"Patristic" derives from the Latin word patres (Fathers), and is a term used historically to describe the time and writings of the Church Fathers. These were the early Christians who defended the ...
The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings provides definitive anthology of early ... Shenoute of Atripe, Abraham our Father translated by Ellen Muehlberger 17. Shenoute of Atripe, As I Sat on ...
The writings of the Church Fathers form a distinct body of literature that shaped the early church and built upon the doctrinal foundations of Christianity established within the New Testament.
On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch, whose writings attest ... and Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate his memory ...