Church Father
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Date of death
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Notes
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Adrian the monk of Antioch |
|
wrote a manual on the Antiochene method of Scriptural exegesis[1]
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Alexander of Alexandria[2] |
326 |
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Alexander of Lycopolis |
4th century |
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Ambrose of Milan |
397 |
one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church; strongly opposed Arianism
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Amphilochius of Iconium[1][2] |
403 or earlier |
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Ananias of Shirak[2][3] |
7th century |
wrote a work on Christmas and one on Easter
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Anastasius Sinaita[1][2] |
7th century |
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Andrew of Caesarea[1] |
6th century |
commented on the Apocalypse
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Andrew of Crete[2] |
8th century |
author of the 250-strophe Great Canon
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Anthony the Great[1] |
356 |
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Aphraates |
367 |
Mesopotamian bishop who authored 23 homilies[1]
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Apollinaris of Hirapolis |
2nd century |
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Apollinaris of Laodicea |
390 |
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Apollonius of Ephesus |
210 |
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Archelaus |
|
supposedly a bishop of Carchar who wrote against Manichaeism
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Aristides the Athenian[1][2] |
134 |
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Aristo of Pella[1] |
2nd century |
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Arnobius[1] |
330 |
author of Against the Heathen
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Arsenius the Great |
445 |
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Apringius of Beja |
6th century |
commented on the Apocalypse[4]
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Asterius of Amasea[2] |
405 |
wrote sermons on morality including topics like divorce and covetousness, and the parables of Jesus Christ
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Athanasius |
373 |
one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church
|
Athenagoras of Athens[1] |
190 |
wrote in defense of the resurrection of the dead[2]
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Atticus[1] |
420s |
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Augustine of Hippo |
430 |
one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church (Doctor Gratiae)
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Aurelius Prudentius[1][2] |
early 5th century |
commented on the Psalms[5]
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Ausonius |
395 |
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Avitus of Vienne[1] |
523 |
author of the five-book poem De spiritualis historiae gestis; converted King Sigismund; combated Arianism
|
Barnabas[2] |
061 |
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Barsanuphius of Palestine |
540 |
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Basil the Great of Caesarea |
379 |
one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs; father of monachism
|
Bede[1] |
735 |
Doctor of the Church and author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People
|
Benedict of Nursia[1][2] |
547 |
best known for the Rule of St Benedict
|
Boethius[2] |
520s |
author of Consolation of Philosophy
|
Braulio of Zaragoza |
651 |
commented on the Psalms[5]
|
Caesarius of Arles[1] |
542 |
commented on the Apocalypse
|
Caius |
3rd century |
|
Cassiodorus[1][2] |
585 |
|
Chromatius[2] |
407 |
wrote sermons on the Gospel of Matthew
|
Clement of Alexandria |
210s |
|
Clement of Rome |
099 |
|
Coelius Sedulius[1] |
5th century |
|
Columba of Iona[1][2] |
597 |
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Commodianus |
3rd century |
|
Cyprian of Carthage[1] |
258 |
|
Cyril of Alexandria |
444 |
Doctor of the Church (Doctor Incarnationis) combated the Nestorian heresy
|
Cyril of Jerusalem |
386 |
Doctor of the Church who wrote thorough instructions to catechumens and baptized Christians[1]
|
Pope Damasus I |
384 |
|
Didymus the Blind[1] |
398 |
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
|
Diodore of Tarsus[1] |
390 |
|
Dionysius of Corinth[1] |
2nd century |
|
Pope Dionysius of Rome[1] |
268 |
combated Sabellianism
|
Dionysius the Areopagite |
1st century |
Writings attributed to him are thought to have been faked by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
|
Pope Dionysius the Great of Alexandria |
265 |
|
Ephrem the Syrian |
373 |
Doctor of the Church
|
Epiphanius of Salamis |
403 |
friend of Jerome who strongly opposed Origenism and wrote a history of heresies
|
Eucherius of Lyon[1][2] |
449 |
|
Eugippius[3] |
6th century |
|
Eusebius of Caesarea |
339 |
|
Eusebius of Emesa |
360 |
commented on Genesis[6]
|
Eusebius of Vercelli[1] |
371 |
|
Firmilian[1] |
269 |
|
Fulgentius of Ruspe |
6th century |
|
Gaius Marius Victorinus |
4th century |
combated Arianism[1]
|
Gennadius of Massilia[1] |
496 |
|
Pope Gregory I the Great |
604 |
one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church and author of Dialogues
|
Gregory of Nazianzus |
389 |
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
|
Gregory of Nyssa |
394 |
|
Gregory of Tours[2] |
594 |
|
Gregory Thaumaturgus |
270 |
|
Hegesippus of Palestine[1] |
180 |
a Jewish convert who combated Gnosticism and Marcionism
|
Hermias[2] |
3rd century |
|
Hesychius of Jerusalem |
5th century |
|
Hilary of Poitiers |
367 |
Doctor of the Church
|
Hippolytus of Rome[1][2] |
235 |
|
Ignatius of Antioch |
107 |
|
Irenaeus |
end of 2nd or beginning of 3rd century |
|
Isaac of Nineveh |
700 |
ascetic author of many spiritual homilies who commented on the Psalms[5] and contributed significantly to Syrian piety; was not Christologically Nestorian[7]
|
Isidore of Pelusium |
449 |
author of 2000 letters dealing primarily with allegorical exegesis[1]
|
Isidore of Seville[1][2] |
636 |
Doctor of the Church
|
Jacob of Serugh[3][5][8] |
521 |
a.k.a. Mar Jacob
|
Jerome |
420 |
one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church
|
John Cassian[1][8] |
435 |
|
John Chrysostom |
407 |
one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs
|
John Climacus[8] |
606 |
|
John of Damascus |
749 |
Doctor of the Church and author of An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith and ascetic and exegetical writings and hymns; Peter Lombard based his Four Books of Sentences on the works of John of Damascus and Thomas Aquinas based his Summa Theologica on Peter Lombard's Sentences
|
Julianus Pomerius[1] |
5th century |
author of De Vita Contemplativa concerning Christian sanctity
|
Julius Firmicus Maternus |
4th century |
|
Justin Martyr |
165 |
|
Juvencus[1] |
4th century |
|
Lactantius |
320 |
|
Pope Leo I the Great |
461 |
Doctor of the Church
|
Leontius of Byzantium[1] |
543 |
|
Lucian of Antioch[1] |
312 |
|
Lucifer[1] |
370 |
combated Arianism and defended Athanasius at the Council of Milan in 354
|
Macarius of Alexandria[8] |
395 |
|
Macarius of Egypt[8] |
391 |
|
Malchion |
3rd century? |
played key role in the deposition of Paul of Samosata
|
Marcus Minucius Felix[1][8] |
250 |
author of Octavianus
|
Marius Mercator |
451 |
made a compilation on Nestorianism and another on Pelagianism[1]
|
Martin of Bruga |
4th century |
commented on the Psalms[5]
|
Martin of Tours[8] |
397 |
|
Mathetes |
2nd century? |
author of an Epistle to Diognetus
|
Maximus of Turin[1] |
465 |
|
Maximus the Confessor[1][8] |
662 |
|
Meletius of Antioch[8] |
381 |
|
Melito of Sardis |
180 |
author of an important sermon called On Pascha about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
|
Methodius of Olympus[1][8] |
311 |
combated Origenism
|
Moses of Chorene |
490 |
author of A History of Armenia
|
Nectarius of Constantinople[8] |
398 |
|
Nicetas of Remesiana |
414 |
the patron saint of Romania commented on the Psalms[5]
|
Nilus of Sinai |
430 |
|
Nonnus |
5th century |
|
Novatian[1] |
258 |
commented on the Psalms[5]
|
Oecumenius |
6th century |
author of the first extant Greek commentary on the Apocalypse[4]
|
Optatus |
4th century |
combated Donatism[1]
|
Origen of Alexandria |
254 |
posthumously anathematized at Fifth Ecumenical Council (533)
|
Orosius[1] |
420 |
|
Pachomius[1][8] |
348 |
Father of Christian cenobitic monasticism
|
Pacian of Barcelona[8] |
391 |
combated Novatianism
|
Palladius of Helenopolis[1][8] |
5th century |
|
Pamphilus of Caesarea |
309 |
|
Pantamus |
214 |
first to make the Catechetical school of Alexandria famous[1]
|
Papias[8] |
155 |
disciple of John the Evangelist and Ariston[1]
|
Patrick[8] |
5th century |
|
Paulinus of Nola[8] |
431 |
|
Peter Chrysologus |
450 |
Doctor of the Church
|
Pope Peter of Alexandria |
311 |
|
Philip the priest |
|
commented on the Book of Job
|
Philoxenus of Hierapolis[3] |
6th century |
author of 13 ascetic discourses who combated Nestorianism, Manichaeism, and Marcionism
|
Poemen |
450 |
commented on the Psalms[5]
|
Polycarp |
155 |
|
Proclus of Constantinople |
440s |
|
Prohaeresius[1] |
367 |
|
Prosper of Aquitaine[1] |
455 |
|
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite |
6th century |
author of The Divine Names, The Mystical Theology, The Celestial Hierarchy, The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, and the non-extant Theological Outlines; quoted extensively in the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas
|
Quadratus of Athens[1] |
129 |
wrote a non-extant apology to Emperor Hadrian
|
Rabbula[3][9] |
435 |
ascetic and energetic bishop of Edessa and ally of Cyril of Alexandria who opposed the heretical teachings of Nestorius
|
Romanos the Melodist[9] |
556 |
|
Sahdona |
649 |
commented on the Psalms[5]
|
Salvian[1][9] |
490s |
Gallic author of On the government of God
|
Severian of Gabala |
408 |
commented on Genesis[6] and the First and Second Epistle to the Corinthians
|
Severus of Antioch[3][9] |
538 |
|
Sextus Julius Africanus[1][8] |
240 |
|
Sidonius Apollinaris[1][9] |
489 |
|
Socrates of Constantinople |
5th century |
|
Sophronius[9] |
638 |
|
Sozomen |
450 |
|
Sulpicius Severus[9] |
425 |
disciple and biographer of Martin of Tours and author of an Ecclesiastical History[1]
|
Synesius of Syrene[1][9] |
414 |
|
Tatian |
185 |
|
Tertullian |
222 |
died a Montanist
|
Theodore of Mopsuestia[1] |
428 |
commented on Acts of the Apostles and the First and Second Epistle to the Corinthians
|
Theodoret of Cyrus |
457 |
continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea[1]
|
Theodotus of Ancyra |
4th century |
|
Theophilus of Antioch[1] |
180s |
first writer known to have used the term Trinity to describe the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
|
Theotimos |
407 |
|
Tichonius |
390 |
commented on the Apocalypse; his seven principles of interpretation from his Book of Rules inspired Augustine of Hippo [4]
|
Tyrannius Rufinus |
410 |
friend of Jerome and continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea[1] who commented on the Psalms[5]
|
Valerian of Cimiez |
460 |
commented on the Psalms[5]
|
Venantius Fortunatus |
7th century |
wrote a poem on Easter
|
Victor of Antioch |
|
commented on the Gospel of Mark[1]
|
Victorinus of Pettau |
303 |
author of On the Creation of the World and a Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John
|
Vincent of Lérins |
450 |
|
Zeno of Verona |
371 |
|
Pope Zephyrinus |
217 |
commented on the Psalms
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