in the see, and consequently as the witness and representative of the faith of his Church before Catholicity and the world. | | | The appeal is thus to Churches and their bishops, none but bishops being the authoritative exponents of the doctrine of their Churches. | | | Hence the expression "the Fathers" comes naturally to be applied to the holy bishops of a preceding age, whether of the last generation or further back, since they are the parents at whose knee the Church of today was taught her belief. |
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| | The Apostolic Fathers |
| | The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna Concerning The Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp, Chap. | | | For they who affirm that the Son is the Father, are proved neither to have become acquainted with the Father, nor to know that the Father of the universe has a Son; who also, being the first-begotten Word of God, is even God. |
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http://www.freeminds.org/doctrine/fathers.htm
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| | Early Church Fathers |
| | He is one of the APOSTOLIC FATHERS of the church. | | | The epistle was written because of internal discord and division in the Corinthian church. | | | It is from Alexandria at the end of the second century that the Epistle to the Hebrews was first explained as having come from Paul to churches who were not automatically aware of the background of the writing. |
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| | Early Church Fathers |
| | There are numerous takes on Church history, many of which focus on when the Catholic Church went "wrong." These are usually amended with a theory as to what happened to the "true" Christian church during the time period between when the Catholic Church went "wrong" and when the "true" church came back into visible existence. | | | It should be underscored that the writings of the early church fathers and authors do not supercede Scripture. | | | See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Ambrose (Early Church Fathers)) |
| | Fathers of the Church: Hexameron Paradise, Cain and Abel (Fathers of the Church) by Ambrose on 4 pages | | | Cyril of Alexandria (The Early Church Fathers) by Cyril | | | Gregory of Nyssa (The Early Church Fathers) by Anthony Meredith |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers |
| | One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic: The Early Church Was the Catholic Church by K. | | | The writings of the Church Fathers included in this book are a joy to read and are relevant to living in today's world and appreciating the history and tradition of Christianity and the Catholic Church. | | | Aquilina made the Fathers of the Church come alive for me. Through his compelling stories of these courageous men's lives, I came to see that people like Ambrose, Athanasius, Tertullian, and all the rest are not just "THE Fathers" but rather, "MY Fathers" who left me an incredible inheritance: The saving Truth of Jesus Christ. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879736895?v=glance
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| | Origins of Christian Anti-Semitism |
| | The war of the Christian Church against the Jews began with the Church Fathers' relentless attacks on those Jews who stubbornly refused to accept Jesus as Messiah. | | | It is the intent of this paper to focus on the person of Jesus and his teaching, the theology and teaching of the Apostle Paul, culminating with the writings and theology of the Church Fathers through the 4th and 5th centuries and how each has or has not contributed to the roots of Christian anti-Semitism. | | | The Church promoted itself as the new Israel, and the other Israel had to be discredited. |
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http://www.billwilliams.org/ANTI/anti-semitism.html
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| | Corunum Catholic Apologetic Web Page |
| | The Church Fathers used both Scripture and Tradition to explain and defend the Catholic faith. | | | Corunum's mission is to present the outline of Catholic doctrines as they appear in the writings of the Church Fathers. | | | The Catholic rule of faith consists of three coordinate and complementary authorities: Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition and the teaching Church. |
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http://www.cin.org/users/jgallegos/contents.htm
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| | Patristic Resources Area on Monachos.net |
| | The study of the Church Fathers is central to an understanding of and appreciation for the history and content of Orthodox Christianity. | | | It is in these holy men and women that the Church has found her voice throughout the centuries, in these lives transformed and illumined that she has found her most poignant mouthpeaces. | | | Yet the great quality of the writings of the Church Fathers is their transcendence of the human moment: their ability to speak to the very heart of man even centuries, perhaps millennia, after they were first written. |
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http://www.monachos.net/patristics/index.shtml
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| | Our Faith |
| | The Boundaries of the Church: An Orthodox Debate | | | The Origins and Authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church | | | The Greek (Eastern) Orthodox Church and The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of America |
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http://www.goarch.org/access/orthodoxy
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| | IVP Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers |
| | Our first encounter with the writings of the church fathers may seem like visiting a far country where the language, assumptions, concerns and conclusions are completely unfamiliar to us. | | | In Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers Christopher Hall helps us through this cultural confusion, introducing us to the early church, its unique world, and the sights and sounds of Scripture that are highlighted for them. | | | They see a deeper worship and devotion in the prayers and hymns of the early church. |
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http://ivpress.gospelcom.net/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=1500
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| | Bible History Links - Church Histor... : |
| | Through his writings a witness to the doctrine and discipline of the early church in belief and worship is preserved. | | | Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Ages Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip [Church History] [Church Fathers] | | | Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily, Liturgies Also available: text.zip, WinHelp.zip [Church History] [Church Fathers] |
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http://www.bible-history.com/links.php?cat=12&sub=106&cat_name=Church+Histor...
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| | Medieval Sourcebook: Full Text Sources |
| | The Early Church Fathers is a 38-volume collection of writings from the first 800 years of the Church. | | | The Divine Liturgy of John Chrysostom as used in Orthodox Churches | | | Volume VII -- Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries: Lactantius, Dionysius of Rome, Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, The Homily Ascribed to Clement, Early Liturgies. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html
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| | Segen--The Works of the Early Church Fathers |
| | Volumes 1-9 contain the works of the Ante-Nicene Fathers, dating from the first generation after the original disciples to about 325 A.D. These disciples are confessedly inferior to their masters; they speak with the voices of infirm and fallible men, and not like the New-Testament writers, with the fiery tongues of the Holy Ghost. | | | Written before the Canon was established, when Scripture was scarce and difficult to come by, the works of the Anti-Nicene Fathers offered itself as a means to defend the Christian faith, to record the martyrdom of the early Christian church body, and to stand as monuments to the power of the Gospel. | | | he Early Church Fathers steered the young church through the turbulent cultural and mythological currents of the pagan world. |
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http://www.segen.com/ecf
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| | Guide to Early Church Documents |
| | The Writings of Cyprian: Cyprian [200-258] was the Overseer of the church in Carthage, Northa Africa, during a period of fierce persecution. | | | The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians [ca 130?]: Polycarp was a church leader (bishop) in Smyrna, Asia Minor. | | | The Writings of Augustine: Augustine [354-430] was Overseer of the church at Hippo, North Africa, and is considered by many to be the father of western theology. |
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http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html
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| | NYPL, Christianity and Church History Research Guide |
| | Electronic version of Migne's Nineteenth century printed collection of the works of the Church Fathers. | | | A comprehensive history of the Bible with a particular focus on the development of the English Bible. | | | A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1956 and 1961), Two series each of 14 vols., *RR-ZEL. |
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http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/religion/detailed.htm
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| | Early Church Fathers And The Foundations Of Dispensationalism |
| | It is evident from the letters of Ignatius that he believed the church to be living in the last times and that the coming of the Lord was at hand. | | | In addition to this, we have the Martyrdom of Polycarp, a letter from the church at Smyrna to the Phrygian church of Philomelium. | | | Early Church Fathers And The Foundations Of Dispensationalism |
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http://www.tyndale.edu/dirn/articles/early2.html
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| | The Church Fathers |
| | Born of a Christian family in 184/5, his father Leonidas died in the persecution in the tenth year of Severus (202; Eusebius tells us that Origen wanted to be martyred at the same time but was prevented by his mother, who hid all his clothing to keep him from going out). | | | A member of the Jacobite Syriac church, he was bishop first of Mabbûg and then Amida. | | | The first problem in dealing with the Fathers is order: Except for a few commentaries, the Fathers don't quote the New Testament chapter by chapter and verse by verse. |
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http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn/Fathers.html
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| | The Early Church Fathers CD-ROM comes in two versions, Protestant and Catholic. | | | Only the Libronix DLS version of the Early Church Fathers includes every Bible reference in nearly 50,000 footnotes. | | | This is the tool that opens up the voluminous Early Church Fathers for everyone. |
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| | The Real Presence |
| | The early Church Fathers interpreted these passages literally. | | | From the Church’s early days, the Fathers referred to Christ’s presence in the Eucharist. | | | Best of all it's based on Sacred Scripture and the teaching and tradition of the Church. |
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http://www.catholic.com/library/Real_Presence.asp
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| | CHURCH FATHERS: Home |
| | - On the Morals of the Catholic Church | | | - Homily on the Passage "Father, if it be possible. | | | - Canons of the Thirteen Holy Fathers (various dates) |
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http://www.newadvent.org/fathers
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| | Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers |
| | Includes the New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers. | | | Also, for some later Church Fathers, go to the Church Fathers Outside the ANF-NPNF Collection web page. | | | The "Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers" site is copyright © 2001-2005 Peter Kirby |
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http://www.earlychristianwritings.com
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| | Early Church Fathers Collection |
| | The 'Early Church Fathers Series in WinHelp Format' is a 37-volume electronic collection of writings from the first 800 years of the Church. | | | History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria (Ta'rikh Batarikat al-Kanisah al-Misriyah by Severus (Sawirus ibn al-Muqaffa`), Bishop of Al'Ashmunein (Hermopolis) around the end of 10th century) | | | ecf07wh.zip: Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries: Lactantius; Venantius; Asterius Urbanus; Victorinus; Dionysius of Rome; Teaching of the Twelve Apostles; Constitutions of the Holy Apostles; Homily Ascribed to Clement; Early Liturgies |
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http://www.zeitun-eg.org/ecfidx.htm
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| | Ante-Nicene - Writings of the Early Church Fathers |
| | Ante-Nicene - Writings of the Early Church Fathers | | | Volume 7 - Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries | | | Volume 8 - Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries |
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| | Historic Documents |
| | They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul (2 Chron. | | | All 38 Volumes of the Early Church Fathers | | | And if you're looking for regularly updated links to church history material, go to |
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| | Noncanonical Literature - The Fathers of the Church |
| | Noncanonical Literature - The Fathers of the Church | | | The Ecole Initiative -- An On-Line Encyclopedia of Early Church | | | Can any who spend several years in those seats of learning, be excused if they do not add to that reading of the Fathers? |
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http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/noncanon/fathers.htm
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| | The Holy Fathers of the Orthodox Christian Church: Links |
| | The Holy Fathers of the Orthodox Christian Church: Links | | | Lord's Prayer in Aramaic, Dead Sea Scrolls, Gospel of Thomas, Secret Mark, other books | | | Download the Complete Early Church Fathers Series in WinHelp Format: A 37-volume electronic collection of writings. |
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http://www.orthodox.net/links/writings.html
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| | New Testament Gateway: Early Church and Patristics |
| | At ICLNet (Internet Christian Library): this site provides pointers to lots of material on the early church, including "canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history". | | | By Peter Kirby: very useful guide to Christian literature of the first two centuries, "The New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers" arranged chronologically. | | | The Apostolic Fathers (US) / UK / DE |
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http://www.ntgateway.com/patristi.htm
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| | Writings of the Early Church Fathers |
| | Home > History > AD > Early Church Fathers | | | The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1 consists of eight volumes of the writings of St. Augustine, the most influential of the early Church Fathers, and six volumes of the treatises and homilies of St. Chrysostom. | | | The Ante-Nicene Fathers consist of 10 volumes spaning the time from the Apostolic Fathers to various third and fourth century sources. |
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| | Christian Classics Ethereal Library |
| | This is a large collection of the most important writings of the first 800 years of the church -- an extremely valuable set. | | | The current push is to finish Version 3 of the Early Church Fathers series. | | | If you are interested in proofreading, scanning, markup, programming, or contributing your effort to the CCEL project in some other way, please send him a message. |
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