Church father

The Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential theologianss and writers in the Christian church, particularly those of the first five centuries of Christian history. Those who wrote in Latin are called the Latin (Church) Fathers, and those who wrote in Greek the Greek (Church) Fathers.

Famous Latin Fathers include Saint Augustine of Hippo, the Montanist Tertullian, and St. Jerome, the translator of the Vulgate; famous Greek Fathers include the heterodox Origen, St. Irenaeus of Lyons, St. Clement of Alexandria, and St. John Chrysostom.

The Desert Fathers were monastics living in the Egyptian desert; although they did not write as much, their influence was also great. Among them are St. Anthony the Great and St. Pachomius.

A small number of other Fathers wrote in other languages: Saint Ephraem, for example, wrote in Syriac, but his works were widely translated into Latin and Greek.

External links

• Church Fathers at Newadvent.org
• Church Fathers at Ccel.org