Apostolic Fathers
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The Apostolic Fathers were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD and are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to hav
Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
Polycarp of Smyrna
Quadratus of Athens
Church Fathers
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The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foun
Apostolic Fathers
…The Apostolic Fathers were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD and are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to have been significantly influenced…
The Church Fathers, an 11th-century Kievan Rus' miniature from Svyatoslav's miscellany
The Three Holy Hierarchs of the Eastern Church: Basil of Caesarea (left), John Chrysostom (center) and Gregory of Nazianzus (right)
St. Athanasius, depicted with a gospel book, an iconographic symbol used mostly for priests and bishops as preachers of the gospel
The four Great Latin Fathers. From the left: Augustine of Hippo, Pope Gregory I, Jerome, and Ambrose.