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1 | Church Fathers? Part III | Mark 7:9 | DocTrinsograce | 243651 | ||
"III. Although some extend their age down to the tenth century, we do not think it ought to be carried down further than the sixth. For it is certain that purity of doctrine and worship became greatly corrupted after the six hundredth year (in which Antichrist raised his head) -- error and superstitions increasing by the just judgment of God. In the first century after the death of the apostles, the principal fathers were Ignatius and Polycarp, fragments of whose writings are extant. In the second, Justin Martyr and Irenaeus. In the third, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Cyprian, Arnobius, Lactantius. In the fourth, Athanasius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Hilary of Poitiers, Basil, Gregory Nazianzus, Ambrose, Jerome, Gregory of Nyssa, Epiphanius, John Chrysostom. In the fifth, Augustine, Cyril of Alexandria, Theodoret, Hilary of Aries, Prosper of Aquitania, Leo I. In the sixth, Fulgentius the African, Gelasius (Cyzicus), Gregory the Great and others." --Francis Turretin, from his "Institutes of Elenctic Theology" (1992-1997) |
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2 | Church Fathers? Part III | Mark 7:9 | EdB | 243654 | ||
I still think the real church fathers were the men and women that committed their lives to making disciples and passing the truth of Gospels on to following generations. Most of these people, names long forgotten, gave everything for Christ. Many suffered horrible deaths, starved, were murdered, mistreated, mocked and never made a name for themselves other than mockingly being call a Christian. There were many renowned men of the church as you mentioned but I doubt their contribution to the forwarding of the church was greater than any of those unnamed faithful servants. Matthew 6:4 (NKJV) 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly. Matthew 6:6 (NKJV) 6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. I think these verses convey the idea I am trying to make. |
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