30 events with tag "Church Fathers"
108
ID: 3803
St. Ignatius of Antioch martyred - writes seven letters on way to Rome, eaten by lions in Colosseum, defends episcopal authority
ID: 3803
155
ID: 3804
St. Polycarp martyred at 86 - 'Eighty-six years I have served Him', fire refuses to burn him, finally killed by sword
ID: 3804
165
ID: 3805
St. Justin Martyr beheaded - philosopher convert, first to harmonize faith and reason, wrote First and Second Apology
ID: 3805
180
ID: 3806
St. Irenaeus writes Against Heresies - student of Polycarp, defends apostolic succession against Gnosticism
ID: 3806
190
ID: 3807
Clement of Alexandria heads Catechetical School - synthesizes Greek philosophy with Christianity
ID: 3807
200
ID: 3808
Tertullian coins term 'Trinity' - creates Latin theological vocabulary, later joins Montanist heresy
ID: 3808
215
ID: 3809
Origen begins Hexapla - massive six-column Bible comparing Hebrew and Greek texts, 6000 pages
ID: 3809
220
ID: 3810
Origen castrates himself - literal interpretation of Matthew 19:12, later regrets excessive zeal
ID: 3810
248
ID: 3811
St. Cyprian becomes Bishop of Carthage - writes On the Unity of the Church, 'Outside the Church no salvation'
ID: 3811
250
ID: 3812
Origen tortured under Decius - survives but dies from injuries years later, prolific writer of 2000 works
ID: 3812
258
ID: 3813
St. Cyprian martyred - beheaded after caring for plague victims, reconciles with Pope before death
ID: 3813
356
ID: 3814
St. Athanasius writes Life of Anthony - biography spreads monastic ideal, Athanasius defender of Nicene faith
ID: 3814
365
ID: 3815
Athanasius returns from fifth exile - 'Athanasius contra mundum', spent 17 years in exile defending divinity of Christ
ID: 3815
370
ID: 3816
St. Basil the Great becomes Bishop of Caesarea - builds Basiliad (first hospital), fights Arianism
ID: 3816
373
ID: 3817
Death of St. Athanasius - champion of orthodoxy, preserved true faith against Arian emperors
ID: 3817
374
ID: 3818
St. Ambrose elected Bishop of Milan - unbaptized governor acclaimed by people, confronts emperors
ID: 3818
379
ID: 3819
St. Gregory Nazianzus in Constantinople - brilliant orations restore Nicene faith, called 'The Theologian'
ID: 3819
380
ID: 3820
St. Gregory of Nyssa writes mystical theology - Cappadocian Father, develops apophatic theology
ID: 3820
382
ID: 3821
St. Jerome begins Vulgate translation - Pope Damasus commissions Latin Bible, 30 years work
ID: 3821
386
ID: 3822
St. Augustine's conversion - 'Take and read' in Milan garden, reads Romans 13:13-14
ID: 3822
386
ID: 3824
St. John Chrysostom begins preaching - 'Golden Mouth' gives brilliant homilies in Antioch
ID: 3824
387
ID: 3823
St. Augustine baptized by St. Ambrose - with son Adeodatus and friend Alypius, Monica dies at Ostia
ID: 3823
390
ID: 3825
St. Ambrose bars Emperor Theodosius from church - forces emperor to do public penance for Thessalonica massacre
ID: 3825
395
ID: 3826
St. Augustine becomes Bishop of Hippo - reluctantly ordained, serves 35 years, writes against heresies
ID: 3826
397
ID: 3827
St. Augustine writes Confessions - first spiritual autobiography, 'Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee'
ID: 3827
398
ID: 3828
St. John Chrysostom becomes Patriarch of Constantinople - reforms clergy, criticizes empress, earns enemies
ID: 3828
404
ID: 3829
St. John Chrysostom exiled - Empress Eudoxia banishes him for criticizing luxury, dies in exile 407
ID: 3829
405
ID: 3830
St. Jerome completes Vulgate - standard Bible of Western Church for 1000 years
ID: 3830
413
ID: 3831
St. Augustine begins City of God - response to fall of Rome, Christian philosophy of history, takes 13 years
ID: 3831
430
ID: 3832
St. Augustine dies during Vandal siege of Hippo - most influential Western theologian, wrote 5 million words
ID: 3832