List of Church Fathers
Until John of Damascus

List of Church Fathers

Section Title: Until John of Damascus
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Church Father	Date of death	Notes

Adrian the monk of Antioch	wrote a manual on the Antiochene method of Scriptural exegesis

Alexander of Alexandria	326

Alexander of Lycopolis	4th century

Ambrose of Milan	397	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church; strongly opposed Arianism

Amphilochius of Iconium	403 or earlier

Ananias of Shirak	7th century	wrote a work on Christmas and one on Easter

Anastasius Sinaita	7th century

Andrew of Caesarea	6th century	commented on the Apocalypse

Andrew of Crete	8th century	author of the 250-strophe Great Canon

Anthony the Great	356

Aphraates	367	Mesopotamian bishop who authored 23 homilies

Apollinaris of Hirapolis	2nd century

Apollinaris of Laodicea	390

Apollonius of Ephesus	210

Archelaus	supposedly a bishop of Carchar who wrote against Manichaeism

Aristides the Athenian	134

Aristo of Pella	2nd century

Arnobius	330	author of Against the Heathen

Arsenius the Great	445

Apringius of Beja	6th century	commented on the Apocalypse

Asterius of Amasea	405	wrote sermons on morality including topics like divorce and covetousness, and the parables of Jesus Christ

Athanasius	373	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church

Athenagoras of Athens	190	wrote in defense of the resurrection of the dead

Atticus	420s

Augustine of Hippo	430	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church (Doctor Gratiae)

Aurelius Prudentius	early 5th century	commented on the Psalms

Ausonius	395

Avitus of Vienne	523	author of the five-book poem De spiritualis historiae gestis; converted King Sigismund; combated Arianism

Barnabas	061

Barsanuphius of Palestine	540

Basil the Great of Caesarea	379	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs; father of monachism

Bede	735	Doctor of the Church and author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People

Benedict of Nursia	547	best known for the Rule of St Benedict

Boethius	520s	author of Consolation of Philosophy

Braulio of Zaragoza	651	commented on the Psalms

Caesarius of Arles	542	commented on the Apocalypse

Caius	3rd century

Cassiodorus	585

Chromatius	407	wrote sermons on the Gospel of Matthew

Clement of Alexandria	210s

Clement of Rome	099

Coelius Sedulius	5th century

Columba of Iona	597

Commodianus	3rd century

Cyprian of Carthage	258

Cyril of Alexandria	444	Doctor of the Church (Doctor Incarnationis) combated the Nestorian heresy

Cyril of Jerusalem	386	Doctor of the Church who wrote thorough instructions to catechumens and baptized Christians

Pope Damasus I	384

Didymus the Blind	398	teacher of Jerome and Rufinus; follower of Origen; opponent of Arianism and the Macedonian heresy; works condemned at the Fifth Ecumenical Council and the Sixth Ecumenical Council

Diodore of Tarsus	390

Dionysius of Corinth	2nd century

Pope Dionysius of Rome	268	combated Sabellianism

Dionysius the Areopagite	1st century	Writings attributed to him are thought to have been faked by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.

Pope Dionysius the Great of Alexandria	265

Ephrem the Syrian	373	Doctor of the Church

Epiphanius of Salamis	403	friend of Jerome who strongly opposed Origenism and wrote a history of heresies

Eucherius of Lyon	449

Eugippius	6th century

Eusebius of Caesarea	339

Eusebius of Emesa	360	commented on Genesis

Eusebius of Vercelli	371

Firmilian	269

Fulgentius of Ruspe	6th century

Gaius Marius Victorinus	4th century	combated Arianism

Gennadius of Massilia	496

Pope Gregory I the Great	604	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church and author of Dialogues

Gregory of Nazianzus	389	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church; one of three Orthodox saints honored with the title "The Theologian;" one of the Three Holy Hierarchs

Gregory of Nyssa	394

Gregory of Tours	594

Gregory Thaumaturgus	270

Hegesippus of Palestine	180	a Jewish convert who combated Gnosticism and Marcionism

Hermias	3rd century

Hesychius of Jerusalem	5th century

Hilary of Poitiers	367	Doctor of the Church

Hippolytus of Rome	235

Ignatius of Antioch	107

Irenaeus	end of 2nd or beginning of 3rd century

Isaac of Nineveh	700	ascetic author of many spiritual homilies who commented on the Psalms and contributed significantly to Syrian piety; was not Christologically Nestorian

Isidore of Pelusium	449	author of 2000 letters dealing primarily with allegorical exegesis

Isidore of Seville	636	Doctor of the Church

Jacob of Serugh	521	a.k.a. Mar Jacob

Jerome	420	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church

John Cassian	435

John Chrysostom	407	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs

John Climacus	606

John of Damascus	749	Doctor of the Church and author of An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith and ascetic and exegetical writings and hymns; Peter Lombard based his Four Books of Sentences on the works of John of Damascus and Thomas Aquinas based his Summa Theologica on Peter Lombard's Sentences

Julianus Pomerius	5th century	author of De Vita Contemplativa concerning Christian sanctity

Julius Firmicus Maternus	4th century

Justin Martyr	165

Juvencus	4th century

Lactantius	320

Pope Leo I the Great	461	Doctor of the Church

Leontius of Byzantium	543

Lucian of Antioch	312

Lucifer	370	combated Arianism and defended Athanasius at the Council of Milan in 354

Macarius of Alexandria	395

Macarius of Egypt	391

Malchion	3rd century?	played key role in the deposition of Paul of Samosata

Marcus Minucius Felix	250	author of Octavianus

Marius Mercator	451	made a compilation on Nestorianism and another on Pelagianism

Martin of Bruga	4th century	commented on the Psalms

Martin of Tours	397

Mathetes	2nd century?	author of an Epistle to Diognetus

Maximus of Turin	465

Maximus the Confessor	662

Meletius of Antioch	381

Melito of Sardis	180	author of an important sermon called On Pascha about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Methodius of Olympus	311	combated Origenism

Moses of Chorene	490	author of A History of Armenia

Nectarius of Constantinople	398

Nicetas of Remesiana	414	the patron saint of Romania commented on the Psalms

Nilus of Sinai	430

Nonnus	5th century

Novatian	258	commented on the Psalms

Oecumenius	6th century	author of the first extant Greek commentary on the Apocalypse

Optatus	4th century	combated Donatism

Origen of Alexandria	254	posthumously anathematized at Fifth Ecumenical Council (533)

Orosius	420

Pachomius	348	Father of Christian cenobitic monasticism

Pacian of Barcelona	391	combated Novatianism

Palladius of Helenopolis	5th century

Pamphilus of Caesarea	309

Pantamus	214	first to make the Catechetical school of Alexandria famous

Papias	155	disciple of John the Evangelist and Ariston

Patrick	5th century

Paulinus of Nola	431

Peter Chrysologus	450	Doctor of the Church

Pope Peter of Alexandria	311

Philip the priest	commented on the Book of Job

Philoxenus of Hierapolis	6th century	author of 13 ascetic discourses who combated Nestorianism, Manichaeism, and Marcionism

Poemen	450	commented on the Psalms

Polycarp	155

Proclus of Constantinople	440s

Prohaeresius	367

Prosper of Aquitaine	455

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite	6th century	author of The Divine Names, The Mystical Theology, The Celestial Hierarchy, The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, and the non-extant Theological Outlines; quoted extensively in the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas

Quadratus of Athens	129	wrote a non-extant apology to Emperor Hadrian

Rabbula	435	ascetic and energetic bishop of Edessa and ally of Cyril of Alexandria who opposed the heretical teachings of Nestorius

Romanos the Melodist	556

Sahdona	649	commented on the Psalms

Salvian	490s	Gallic author of On the government of God

Severian of Gabala	408	commented on Genesis and the First and Second Epistle to the Corinthians

Severus of Antioch	538

Sextus Julius Africanus	240

Sidonius Apollinaris	489

Socrates of Constantinople	5th century

Sophronius	638

Sozomen	450

Sulpicius Severus	425	disciple and biographer of Martin of Tours and author of an Ecclesiastical History

Synesius of Syrene	414

Tatian	185

Tertullian	222	died a Montanist

Theodore of Mopsuestia	428	commented on Acts of the Apostles and the First and Second Epistle to the Corinthians

Theodoret of Cyrus	457	continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea

Theodotus of Ancyra	4th century

Theophilus of Antioch	180s	first writer known to have used the term Trinity to describe the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

Theotimos	407

Tichonius	390	commented on the Apocalypse; his seven principles of interpretation from his Book of Rules inspired Augustine of Hippo

Tyrannius Rufinus	410	friend of Jerome and continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea who commented on the Psalms

Valerian of Cimiez	460	commented on the Psalms

Venantius Fortunatus	7th century	wrote a poem on Easter

Victor of Antioch	commented on the Gospel of Mark

Victorinus of Pettau	303	author of On the Creation of the World and a Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John

Vincent of Lérins	450

Zeno of Verona	371

Pope Zephyrinus	217	commented on the Psalms

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John of Damascus, a Doctor of the Church, died in 749.

final_sentence: John of Damascus, a Doctor of the Church, died in 749.