Babu wa Kanisa

Babu wa Kanisa ni jina la heshima ambalo kuanzia karne IV Kanisa Katoliki limewapatia Wakristo wa kale (hadi mwaka 750 hivi), wenye utakatifu, elimu na imani sahihi, ambao mafundisho yao yanawezesha kujua mapokeo ya Mitume. 

Orodha ya kwanza ya mababu wa Kanisa iliandikwa katika Hati ya Gelasio (karne VI); baadhi yao waliongezewa jina la Mwalimu wa Kanisa.

Muhimu zaidi upande wa Mashariki ni: Atanasi, Basili Mkuu, Gregori wa Nazienzi na Yohane Krisostomo. 

Upande wa Magharibi ni: Ambrosi, Agostino wa Hippo, Jeromu na Papa Gregori I.

Viungo vya nje
Maandishi ya Mababu wa Kanisa kwa Kiingereza
Maandishi ya Kigiriki
Maandishi ya Kilatini 
ChurchFathers.org - Madondoo ya Mababu yaliyopangwa kwa mada
Church Fathers' works in English toleo la Philip Schaff katika Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Church Fathers at the Patristics In English Project Site 
Early Church Fathers Additional Texts Sehemu ya maandishi ya Tertuliani.
Excerpts from Defensor Grammaticus 
Excerpts from the Church Fathers 
The Fathers, the Scholastics, and Ourselves by von Balthasar 
Faulkner University Patristics Project  A growing collection of English translations of patristic texts and high-resolution scans from the comprehensive Patrologia compiled by J. P. Migne.
Primer on the Church Fathers at Corunum
Early Church Fathers Writings 
Writings from the church fathers at www.goarch.com. 
The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation toleo la Ludwig Schopp katika Internet Archive

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