The Greek Fathers

April 30 2012

(Those who wrote in Greek. Can one speak of Koine for the last two?)

Irenaeus of Lyons (?-c 202)

Clement of Alexandria (c 150-c 215)

Origen of Alexandria (c 184-c 253)

Athanasius of Alexandria (c 297-373)

The Cappadocian Fathers: Basil of Caesarea (c 329-379), Gregory Nazianzus (c 329-389), Gregory of Nyssa (c 335-after 394), Peter of Sebaste (c 340-391)

John Chrysostom (c 347-407)

Cyril of Alexandria (c 378-444)

Maximus the Confessor (c 580-662)

John of Damascus (c 676-749)

One Response to “The Greek Fathers”

  1. giovannicaselli Says:

    I strongly recommend the works of a forgotten genius on this subject: De Lacy O’Leary (* 1872, † 1957) a British clergyman, Arabist and Semitist.


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