Timeline of the Fathers
Six ages, from the disciples of the apostles to the medieval Copts. All 193 of them, each in the age the book places him.
Names marked condemned are figures the Church condemned as heretical, studied here, not venerated.
- The Apostolic Age (6)
- Ante-Nicene (60)
- The Nicene Age (48)
- Post-Nicene (41)
- The Age of Councils (28)
- Medieval Coptic (10)
The Apostolic Age
The disciples of the apostles and the first witnesses after them.
Ante-Nicene
Apologists, catechists, and martyrs before the Council of Nicaea.
- 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
- St. Clement of Rome
- St. Justin the Martyr
- St. Polycarp
- Tatian the Syrian
- Tertullian
- The Sayings of Sextus
- Theophilus of Antioch
- Basilides condemned
- Carpocrates condemned
- Dionysius of Corinth
- Hegesippus
- Mani condemned
- Pinytus of Gnossus
- Serapion of Antioch
- St. Irenaeus
- Clement of Alexandria
- Heraclas
- Origen
- Pantaenus
- Pierius
- St. Alexander of Alexandria
- St. Athanasius the Apostolic
- St. Dionysius of Alexandria
- St. Peter the Seal of Martyrs
- Theognostus
- Aëtius of Antioch condemned
- Apollinaris of Laodicea condemned
- Eusebius of Emesa
- Lucian of Antioch condemned
- Paul of Samosata condemned
- Bardaisan condemned
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Jacob Aphraates
- St. Ephraem the Syrian
- St. Gregory Thaumaturgus of Neocaesarea
- Commodian
- Damasus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome
- Lactantius
- Reticius of Autun
- St. Cyprian of Carthage
- Victorinus of Pettau
- Ausonius of Aquitania
- Arius condemned
- St. Amoun
- St. Anthony
- St. Macarius the Alexandrian
- St. Pachomius
The Nicene Age
The defenders of the faith of Nicaea against Arianism.
- Didymus the Blind
- Serapion of Thmuis
- Synesius of Cyrene
- Acacius of Beroea
- Acacius of Caesarea
- Didachus of Photice
- Eunomius of Cyzicus condemned
- Eustathius of Antioch
- Eutherius of Tyana
- Euzoius of Caesarea
- Gelasius of Caesarea
- Macarius Magnes
- Marcellus of Ancyra
- Meletius of Antioch
- St. John Chrysostom
- Theodore of Mopsuestia condemned
- Theodoret of Cyrus condemned
- Asona
- Gregory the Monk
- Harmonius
- Isaac the Syrian
- Jacob of Nisibis
- Simon Bar-Saboë
- St. Philoxenus of Mabbug
- Stephen Bar Sudayle condemned
- Amphiloch -Ius of Iconium
- Asterius of Amasea
- Hegemonius
- St. Basil the Great
- St. Gregory of Nazianzus
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
- Titus of Bostra
- Arnobius of Sicca
- Eusebius of Vercelli
- Lucifer
- Rufinus of Aquileia
- St. Ambrose of Milan
- St. Augustine of Hippo
- St. Hilary of Poitiers
- St. Jerome
- John Cassian
- Juvencus
- Paulinus of Nola
- Prudentius
- Sulpicius Severus
- Palladius
- St. Macarius the Great
- St. Theodore
Post-Nicene
The golden age of the Fathers, East and West.
- St. Dioscorus
- St. Theophilus of Alexandria
- Antiochus of Ptolemais
- Diodore of Tarsus condemned
- Hesychius of Jerusalem
- Nemesius
- Nilus of Ancyra
- Polychronius of Apamea
- Prochlus of Constantinople
- Severian of Gabala
- St. Mark the Recluse
- Ahai of Madaen
- Barsauma of Nisibis condemned
- Ibas of Edessa condemned
- Marutha of Maiferqat
- Narsai condemned
- St. Balai
- St. Rabbula of Edessa
- St. Simeon the Stylite
- St. Epiphanius of Salamis
- Innocent I
- Claudius Claudianus
- Claudius Marius Victorius
- Cyprian of Gaul
- Dracontius
- Eucherius of Lyons
- Faustus of Riez
- Hilary of Arles
- Honoratus of Arles
- Liberatus Diaconus
- Prosper
- Salvian of Marseilles
- Sedulius
- Sidonius Apollinaris
- Vincent of Lerins
- Abbess St. Sarah
- Evagrius of Pontus
- Horsiesios
- St. Isidore of Pelusium
- St. Paphnutius
- St. Shenoute
The Age of Councils
Ephesus, Chalcedon, and the great Christological debates.
- St. Cyril of Alexandria
- St. Timothy Aelurus
- Basil of Seleucia
- Gennadius of Constantinople
- John of Ephesus
- Zacharias the Rhetor
- Aba condemned
- Acacius of Seleucia Catholicos: condemned
- Elisha bar Kosbayee of Nisibis
- Isaac of Antioch
- Polycarpus of Mabbug
- Sergius of Ris‘Ayna
- St. Jacob Baradaeus
- St. Jacob of Sarug
- St. Joannes Saba
- St. John of Tella
- St. Severus of Antioch
- St. Simeon Kokoyo the Potter
- St. Simeon of Beth-Arsham
- Bede
- Caesarius of Arles
- Gregory the Great
- Avitus
- Facundus of Hermiane
- Gennadius of Marseilles
- Marius Mercator
- Victor of Tununum/ Tunnuna
- Nestorius condemned
Medieval Coptic
The Copto-Arabic fathers and authors of the Middle Ages.