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The Fathers
193 Fathers across 14 schools and eras. Who each was, what each wrote, and where the Church has placed them. Free, and nothing to sign in to.
By school and era
- Apologists15 Fathers
- School of Alexandria18 Fathers
- Apostolic Fathers10 Fathers
- Antioch & Syria35 Fathers
- Western Fathers20 Fathers
- Gnostics4 Fathers
- Anti-Heretical Writers5 Fathers
- School of Antioch33 Fathers
- Cappadocian Fathers6 Fathers
- Eastern Fathers3 Fathers
- Other Western Writers25 Fathers
- Heresiarchs2 Fathers
- Egyptian Monastics13 Fathers
- Medieval Coptic10 Fathers
By topic
- Abortion
- Apostolic Succession
- Apostolic Tradition
- Astrology
- Baptism of Infants, Early Teachings on
- Baptism, the Necessity of
- Baptism, Trinitarian Formula
- Baptismal Grace
- Bishop
- Born Again in Baptism
- Confession
- Confirmation
- Contraception and Sterilization
- Creation and Genesis
- Creation out of Nothing
- Eucharist, The Real Presence
- Hell
- Holy Orders: Bishop, Priest, and Deacon
- Homosexuality, Early Teachings on
- Marriage, Matrimony, The Permanence of
- Mary: "Full of Grace"
- Mary: Ever Virgin
- Mary: Mother of God
- Reincarnation
- Resurrection of the Body
- Revelations, Private
- Sabbath or Sunday?
- Sin, Mortal
- The Priesthood
- The Priesthood, Women and
- The Saints, Intercession of
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Every Father
- Apollinaris of Hierapolis
- Aristides of Athens
- Aristo of Pella
- Athenagoras
- Author of the Preaching of Peter
- Barnabas
- Hermas
- Hermias
- Melito of Sardis
- Miltiades
- Minucius Felix
- Papias of Hierapolis
- Quadratus
- St. Clement of Rome
- St. Justin the Martyr
- St. Polycarp of Smyrna
- Tatian the Syrian
- Tertullian
- The Apostles’ Creed
- The Didache
- The Epistle to Diognetus
- The Sayings of Sextus
- Theophilus of Antioch
- Basilides
- Carpocrates
- Dionysius of Corinth
- Hegesippus
- Mani
- Pinytus of Gnossus
- Serapion of Antioch
- St. Irenaeus of Lyons
- Valentinus
- Clement of Alexandria
- Didymus the Blind
- Heraclas
- Origen
- Pantaenus
- Pierius
- Serapion of Thmuis
- St. Alexander of Alexandria
- St. Athanasius the Apostolic
- St. Cyril of Alexandria
- St. Dionysius of Alexandria
- St. Dioscorus of Alexandria
- St. Peter the Seal of Martyrs
- St. Theophilus of Alexandria
- St. Timothy Aelurus
- Synesius of Cyrene
- Theognostus
- Acacius of Beroea
- Acacius of Caesarea
- Aëtius of Antioch
- Antiochus of Ptolemais
- Apollinaris of Laodicea
- Basil of Seleucia
- Didachus of Photice
- Diodore of Tarsus
- Eunomius of Cyzicus
- Eusebius of Emesa
- Eustathius of Antioch
- Eutherius of Tyana
- Euzoius of Caesarea
- Gelasius of Caesarea
- Gennadius of Constantinople
- Hesychius of Jerusalem
- John of Ephesus
- Lucian of Antioch
- Macarius Magnes
- Marcellus of Ancyra
- Meletius of Antioch
- Nemesius
- Nilus of Ancyra
- Paul of Samosata
- Polychronius of Apamea
- Prochlus of Constantinople
- Severian of Gabala
- St. Ignatius of Antioch
- St. John Chrysostom
- St. Mark the Recluse
- Theodore of Mopsuestia
- Theodoret of Cyrus
- Zacharias the Rhetor
- Aba
- Acacius of Seleucia
- Ahai of Madaen
- Asona
- Bardaisan
- Barsauma of Nisibis
- Elisha bar Kosbayee of Nisibis
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Gregory the Monk
- Harmonius
- Ibas of Edessa
- Isaac of Antioch
- Isaac the Syrian
- Jacob Aphraates
- Jacob of Nisibis
- Marutha of Maiferqat
- Narsai
- Polycarpus of Mabbug
- Sergius of Ris‘Ayna
- Simon Bar-Saboë
- St. Balai
- St. Ephrem the Syrian
- St. Jacob Baradaeus
- St. Jacob of Sarug
- St. Joannes Saba
- St. John of Tella
- St. Philoxenus of Mabbug
- St. Rabbula of Edessa
- St. Severus of Antioch
- St. Simeon Kokoyo the Potter
- St. Simeon of Beth-Arsham
- St. Simeon the Stylite
- Stephen Bar Sudayle
- Amphilochius of Iconium
- Asterius of Amasea
- Hegemonius
- St. Basil the Great
- St. Epiphanius of Salamis
- St. Gregory of Nazianzus
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
- St. Gregory Thaumaturgus of Neocaesarea
- Titus of Bostra
- Arnobius of Sicca
- Bede
- Caesarius of Arles
- Commodian
- Damasus of Rome
- Eusebius of Vercelli
- Gregory the Great
- Hippolytus of Rome
- Innocent I
- Lactantius
- Lucifer
- Reticius of Autun
- Rufinus of Aquileia
- St. Ambrose of Milan
- St. Augustine of Hippo
- St. Cyprian of Carthage
- St. Hilary of Poitiers
- St. Jerome
- Victorinus of Pettau
- Ausonius of Aquitania
- Avitus
- Claudius Claudianus
- Claudius Marius Victorius
- Cyprian of Gaul
- Dracontius
- Eucherius of Lyons
- Facundus of Hermiane
- Faustus of Riez
- Gennadius of Marseilles
- Hilary of Arles
- Honoratus of Arles
- John Cassian
- Juvencus
- Liberatus Diaconus
- Marius Mercator
- Paulinus of Nola
- Prosper
- Prudentius
- Salvian of Marseilles
- Sedulius
- Sidonius Apollinaris
- Sulpicius Severus
- Victor of Tunnuna
- Vincent of Lerins
- Arius
- Nestorius
- Abbess St. Sarah
- Evagrius of Pontus
- Horsiesios
- Palladius
- St. Amoun of Nitria
- St. Anthony the Great
- St. Isidore of Pelusium
- St. Macarius the Alexandrian
- St. Macarius the Great
- St. Pachomius
- St. Paphnutius
- St. Shenoute
- St. Theodore of Tabennesi
- Al-Mutaman Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Al-Assaal
- Al-Safie Abu Al-Fadail
- Anba Bulus Al-Bushi
- Anba Yusab Al-Abahh
- Ibn Al-Makin
- Ibn Kabar
- Ibn Katib Qaysar (Caesar)
- Muallem Rizk (Rizk Agha)
- St. Boutrus (Peter) Al-Sedmanti
- St. Sawirus (Severus) ibn Al-Moqafaa