The Singing-Masters: Church Fathers from Greek East and latin West

Pope Benedict XVI stimulated the renewal of popular interest in the Church Fathers and their theological doctrine by several sets of addresses at general audiences - later published in English by Ignatius Press. This book aims to take further that enterprise by giving an in-depth account of the theological achievement of sixteen of the Fathers, eight from the Greek East, eight from the Latin West. The Church Fathers chosen here are those who have been especially authoritative for Catholic doctrine or particularly influential in Church life. In this way, this work provides a more personalised account of patristic thought than could be found in general histories of Christian doctrine. But, at the same time, it gives a more doctrinally focused offering than can be found in the lives of early saints or doctors or other ecclesiastical figures.

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