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[[Image:Church Fathers 1076.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Church Fathers, a miniature from Svyatoslav's Miscellany (1076 - anonymous author)]]{{Spirituality}}The '''Church Fathers''' or '''Fathers of the Church''' are influential [[theology|theologian]]s and writers in the Church, particularly those of the first five centuries of Christian history. The term specifically refers to writers and teachers of the Church, not [[saint]]s in general; usually it is not meant to include the [[New Testament]] authors.
==Who are the Fathers?==
Though the [[Roman Catholic Church]] regards the 8th century St. [[John of Damascus]] to be the last of the Church Fathers, the [[Orthodox Church]] does not consider the age of Church Fathers to be over at all and it includes later influential writers in the term.
==Further reading== ===Published works===
* Athanasius. ''On the Incarnation''. (ISBN 0913836400, ISBN 0899810659)
'''Catholic'''
*[http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/ Aquilina, Michael J.] ''The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers''. (ISBN 0879736895)
* Drobner, Hubertus R.; Schatzmann, Siegfried S. (translator). ''Fathers Of The Church: A Comprehensive Introduction''. (ISBN 1565633318)
* [[Wikipedia:Jacques Paul Migne|Migne, Jacques Paul]] ''Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca'' (or Patrologiae Graecae) ([http://rosetta.reltech.org/reltech/PG/ digital version])
* Quasten, Johannes. ''Patrology.'' (ISBN 0870611410)
* Ramsey, Boniface. ''Beginning to Read the Fathers''. (ISBN 0809126915) - topical
* Von Campenhausen, Hans. ''The Fathers of Church''. (ISBN 1565630955)
* [http://www.ivpress.com/accs/ Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture]
=== External links ===
*[http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/church_fathers.htm Chart of Church Fathers at ReligionFacts.com]
*[http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ Church Fathers at ccel.org]
*[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html Apostolic Fathers] at [http://www.iclnet.org Internet Christian Library]
*[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ Early Christian writings] at [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ earlychristianwritings.com]
*[http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/documents.html Early Church Documents] compiled by the [http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/ The Ecole Initiative]
*[http://bible.crosswalk.com/History/AD/EarlyChurchFathers/ Early Church Fathers] at [http://www.crosswalk.com/ crosswalk.com]
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