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Patristic Apologetics

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Early Christianity – Introduction
August 6, 2026 4 min
Early Christianity – Introduction

Introduction – The Didache – Saint Clement of Rome – Saint Ignatius of Antioch – Saint Polycarp of Smyrna – The Epistle...

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Early Christianity – Saint Clement of Rome
August 6, 2026 10 min
Early Christianity – Saint Clement of Rome

Introduction – The Didache – Saint Clement of Rome – Saint Ignatius of Antioch – Saint Polycarp of Smyrna – The Epistle...

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Early Christianity – Saint Ignatius of Antioch
August 6, 2026 27 min
Early Christianity – Saint Ignatius of Antioch

Introduction – The Didache – Saint Clement of Rome – Saint Ignatius of Antioch – Saint Polycarp of Smyrna – The Epistle...

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Did Saint Augustine interpret the Scriptures as Protestants do?
August 2, 2026 30 min
Did Saint Augustine interpret the Scriptures as Protestants do?

I recently had the opportunity to talk with a Protestant (Baptist) friend who told me that several Fathers of the Church, including...

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Saint Augustine and “Babylon”
August 2, 2026 23 min
Saint Augustine and “Babylon”

Recently I was talking with an evangelical pastor (Fernando García Sotomayorwho is rector of Seminario Teológico Rhema Internacional de Colombia) and the...

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Saint Cyprian, Did He Think Like a Protestant?
August 2, 2026 22 min
Saint Cyprian, Did He Think Like a Protestant?

I recently had the opportunity to talk with a Protestant (Baptist) friend who told me that Saint Cyprian, among other Fathers, held...

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Origen, Did He Interpret the Scriptures in a Protestant Manner?
August 2, 2026 19 min
Origen, Did He Interpret the Scriptures in a Protestant Manner?

I recently had the opportunity to talk with a Protestant (Baptist) friend who told me that several fathers of the Church, including...

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Tertullian, Did He Interpret the Scriptures as Protestants Do?
August 2, 2026 23 min
Tertullian, Did He Interpret the Scriptures as Protestants Do?

I recently had the opportunity to talk with a Protestant (Baptist) friend who told me that Tertullian (an ecclesiastical writer of the...

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St. Augustine and the Rock of Matthew 16:18
August 2, 2026 27 min
St. Augustine and the Rock of Matthew 16:18

A reader who is debating the issue of the primacy of Peter with an evangelical pastor has sent me a question regarding...

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St. Augustine and Conjugal Sexuality
August 1, 2026 40 min
St. Augustine and Conjugal Sexuality

(Augustinus 35 (1990), 279-297) No one has ever questioned the genius of St. Augustine’s thought. Some, however, maintain that he was not...

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A Brief List of the Church Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers
January 1, 2025 16 min
A Brief List of the Church Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers

Compendium of Catholic Apologetics A Brief List of the Church Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles...

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A Brief Introduction to the Church Fathers
January 1, 2025 19 min
A Brief Introduction to the Church Fathers

We call “ecclesiastical writers” all those writers on ecclesiastical subjects (doctrine, history, liturgy, discipline, etc.) who were active during the long period...

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