Augustine was born in north Africa to a pagan Roman father and a Christian Berber mother. He spent his youth as a true pagan and in his Confessions, describes his time in a heretical sect in Rome...
Clement was a leading member of the church in Rome in the late first century, becoming the bishop of that large congregation in 88. In his letter to the Corinthinians, the earliest authentic...
Cyril became Bishop of Jerusalem in 350 and is known for his systematic catchesis which he used to instruct new converts to Christianity in the essentials of the faith as part of their preparation...
Irenaeus, born around 130 to a Christian family, was a disciple of Bishop Polycarp in Smyrna, who had himself been a disciple of the Apostle John. After a persecution decimated the church in Gaul,...
Hippolytus was a presbyter of the church at Rome at the beginning of the third century and one of the most important theologians and the most prolific religious writers of his generation. He wrote on...
Irenaeus, born around 130 to a Christian family, was a disciple of Bishop Polycarp in Smyrna, who had himself been a disciple of the Apostle John. After a persecution decimated the church in Gaul,...
Gregory Nazianzen was ordained in 372 as the bishop of a small town in Asia Minor. A strong supporter of the Nicene Creed, Gregory confronted the Arian heretics who were threatening to create...
Hippolytus was a presbyter of the church at Rome at the beginning of the third century and one of the most important theologians and the most prolific religious writers of his generation. He wrote on...
Leo the Great, a native of Tuscany, was elected bishop of Rome in 440 and is perhaps best known for meeting with Attila the Hun in 452 and persuading him to turn back from his invasion of Italy. The...
Peter Chrysologus was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death some twenty years later. He is known primarily for his very concise but theologically rich reflections on Scripture ("...
Gregory Nazianzen was ordained in 372 as the bishop of a small town in Asia Minor. A strong supporter of the Nicene Creed, Gregory confronted the Arian heretics who were threatening to create...
Hippolytus was a presbyter of the church in Rome at the beginning of the third century and one of the most important theologians of his generation. He wrote on a broad range of topics including Old...
Peter Chrysologus was Bishop of Ravenna in northern Italy from about 433 until his death some twenty years later. He is known primarily for his very concise but theologically rich reflections on...
Athanasius, an African of Coptic background, attended the First Council of Nicea as a secretary and in 328 was made the Bishop of Alexandria at the age of thirty. A brilliant theologian, the young...
Hippolytus was a presbyter of the church in Rome at the beginning of the third century and one of the most important theologians of his generation. He wrote on a broad range of topics including Old...
Augustine was born in north Africa to a pagan Roman father and a Christian Berber mother. He spent his youth as a true pagan and in his Confessions, describes his time in a heretical sect in Rome...
Fulgentius was the Bishop of Ruspe in north Africa at the beginning of the sixth century and was renowned for his powerful preaching, refuting the heretical teachings of Arians and Pelagians. He was...
Leo the Great, a native of Tuscany, was elected bishop of Rome in 440 and is perhaps best known for meeting Attila the Hun in 452 and persuading him to turn back from his invasion of Italy. His...