The Fathers of the Church

by Benedict XVI, Pope; Lienhard, Joseph T.

• ISBN13: 9780802864598
• ISBN10: 0802864597
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

At This Wednesday Audiences during 2007 and 2008 Pope Benedict XVI gave a series talks on the Fathers of the Church. He devoted himself not only to such famous and influential Fathers as Augustine and John Chrysostom but also to figures not venerated as saints; one subject, Tertullian, even died outside the Catholic communion. This volume contains thirty-six of these inspirational teachings.

Author Biography

Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, is the 265th and reigning Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. An outstanding theologian and teacher, he is also founding patron of the Ratzinger Foundation, a charitable organization that funds scholarships for poorer students around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. x
Saint Clements, Bishop of Rome	p. 1
Saint Ignatius of Antioch	p. 5
Saint Justin, Philosopher and Martyr	p. 10
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons	p. 14
Clement of Alexandria	p. 19
Origen of Alexandria (1)	p. 23
Origen of Alexandria (1)	p. 28
Tertullian	p. 32
Saint Cryprian	p. 36
Eusebuis of Caesarea	p. 41
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria	p. 45
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem	p. 50
Saint Basil (1)	p. 54
Saint Basil (2)	p. 58
Saint Gregory Nazianzus(1)	p. 62
Saint Gregory Nazianzus(2)	p. 66
Saint Gregory of Nyssa (1)	p. 70
Saint Gregory of Nyssa (2)	p. 74
Saint John Chrysostom (1)	p. 78
Saint John Chrysostom (2)	p. 83
Saint Cyril of Alexandria	p. 87
Saint Hilary of Poitiers	p. 91
Saint Eusebius of Vercelli	p. 95
Saint Ambrose of Milan	p. 99
Saint Maximus of Turin	p. 104
Saint Jerome (1)	p. 108
Saint Jerome (2)	p. 112
Aphraates, ôthe Sageö	p. 118
Saint Ephrem	p. 122
Saint Chromatius of Aquileia	p. 126
Saint Paulinus of Nola	p. 131
Saint Augustine of Hippo (1)	p. 136
Saint Augustine of Hippo (2)	p. 141
Saint Augustine of Hippo (3)	p. 145
Saint Augustine of Hippo (4)	p. 149
Saint Augustine of Hippo (5)	p. 154
Biographical Notes on the Fathers	p. 159
Works of the Fathers of the Church in English Translation	p. 173
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