Historical Overview
Timeline of the Fathers
Spanning seven centuries from the Apostolic age to the early Medieval period. Showing 53 Church Fathers.
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Nicaea
Const.
Ephesus
Chalcedon
Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
Papias of Hierapolis
Polycarp of Smyrna
Pseudo-Barnabas
Hermas of Rome
Justin Martyr
Theophilus of Antioch
Irenaeus of Lyon
Clement of Alexandria
Tertullian
Hippolytus of Rome
Perpetua of Carthage
Origen of Alexandria
Cyprian of Carthage
Lactantius
Antony the Great
Eusebius of Caesarea
Pachomius the Great
Athanasius of Alexandria
Frumentius (Abba Selama)
Ephrem the Syrian
Hilary of Poitiers
Cyril of Jerusalem
Didymus the Blind
Gregory of Nazianzus
Basil the Great
Macrina the Younger
Diodore of Tarsus
Gregory of Nyssa
Ambrose of Milan
Peter of Sebaste
Jerome of Stridon
Shenoute of Atripe
John Chrysostom
Theodore of Mopsuestia
Augustine of Hippo
John Cassian
Cyril of Alexandria
Theodoret of Cyrrhus
Leo the Great
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
The Nine Saints (Tsadkan)
Boethius
Benedict of Nursia
Romanos the Melodist
Yared the Melodist
Gregory the Great
Isidore of Seville
John Climacus
Maximus the Confessor
Bede the Venerable
John of Damascus
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Apostolic Fathers
10
Ante-Nicene Fathers
17
Nicene Fathers
20
Post-Nicene Fathers