St. Basil the Great (329-379), Bishop of Caesarea in the Roman province of Cappadocia, was influential in the development of monasticism...

Augustine was born in 354 in Tagaste, a provincial Roman city in North Africa. He was raised and educated in Carthage. His mother Monica...

Ambrose of Milan (339–397), also called St. Ambrose, was the first early church father to be born into a Roman Christian family. He is...

Cyprian was born around 200 AD in North Africa, of pagan parents. He was a prominent lawyer and teacher of rhetoric. Around 246 he became...

Beloved Brothers and Sisters, I would like to thank you abundantly for the love and care that you have shown me over this past year and...

Jesus already dwells in the depths of your soul. He is continually speaking to you, even when you are not attentive to Him, just as a...

Origen of Alexandria (185—254), also known as Origen Adamantius, was one of the earliest and most important Christian scholars. He is...

In every age, there have been men who were seekers of truth. In the second century, one such man was Titus Flavius Clemens, known better...

Irenaeus was in all probability born in Smyrna (today, Izmir in Turkey) in about 135-140. In his youth, he attended the school of Bishop...

Tertullian (150-225), classified as one of the early church fathers, was a great Christian apologist. He was born in the city of Carthage...

Justin Martyr (100 - 165), born in modern day Palestine, was an early Christian apologist and martyr. He claimed to have been raised a...

The Shepherd of Hermas is considered a very valuable book by many Christians, even some church fathers like Saint Irenaeus, considered it...

The Didache is probably the oldest patristic document. Its full title originally was, "The Lord's Instruction to the Gentiles Through the...

Last week I began talking about St. Polycarp. His martyrdom is a historical reality. He died for one reason: his unyielding faith in the...

Polycarp is a celebrated figure in the history of Christianity. A direct disciple of the apostle John, Polycarp lived between 70 and 155...

Ignatius of Antioch (50 - 110 AD) was the third bishop of Antioch, after Peter and Euodius, whom Ignatius succeeded around 68 AD....

During the apostolic period, the same apostles were at the forefront of the church, feeding it and making it grow especially through...

The term does not refer to transitory customs or practices which may change, according to the circumstances, such as styles of priestly...