Sight-Seeing: The ‘fathers of the church’ died around 1,500 years ago, but these ancient leaders still influence Christianity today
JAMES KANG HOON LEE, associate professor of the history of early Christianity at Southern Methodist University, writes – in an article first published on The Conversation – about the ongoing influence of the so-called “church fathers”…
Pope to soon declare 37th doctor of the church: St Irenaeus
AP A second-century saint known as a bridge between eastern and western Christianity took another step last week toward being declared a doctor of the church, one of the highest honours in the Catholic Church. The head of the Vatican’s saint-making office, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, told Pope Francis that the office’s members had agreed that […]