There is no man to whom the Church of Christ owes a more awful debt of reparation than to this incomparable saint, who […] rendered to her greater services than all her other teachers—from whom in fact those teachers for many centuries derived an immense part of their knowledge and their thoughts…” - Farrar
THE CHURCH FATHERS: Were They Advocates of Bible Truth?
The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient, prominent, and influential Christian theologians and writers who lived between the second and fifth centuries C.E. and established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity.