LIVING OUR FAITH — Early Fathers of the Church

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The “Fathers of the Church” is a term applied to the great Christian writers of the centuries following the apostolic age. The fathers may not be well-known, but, thanks to them, the church survived in an age of persecution and established the basic beliefs of Christians.

A statue of St. Jerome, one of the Fathers of the Church, is encased in a wall at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. St. Jerome spent a good deal of his life in a cave in Bethlehem, translating the Old Testament from Hebrew into Latin. (CNS photo/Greta Haussmann, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)
A statue of St. Jerome, one of the Fathers of the Church, is encased in a wall at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. St. Jerome spent a good deal of his life in a cave in Bethlehem, translating the Old Testament from Hebrew into Latin. (CNS photo/Greta Haussmann, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)

One of the greatest ways to grow in the spiritual life and be imbued with the Catholic spirit is to read the writings of the early Church Fathers.

Modern-day Catholics may be familiar with St. Augustine’s writings like “Confessions” and “City of God,” but lesser known is the story of his catechesis and baptism by St. Ambrose.

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