Holy Fathers
Definition
A central category treated in Lesson 1.2; the course presents the Fathers as authoritative teachers whose lives, writings, interdependency, and biographies should be known by students preparing for Church ministry.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Fathers Of The Church
Biblical References
- 1 Corinthians 4:14-15 — *I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. For though you may have 10,000 guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through *
- 1 Corinthians 4:17 — *For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. *
- Galatians 4:19 — *My children—I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you! *