Every Church Father Explained (Part 1)

Who were the early Church Fathers? 19 Church Fathers explained, from Ignatius and Polycarp to Athanasius, John Chrysostom and Gregory Palamas.

When two churches read the same Bible and say opposite things, who do you ask? The first Christians asked the men who came right after the apostles. The Orthodox Church calls them the Fathers. In Part 1 we meet them one by one: Clement of Rome, Ignatius on his way to the lions, Polycarp in the stadium, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus against the Gnostics, Athanasius and the Council of Nicaea, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, Gregory of Nyssa, Ephrem the Syrian, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Maximus the Confessor, Isaac the Syrian, John of Damascus, and Gregory Palamas of Thessaloniki. One faith, carried across thirteen centuries, and why the Orthodox Church still reads the Bible with them.

⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Who do you ask?
01:11 The men who knew the apostles
04:10 Justin and Irenaeus
06:10 Nicaea and Athanasius
08:17 Basil, the two Gregorys and Ephrem
12:10 Chrysostom and Cyril
14:10 Ambrose, Jerome and Augustine
16:39 The Fathers never ended


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