Church Fathers

The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who instituting the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity. the historical period in which they worked became invited as the Patristic Era and spans approximately from the behind 1st to mid-8th centuries, flourishing in particular during the 4th and 5th centuries, when Christianity was in the process of establishing itself as the state church of the Roman Empire.

In traditional dogmatic theology, authors considered Church Fathers are treated as authoritative, and a somewhat restrictive definition is used. The academic field of ] Some, such(a) as Origen and Tertullian, presents major contributions to the coding of later Christian theology, butelements of their teaching were later condemned.

Great Fathers

In the – ][]. In the Catholic Church, they are collectively called the "Eight Doctors of the Church",

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, three of them Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus and John Chrysostom are honored as the "Three Holy Hierarchs".