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Fr. Hardon Archives - The Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan - The Patristic Age
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The Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
The Patristic Age
The Fathers of the Church were those saintly writers of the early centuries whom the Church recognizes as her special defenders
of orthodoxy. And the Patristic Age is the period during which they lived.
It is generally held that the last of the Western Fathers (Latin) was St. Bede the Venerable (673-735), and the last of the
Eastern Fathers (Greek) was St. John Damascene (675-749).
Writers like St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Irenaeus are, of course, Fathers of the Church. Nevertheless, it seemed wiser,
for the purpose of this Lifetime Reading Plan, to distinguish some of the early Fathers who were outstanding witnesses
to the faith in time of persecution. The authors here included are only ten out of an estimated ninety writers who qualify
by their antiquity, orthodoxy, sanctity, and approval by the Church as belonging to the Patristic Age.
Why these ten? Mainly because their writings have been the most influential in shaping the minds and hearts of Christian
believers. Every one of these ten has so deeply inspired future generations that he would qualify as father in spirit not
only of Christian but of all human civilization.
7. Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (265-339), the "father of Church history," had a checkered career. Baptized as an adult, he entered the ranks
of the clergy and from his earliest days in the priesthood had an ardent desire for knowledge.
His greatest ambition was to enrich the library in Caes"
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