Curricula: Patrology
Patrology is the science of the lives and writings of the Fathers of the Church and of their contemporaries whose writings bear witness to the Faith of the Church
NOTE: This is not an article from the Catholic Encyclopedia. It is provided here for the benefit of those interested in pursuing additional studies in this area.
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I. General survey
II. Primitive Writings
- Apostles' Creed
- The Didache
- Epistle of Barnabas - so-called
- The Shepherd of Hermas
- St. Clement of Rome
- St. Ignatius of Antioch
- St. Polycarp of Smyrna
- St. Papias of Hierapolis
III. Second Century
A. Heresies
- Gnosticism
- Basilides
- Marcion
- Valentinus
- Bardesanes
- Apelles
- Encratites
- Elcesaites
- Ebionites
- Montanism
- Docetism
B. New Testament Apocrypha
- Apocrypha - Etymology, history
C. Apologetic Writings
- Apologetics - in general
- Quadratus
- Aristides of Athens
- St. Justin Martyr
- Tatian
- Melito of Sardes
- Athenagoras of Athens
- Theophilus of Antioch
- St. Hegesippus
- Minucius Felix
- The Epistle to Diognetus
- Rhodo
- St.Irenaeus
- Pantaenus
- Anti-Marcionite writers - see section V
IV. Third Century
A. Heresies
- Sabellianism and Dynamism - aka Monarchians
B. Syro-Palestinian Writers
- Julius Africanus
- Paul of Samosata - and Malchion of Antioch
- Lucian of Antioch
- St. Pamphilus of Caesarea
- Didascalia Apostolorum
C. Writers of Asia Minor
D. Western writers
E. Roman Writers
- Caius
- Hippolytus of Rome
- Novation - schismatic
- Papal Letters - in the Early Church, section I
- Commodianus
- St. Victorinus
- Acts of the Martyrs
V. Fourth and first half of Fifth Century
A. Heresies
- Novatianism
- Donatism
- Priscillianism
- Pelagianism
- Manichaeism
- Arianism
- Macedonianism - aka Pneumatomachi
- Apollinarianism
- Nestorianism
B. Greek writers
C. Representatives of Egyptian Monasticism
- Apophthegmata Patrum - sayings of the Fathers of the Desert
D. Anti-Manichean Writers
- Hegemonius - see section vi-Anti-Manichaean writers
- Alexander of Lycopolis
- St. Serapion
- Titus of Bostra
- St. Cyril of Jerusalem
- St. Basil the Great
- St. Gregory of Nazianzus
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
- Didymus the Blind
- Epiphanius of Salamis
- Diodorus of Tarsus
- Theodore (Bishop of Mopsuestia in Cilicia)
- St. John Chrysostom
- Apostolic Constitutions - so-called
- Synesius of Cyrene
- St. Cyril of Alexandria
- Theodoret]
- Macarius Magnes
- Hesychius of Jerusalem
- Socrates - historian of the early Church
- Sozomen, Salaminius Hermias
- St. Isidore of Pelusium
- Palladius
- St. Nilus
- Marcus Eremita
- Marcus Diadochus
E. Syriac Writers
F. Latin Writers
- Firmicus Maternus
- St. Hilary of Poitiers
- St. Ambrose
- Prudentius
- St. Paulinus of Nola
- Sulpicius Severus
- Rufinus Tyrannius
- St. Jerome
- St. Augustine
- St. Leo the Great
- Hosius of Cordova
- Lucifer of Cagliari
- Victorinus, Caius Marius
- St. Eusebius of Vercelli
- St. Zeno
- Juvencus
- Proba, Faltonia
- Pope St. Damasus
- St. Pacianus
- St. Optatus of Milevis
- St. Philastrius
- Marius Mercator
- Orosius, Paulus
- Prosper of Aquitaine
- Cassian, John
- St. Honoratus of Arles
- St. Eucherius of Lyons
- St. Vincent of Lerins
- Pope St. Siricius
- Pope Innocent I
- Pope St. Zosimus
- Pope St. Celestine I
VI. Second half of the Fifth Century to end of Patristic Age
A. Heresies
B. Greek Writers
- Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite
- Aeneas of Gaza
- Leontius Byzantinus
- St. John Damascene
- Basil of Seleucia
- Antipater of Bostra
- St. Gennadius
- Gelasius of Cyzicus
- Theodorus Lector
- Evagrius Scholasticus
- Chronicon Paschale
- Cosmas Indicopleustes
- Moschus, Johannes
- St. Sophronius
- St. Romanos
- Cosmas - called Hagiopolites or Cosmas of Jeruslaem
- Pisides, George
- St. Andrew of Crete
- Andrew of Caesarea
- John Scholasticus
- John the Faster
- St. John Climacus
- Antiochus of Palestine
- St. Anastasius of Antioch
- St. Eulogius of Alexandria
- St. Maximus of Constantinople
- St. Anastasius Sinaita
- St. Germanus of Constantinople
C. Armenian Writers
D. Latin Writers
- Faustus of Riez
- Claudianus Mamertus
- Salvianus
- Sidonius Apollinaris
- Paulinus of Pella
- Gennadius of Marseilles
- St. Avitus
- St. Caesarius of Arles
- St. Patrick
- Hydatius of Lemica
- Victor Vitensis
- Vigilius - Bishop of Tapsus
- St. Fulgentius
- Dracontius
- Pope St. Leo I
- Pope St. Gelasius I
- Ennodius of Pavia
- Dionysius Exiguus
- St. Benedict of Nursia
- Boethius
- Cassiodorus
- Three Chapters Controversy
- Facundus of Hermiane
- Pope Vigilius
- Pope Pelagius I
- Verecundus
- Liberatus of Carthage
- St. Gregory of Tours
- Fortunatus
- Pope St. Hormisdas
- Pope St. Gregory the Great
- St. Martin of Braga
- St. Isidore of Seville
VII. BIOGRAPHY
- St. Ildephonsus - Archbishop of Toledo; known for literary works, including some on a few of the Early Church Fathers
- Sigebert of Gembloux - cataloger of ecclesiastical writers and their works
- Lefevre D'etaples, Jacques - French philosopher, biblical and patristic scholar
- Billy, Jacques de - 16th cent. French patristic scholar, theologian, linguist, and Benedictine abbot,
- Pamelius - Belgian theologian and patristics scholar
- Antoniano, Giovanni - Dominican patrologist, Prior of Nimeguen
- Hervetus, Gentian - translated into Latin and French many works of the Greek Fathers
- Marguerin de la Bigne - a pioneer in the field of critical patristics
- Feuardent, Francois - Franciscan, theologian, preacher, and patristics scholar
- Fronton Du Duc - French Jesuit, theologian, Greek patristics scholar
- Gretser, Jacob - Jesuit; works include editions and translations of Greek ecclesiastical writers
- Rader, Matthew - historian, classics scholar, known for his work on Greek Fathers
- Sirmond, Jacques - professor of classical languages; renowned for his editions of Greek and Latin Christian writings
- Petau, Denis - distinguished theologian; prolific works on history, philosophy, polemics, patristics, and dogma
- Chantelou, Claude - Benedictine; patristics scholar and writer
- Allatius, Leo - Greek scholar, Scriptor in the Vatican library, translator of Greek Church writings
- Bollandists - association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acts Sanctorum
- Combefis, Francois - Dominican; patrologist
- Garnier, Jean - church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian
- D'Achery, Lucas - French Benedictine; medieval and patristics bibliographical authority
- Cotelier, Jean-Baptiste - patristic scholar and theologian
- Garet, Jean - Benedictine; wrote an edition of Cassiodorus
- Mabillon, Jean - formulated principles of documentary criticism; editor of "Acta Sanctorum O.S.B."
- Martianay, Jean - expert on St. Jerome; considered "most learned in Greek and Hebrew"
- Baluze, Etienne - French scholar and historian; noted collector and cataloger of ancient manuscripts
- Coustant, Pierre - Benedictine; literary historian; editor of St. Hilary, St. Augustine, and ancient papal writings
- Le Nourry, Denis-Nicolas - Ecclesiastical writer; specialist in the Lyons collection of the Fathers
- Montfaucon, Bernard de - Father of Greek palaeography; cataloged Greek manuscripts in the chief libraries of Europe
- Muratori, Luigi Antonio - Librarian in Modena, highly-regarded scholar; discovered the Muratorian Canon
- Ceillier, Remi - Patrologist and scholar
- Maran, Prudentius - theologian; patrologist; know for his critical editions of Greek and Latin Fathers
- Assemani - Illustrious Maronite family; researchers, manuscript collectors, and prolific studies of the Oriental Churches
- Mansi, Gian Domenico - Italian prelate and scholar; noted for ecclesiastical and councilor collections
- Vallarsi, Dominic - archaeological and Patristics scholar
- Gallandi, Andrea - patristic scholar noted for his collection on 380 ancient ecclesiastical writers
- Ballerini, Pietro - theologian, scholar of ancient Latin and Greek canons
- Schram, Dominic - Benedictine theologian, canonist, and council scholar
- Arevalo, Faustino - Jesuit; Spanish patristic scholar of the first rank
- Caillau, Armand-Benjamin - missionary, bibliographer, scholar noted for patristic digests and collections
- Mohler, Johann Adam - theologian, patristics scholar, lecturer
- Lumper, Gottfried - Benedictine patristic writer noted for critical editions in German of the Fathers
- Bollig, Johann - Prefect of the Vatican Library; Orientalist and Semitic languages scholar
- Fessler, Josef - Bishop and noted classicist
- Migne, Jacques-Paul - well-known for his meritorious work "Patrologia"
- Mai, Angelo - Roman cardinal; celebrated philologist, discovered many patristic manuscripts
- Alzog, Johann Baptist - theologian; church historian; noted for his writings on patrology
- Pitra, Jean-Baptiste-Francois - famous archaeologist, historian, and theologian
- Nirschl, Joseph - Theologian and writer known for his numerous works, mostly on patristics
- Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe - known for his editions of several ancient Vatican manuscripts
- Hurter, Hugo von - distinguished theologian known (in part) for his patristics work
