35 Facts About Church Father

Church Father is the second after Clement to mention Paul's epistles.

Church Father was martyred, alongside some of his students, and is considered a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.

Church Father's writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology, and he is recognized as a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

Church Father saw wisdom in Greek philosophy and sought to harmonize it with Christian doctrine.

Church Father relocated to Caesarea Maritima and died there after being tortured during a persecution.

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Church Father later became a controversial figure and some of his writings were condemned as heretical.

Church Father is remembered for his role in the conflict with Arianism and for his affirmation of the Trinity.

Chrysostom is known within Christianity chiefly as a preacher and theologian, particularly in the Eastern Orthodox Church Father; he is the patron saint of orators in the Roman Catholic Church Father.

Church Father was a central figure in the First Council of Ephesus in 431, which led to the deposition of Nestorius as Archbishop of Constantinople.

Church Father wrote numerous works expounding the Christian faith, and composed hymns which are still used both liturgically in Eastern Christian practice throughout the world as well as in western Lutheranism at Easter.

Church Father was born in Carthage, the son of a Roman centurion.

Church Father wrote three books in Greek and was the first great writer of Latin Christianity, thus sometimes known as the "Father of the Latin Church".

Church Father is said to have introduced the Latin term trinitas with regard to the Divine to the Christian vocabulary, and probably the formula "three Persons, one Substance" as the Latin "tres Personae, una Substantia", and the terms vetus testamentum and novum testamentum.

Church Father used the early church's symbol for fish—the Greek word for "fish" being ??T?S which is an acronym for ??s??? ???st??, Te?? ????, S?t?? —to explain the meaning of baptism since fish are born in water.

Church Father was born in North Africa, probably at the beginning of the 3rd century, perhaps at Carthage, where he received an excellent classical education.

Church Father emphasized the necessity of the unity of Christians with their bishops, and the authority of the Roman See, which he claimed was the source of "priestly unity"'.

Church Father is counted as one of the four original doctors of the Church.

Church Father offered a new perspective on the theory of atonement.

Church Father wrote in defense of the Roman See's authority, and inaugurated use of Latin in the Mass, instead of the Koine Greek that was still being used throughout the Church in the west in the liturgy.

Church Father is recognised by the Roman Catholic Church as a Doctor of the Church.

Church Father framed the concepts of original sin and just war as they are understood in the West.

Church Father was educated in North Africa and resisted his mother's pleas to become Christian.

Church Father later converted to Christianity, became a bishop, and opposed heresies, such as Pelagianism.

Church Father's many works—including The Confessions, which is often called the first Western autobiography—have been read continuously since his lifetime.

Church Father is known as Gregorius Dialogus in Eastern Orthodoxy because of the Dialogues he wrote.

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Church Father was the first of the popes from a monastic background.

Church Father was influential in the inner circle of Sisebut, Visigothic king of Hispania.

Church Father was born in Persia around 270, but all his known works, the Demonstrations, come from later on in his life.

Church Father was an ascetic and celibate, and was almost definitely a son of the covenant.

Church Father was a near contemporary to the slightly younger Ephrem the Syrian, but the latter lived within the sphere of the Roman Empire.

Church Father's works are hailed by Christians throughout the world, and many denominations venerate him as a saint.

Church Father has been declared a Doctor of the Church in the Catholic Church.

Church Father is especially beloved in the Syriac Orthodox Church and in the Church of the East.

Church Father has been called the most significant of all of the fathers of the Syriac-speaking church tradition.

Church Father is regarded as a saint in the Church of the East, the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church and among the Oriental Orthodox Churches, making him the last saint chronologically to be recognised by every apostolic Church.