RT Article
T1 Canon Lists of Church Fathers in Early Christianity
JF Religion & theology
VO 31
IS 1/2
SP 57
OP 76
A1 Edwards, Robert 1988-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1895166314
AB This article examines how the names of “church fathers” were compiled into lists from the end of the fourth century to the middle of the sixth century. Although not as common as biblical canon lists, these lists of church fathers attempt to vest ecclesiastical authority in the figures listed. Surveying Greek and Latin Christian literature, it finds that there are two overarching strategies for listing church fathers: (1) linking individual fathers’ authority to their involvement in authoritative church councils; (2) compiling lists of names that are meant to be representative of the church’s antiquity and catholicity.
K1 church councils
K1 Authority
K1 canon lists
K1 Lists
K1 Patristics
K1 Church Fathers
DO 10.1163/15743012-bja10069