Church Father	Date of death	Notes
Adrian the monk of Antioch		wrote a manual on the Antiochene method of Scriptural exegesis[1]
Alexander of Alexandria[2]	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[1][2]	403 or earlier
Ananias of Shirak[2][3]	7th century	wrote a work on Christmas and one on Easter
Anastasius Sinaita[1][2]	7th century
Andrew of Caesarea[1]	6th century	commented on the Apocalypse
Andrew of Crete[2]	8th century	author of the 250-strophe Great Canon
Anthony the Great[1]	356
Aphraates	367	Mesopotamian bishop who authored 23 homilies[1]
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[1][2]	134
Aristo of Pella[1]	2nd century
Arnobius[1]	330	author of Against the Heathen
Arsenius the Great	445
Apringius of Beja	6th century	commented on the Apocalypse[4]
Asterius of Amasea[2]	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[1]	190	wrote in defense of the resurrection of the dead[2]
Atticus[1]	420s
Augustine of Hippo	430	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church (Doctor Gratiae)
Aurelius Prudentius[1][2]	early 5th century	commented on the Psalms[5]
Ausonius	395
Avitus of Vienne[1]	523	author of the five-book poem De spiritualis historiae gestis; converted King Sigismund; combated Arianism
Barnabas[2]	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[1]	735	Doctor of the Church and author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Benedict of Nursia[1][2]	547	best known for the Rule of St Benedict
Boethius[2]	520s	author of Consolation of Philosophy
Braulio of Zaragoza	651	commented on the Psalms[5]
Caesarius of Arles[1]	542	commented on the Apocalypse
Caius	3rd century
Cassiodorus[1][2]	585
Chromatius[2]	407	wrote sermons on the Gospel of Matthew
Clement of Alexandria	210s
Clement of Rome	099
Coelius Sedulius[1]	5th century
Columba of Iona[1][2]	597
Commodianus	3rd century
Cyprian of Carthage[1]	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[1]
Pope Damasus I	384
Didymus the Blind[1]	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[1]	390
Dionysius of Corinth[1]	2nd century
Pope Dionysius of Rome[1]	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[1][2]	449
Eugippius[3]	6th century
Eusebius of Caesarea	339
Eusebius of Emesa	360	commented on Genesis[6]
Eusebius of Vercelli[1]	371
Firmilian[1]	269
Fulgentius of Ruspe	6th century
Gaius Marius Victorinus	4th century	combated Arianism[1]
Gennadius of Massilia[1]	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[2]	594
Gregory Thaumaturgus	270
Hegesippus of Palestine[1]	180	a Jewish convert who combated Gnosticism and Marcionism
Hermias[2]	3rd century
Hesychius of Jerusalem	5th century
Hilary of Poitiers	367	Doctor of the Church
Hippolytus of Rome[1][2]	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[5] and contributed significantly to Syrian piety; was not Christologically Nestorian[7]
Isidore of Pelusium	449	author of 2000 letters dealing primarily with allegorical exegesis[1]
Isidore of Seville[1][2]	636	Doctor of the Church
Jacob of Serugh[3][5][8]	521	a.k.a. Mar Jacob
Jerome	420	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church
John Cassian[1][8]	435
John Chrysostom	407	one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs
John Climacus[8]	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[1]	5th century	author of De Vita Contemplativa concerning Christian sanctity
Julius Firmicus Maternus	4th century
Justin Martyr	165
Juvencus[1]	4th century
Lactantius	320
Pope Leo I the Great	461	Doctor of the Church
Leontius of Byzantium[1]	543
Lucian of Antioch[1]	312
Lucifer[1]	370	combated Arianism and defended Athanasius at the Council of Milan in 354
Macarius of Alexandria[8]	395
Macarius of Egypt[8]	391
Malchion	3rd century?	played key role in the deposition of Paul of Samosata
Marcus Minucius Felix[1][8]	250	author of Octavianus
Marius Mercator	451	made a compilation on Nestorianism and another on Pelagianism[1]
Martin of Bruga	4th century	commented on the Psalms[5]
Martin of Tours[8]	397
Mathetes	2nd century?	author of an Epistle to Diognetus
Maximus of Turin[1]	465
Maximus the Confessor[1][8]	662
Meletius of Antioch[8]	381
Melito of Sardis	180	author of an important sermon called On Pascha about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Methodius of Olympus[1][8]	311	combated Origenism
Moses of Chorene	490	author of A History of Armenia
Nectarius of Constantinople[8]	398
Nicetas of Remesiana	414	the patron saint of Romania commented on the Psalms[5]
Nilus of Sinai	430
Nonnus	5th century
Novatian[1]	258	commented on the Psalms[5]
Oecumenius	6th century	author of the first extant Greek commentary on the Apocalypse[4]
Optatus	4th century	combated Donatism[1]
Origen of Alexandria	254	posthumously anathematized at Fifth Ecumenical Council (533)
Orosius[1]	420
Pachomius[1][8]	348	Father of Christian cenobitic monasticism
Pacian of Barcelona[8]	391	combated Novatianism
Palladius of Helenopolis[1][8]	5th century
Pamphilus of Caesarea	309
Pantamus	214	first to make the Catechetical school of Alexandria famous[1]
Papias[8]	155	disciple of John the Evangelist and Ariston[1]
Patrick[8]	5th century
Paulinus of Nola[8]	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[3]	6th century	author of 13 ascetic discourses who combated Nestorianism, Manichaeism, and Marcionism
Poemen	450	commented on the Psalms[5]
Polycarp	155
Proclus of Constantinople	440s
Prohaeresius[1]	367
Prosper of Aquitaine[1]	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[1]	129	wrote a non-extant apology to Emperor Hadrian
Rabbula[3][9]	435	ascetic and energetic bishop of Edessa and ally of Cyril of Alexandria who opposed the heretical teachings of Nestorius
Romanos the Melodist[9]	556
Sahdona	649	commented on the Psalms[5]
Salvian[1][9]	490s	Gallic author of On the government of God
Severian of Gabala	408	commented on Genesis[6] and the First and Second Epistle to the Corinthians
Severus of Antioch[3][9]	538
Sextus Julius Africanus[1][8]	240
Sidonius Apollinaris[1][9]	489
Socrates of Constantinople	5th century
Sophronius[9]	638
Sozomen	450
Sulpicius Severus[9]	425	disciple and biographer of Martin of Tours and author of an Ecclesiastical History[1]
Synesius of Syrene[1][9]	414
Tatian	185
Tertullian	222	died a Montanist
Theodore of Mopsuestia[1]	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[1]
Theodotus of Ancyra	4th century
Theophilus of Antioch[1]	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 [4]
Tyrannius Rufinus	410	friend of Jerome and continuator of Eusebius of Caesarea[1] who commented on the Psalms[5]
Valerian of Cimiez	460	commented on the Psalms[5]
Venantius Fortunatus	7th century	wrote a poem on Easter
Victor of Antioch		commented on the Gospel of Mark[1]
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

After John of Damascus

Notes and references (Wikipedia)

• Chapman, John (1909), Fathers of the Church I, New York: Robert Appleton Company, retrieved 2008-01-29
• Steenberg, M.C. (2008), The Patristics Master List, Page 1 (A-I), retrieved 2008-01-29
• Pearse, Roger (2007), Early Church Fathers: Additional Texts, retrieved 2008-01-29
• Weinrich, William C. (2005), Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: New Testament, VIII: Revelation
• Wesselschmidt, Quentin F. (2007), Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament, VIII: Psalms 51-150
• Sheridan, Mark (2002), Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament, II: Genesis 12-50
• Arendzen, J.P. (1910), Isaac of Nineveh VIII, New York: Robert Appleton Company, retrieved 2008-01-31
• Steenberg, M.C. (2008), The Patristics Master List, Page 2 (J-P), retrieved 2008-01-29
• Steenberg, M.C. (2008), The Patristics Master List, Page 3 (Q-Z), retrieved 2008-01-29
• Azkoul, Dr. Fr. Michael, Who Is A Church Father?, archived from the original on 2009-10-26, retrieved 2008-01-30

Here are some quotes of the early Fathers:

from www.ScriptureCatholic.com

"See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Christ Jesus does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles. Do ye also reverence the deacons, as those that carry out the appointment of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church." Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyrneans, 8:2 (c. A.D. 110).

"[A]ll the people wondered that there should be such a difference between the unbelievers and the elect, of whom this most admirable Polycarp was one, having in our own times been an apostolic and prophetic teacher, and bishop of the Catholic Church which is in Smyrna. For every word that went out of his mouth either has been or shall yet be accomplished." Martyrdom of Polycarp, 16:2 (A.D. 155).

“…to be in honour however with the Catholic Church for the ordering of ecclesiastical discipline...one to the Laodicenes, another to the Alexandrians, both forged in Paul's name to suit the heresy of Marcion, and several others, which cannot be received into the Catholic Church; for it is not fitting that gall be mixed with honey. The Epistle of Jude no doubt, and the couple bearing the name of John, are accepted by the Catholic Church...But of Arsinous, called also Valentinus, or of Militiades we receive nothing at all.” The fragment of Muratori (A.D. 177).

"[N]or does it consist in this, that he should again falsely imagine, as being above this [fancied being], a Pleroma at one time supposed to contain thirty, and at another time an innumerable tribe of Aeons, as these teachers who are destitute of truly divine wisdom maintain; while the Catholic Church possesses one and the same faith throughout the whole world, as we have already said." Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 1:10,3 (A.D. 180).

“For it is evident that those men lived not so long ago,--in the reign of Antoninus for the most part,--and that they at first were believers in the doctrine of the Catholic Church, in the church of Rome under the episcopate of the blessed Eleutherus, until on account of their ever restless curiosity, with which they even infected the brethren, they were more than once expelled.” Tertullian, On the Prescription Against Heretics, 22,30 (A.D. 200).

”Whence you ought to know that the bishop is in the Church, and the Church in the bishop; and if any one be not with the bishop, that he is not in the Church, and that those flatter themselves in vain who creep in, not having peace with God's priests, and think that they communicate secretly with some; while the Church, which is Catholic and one, is not cut nor divided, but is indeed connected and bound together by the cement of priests who cohere with one another.” Cyprian, To Florentius, Epistle 66/67 (A.D. 254).

“But for those who say, There was when He was not, and, Before being born He was not, and that He came into existence out of nothing, or who assert that the Son of God is of a different hypostasis or substance...these the Catholic and apostolic Church anathematizes.” Creed of Nicea (A.D. 325).

"Concerning those who call themselves Cathari, if they come over to the Catholic and Apostolic Church, the great and holy Synod decrees that they who are ordained shall continue as they are in the clergy. But it is before all things necessary that they should profess in writing that they will observe and follow the dogmas of the Catholic and Apostolic Church; in particular that they will communicate with persons who have been twice married, and with those who having lapsed in persecution have had a period [of penance] laid upon them, and a time [of restoration] fixed so that in all things they will follow the dogmas of the Catholic Church..." Council of Nicaea I (A.D. 325).

“Concerning this Holy Catholic Church Paul writes to Timothy, 'That thou mayest know haw thou oughtest to behave thyself in the House of God, which is the Church of the Living God, the pillar and ground of the truth'” Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures,18:25(A.D. 350).

"[T]he Article, In one Holy Catholic Church,' on which, though one might say many things, we will speak but briefly. It is called Catholic then because it extends over all the world, from one end of the earth to the other; and because it teaches universally and completely one and all the doctrines which ought to come to men's knowledge, concerning things both visible and invisible, heavenly and earthly… for this cause the Faith has securely delivered to thee now the Article, And in one Holy Catholic Church;' that thou mayest avoid their wretched meetings, and ever abide with the Holy Church Catholic in which thou wast regenerated. And if ever thou art sojourning in cities, inquire not simply where the Lord's House is (for the other sects of the profane also attempt to call their own dens houses of the Lord), nor merely where the Church is, but where is the Catholic Church. For this is the peculiar name of this Holy Church, the mother of us all, which is the spouse of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God.” Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, 18:23,26 (A.D. 350).

"I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the remission of sins, the resurrection of the flesh, and eternal life. Amen." Apostles Creed (A.D. 360).

"And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the life-giver, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son is together worshiped and together glorified, Who spoke through the prophets; in one holy Catholic, and apostolic Church." Constantinopolitan Creed (A.D. 381).

"Those who from heresy turn to orthodoxy, and to the portion of those who are being saved, we receive according to the following method and custom: Arians, and Macedonians, and Sabbatians, and Novatians, who call themselves Cathari or Aristori, and Quarto-decimans or Tetradites, and Apollinarians, we receive, upon their giving a written renunciation [of their errors] and anathematize every heresy which is not in accordance with the Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church of God." Council of Constantinople I, Canon 7 (A.D. 381).

“We must hold to the Christian religion and to communication in her Church, which is Catholic and which is called Catholic not only by her own members but even by all her enemies. For when heretics or the adherents of schisms talk about her, not among themselves but with strangers, willy-nilly they call her nothing else but Catholic. For they will not be understood unless they distinguish her by this name which the whole world employs in her regard.” Augustine, The True Religion, 7:12 (A.D. 390).

“Inasmuch, I repeat, as this is the case, I believe also in the Holy Church, [intending thereby] assuredly the Catholic. For both heretics and schismatics style their congregations churches. But heretics, in holding false opinions regarding God, do injury to the faith itself; while schismatics, on the other hand, in wicked separations break off from brotherly charity, although they may believe just what I believe. Wherefore neither do the heretics belong to the Church catholic, which loves God; nor do the schismatics form a part of the same.” Augustine, On Faith and Creed, 10:21 (A.D. 393).

"For in the Catholic Church, not to speak of the purest wisdom, to the knowledge of which a few spiritual, men attain in this life…--not to speak of this wisdom, which you do not believe to be in the Catholic Church, there are many other things which most justly keep me in her bosom. The consent of peoples and nations…so does her authority…the succession of priests…[a]nd so, lastly, does the name itself of Catholic, which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained; so that, though all heretics wish to be called Catholics, yet when a stranger asks where the Catholic Church meets, no heretic will venture to point to his own chapel or house. Such then in number and importance are the precious ties belonging to the Christian name which keep a believer in the Catholic Church…Now if the truth is so clearly proved as to leave no possibility of doubt, it must be set before all the things that keep me in the Catholic Church…For my part, I should not believe the gospel except as moved by the authority of the Catholic Church…for it was through the Catholics that I got my faith in it; and so, whatever you bring from the gospel will no longer have any weight with me. Wherefore, if no clear proof of the apostleship of Manichaeus is found in the gospel, I will believe the Catholics rather than you." Augustine, Against the Epistle of Manichaeus, 4:5,5:6 (A.D 397).

"You think that you make a very acute remark when you affirm the name Catholic to mean universal, not in respect to the communion as embracing the whole world, but in respect to the observance of all Divine precepts and of all the sacraments, as if we (even accepting the position that the Church is called Catholic because it honestly holds the whole truth, of which fragments here and there are found in some heresies) rested upon the testimony of this word's signification, and not upon the promises of God, and so many indisputable testimonies of the truth itself, our demonstration of the existence of the Church of God in all nations." Augustine, To Vincent the Rogatist, 93:7,23 (A.D. 403).

"Philip the presbyter and legate of the Apostolic See said: There is no doubt, and in fact it has been known in all ages, that the holy and most blessed Peter, prince and head of the Apostles, pillar of the faith, and foundation of the Catholic Church, received the keys of the kingdom from our Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour and Redeemer of the human race, and that to him was given the power of loosing and binding sins: who down even to to-day and forever both lives and judges in his successors." Council of Ephesus, Session III (A.D. 431).

"I have often then inquired earnestly and attentively of very many men eminent for sanctity and learning, how and by what sure and so to speak universal rule I may be able to distinguish the truth of Catholic faith from the falsehood of heretical depravity; and I have always, and in almost every instance, received an answer to this effect: That whether I or anyone else should wish to detect the frauds and avoid the snares of heretics as they arise, and to continue sound and complete in the Catholic faith, we must, the Lord helping, fortify our own belief in two ways; first, by the authority of the Divine Law, and then, by the Tradition of the Catholic Church…Therefore, it is very necessary, on account of so great intricacies of such various error, that the rule for the right understanding of the prophets and apostles should be framed in accordance with the standard of Ecclesiastical and Catholic interpretation" Vincent of Lerins, Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith, 2:4,5 (A.D. 434).

"Wherefore the most holy and blessed Leo, archbishop of the great and elder Rome, through us, and through this present most holy synod together with the thrice blessed and all-glorious Peter the Apostle, who is the rock and foundation of the Catholic Church, and the foundation of the orthodox faith, hath stripped him of the episcopate, and hath alienated from him all hieratic worthiness. Therefore let this most holy and great synod sentence the before mentioned Dioscorus to the canonical penalties." Council of Chalcedon, Session III (A.D. 451).

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