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Title: Gentle Faith and Teaching Post by: Brigid on February 26, 2010, 03:17:01 PM I really like the gentle Saints like St. Francis DeSales, however I don't know which Early Church Father is also gentle in his teaching of the Faith. ???
Title: Re: Gentle Faith and Teaching Post by: CyrilSebastian on October 20, 2021, 07:24:36 PM When one is referring to Early Church Father, what is the exact time period of Early Church Fathers? Title: Re: Gentle Faith and Teaching Post by: eschator83 on October 29, 2021, 03:51:56 PM The Encyclopedia of Early Christianity by Garland Publishing is an outstanding book, even though protestant, with a good article on Fathers of the Church. Here's a quick paraphrase: The term Fathers... broadly designates the (most highly regarded and generally orthodox) writers of the first six centuries, usually ending in the West with Pope Gregory the Great d 604 and East with St John of Damascus d 749. The article refers to a sixth century Decretum Gelasianum which lists Fathers, and to a variety of old writings which both endorse and deny certain Fathers. A similar and roughly parallel development were lists of Doctors of the Church, which I think has grown by now to a combined total of about 33 people.
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