Where the Catechism’s Fathers Taught

Alexandria

7 Fathers, quoted in 185 questions.

The Desert of Egypt

4 Fathers, quoted in 45 questions.

Jerusalem & the Holy Land

1 Father, quoted in 1 question.

Antioch & Syria

11 Fathers, quoted in 328 questions.

Asia Minor & Cappadocia

6 Fathers, quoted in 210 questions.

Constantinople & the Greek East

1 Father, quoted in 5 questions.

Rome & the Latin West

9 Fathers, quoted in 194 questions.

North Africa

2 Fathers, quoted in 226 questions.

Not on the map

The catechism cites 108 names. 79 are placed above. These 29 are not: some are not Fathers at all, some have no entry in the Fathers’ index yet, and a few cannot be placed by name alone without risking a quotation in the wrong city. Each one’s reason is given beside it.

In the index, but not placed

The Fathers’ index places no condemned teacher on its map.

• St. Theodore of Mopsuestia 3 questionsThe Fathers’ index lists him as a condemned teacher, and it places none of those on its map.

Not matched to a Father in the index

• St. Cyril of Jerusalem 64 questionsNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Clement 13 questionsCould be either of two Clements. Every footnoted citation is St. Clement of Alexandria, but question 632, which has no footnote, cites the phoenix as a sign of the resurrection — the image from St. Clement of Rome’s letter. The text cannot settle it, so the name is left unplaced.
• St. Mark the Ascetic 8 questionsThe index has St. Mark the Recluse, traditionally the same man, but nothing in the text confirms it, so he is left unplaced.
• St. John Climacus 7 questionsNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Dionysius the Areopagite 5 questionsNot yet in the Fathers’ index. (Not St. Dionysius of Alexandria.)
• St. John of Damascus 5 questionsNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Arsenius 2 questionsNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. John 2 questionsNames two different men here: St. John of Dalyatha at question 1022 (footnote 423), and the St. John of “St. Barsanuphius and St. John”, who is not yet in the index.
• St. John of Thebes 2 questionsNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Methodius of Olympus 2 questionsNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Nilus of Sinai 2 questionsThe index has St. Nilus of Ancyra and tells the Sinai story under his name, but calls it doubtful, so he is left unplaced.
• St. Ammonas 1 questionNot yet in the Fathers’ index. (Not St. Amoun, who is a different desert father.)
• St. Anthusa 1 questionSt. John Chrysostom’s mother, not a Father.
• St. Barsanuphius 1 questionNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Cyril the Bishop of Jerusalem 1 questionSt. Cyril of Jerusalem, not yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Dorotheos of Gaza 1 questionNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. George the martyr 1 questionA martyr, not a Father.
• St. Gorgonia 1 questionSt. Gregory of Nazianzus’s sister, not a Father.
• St. John of Jerusalem 1 questionNot yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. John the Beloved 1 questionThe Apostle, not a Father.
• St. Joseph the Carpenter 1 questionNot a Father.
• St. Julia of Corsica 1 questionA martyr, not a Father.
• St. Macrina 1 questionSt. Basil’s sister, not in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Mark the apostle 1 questionThe Evangelist, not in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Mark the Monk 1 questionProbably St. Mark the Recluse, as with St. Mark the Ascetic; left unplaced until confirmed.
• St. Mary 1 questionThe Theotokos, not a Father.
• St. Maximus 1 questionSt. Maximus of Turin (question 385), not yet in the Fathers’ index.
• St. Veronica 1 questionNot a Father.