"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 ...

On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch, whose writings attest to the sacramental and hierarchical nature of the Church ...

The statues on display represent the Fathers of the Church ‒ saints who were influential theologians, bishops or scholars whose writings explained key Scriptural principles in the early Church.