Early Church Fathers
The Early Church was the Catholic Church. After reading the writings of the early fathers there is no other conclusion that one can come to. Teachings that are said to be later additions, and thus man made, are found in the writings of the fathers. As Cardinal Newman once said: “To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.” Cardinal Newman was a Protestant and a leader in the Oxford movement. His investigations into the early church are what led him to convert to Catholicism. He rejected the idea that Christ had abandoned the Church for 1500 years. And if Protestant claims are correct, that is exactly what it would have meant.
- About the Early Fathers
- ECF on Creation out of Nothing
- ECF on Scripture
- ECF on The Canon of Scripture
- ECF on The Catholic Bible
- ECF on Scripture Alone
- ECF on Private Interpretation
- ECF on Tradition
- ECF on The Divinity of Christ
- ECF on The Trinity
- ECF on The Church
- ECF on The Catholic Church
- ECF on The Primacy of Rome
- ECF on Peter’s Presence in Rome
- ECF on Apostolic Succession
- ECF on Clerical Celibacy
- ECF on Justification
- ECF on Free Will and Salvation
- ECF on Once Saved Not Always Saved
- ECF on Baptism
- ECF on Being Born Again
- ECF on Confirmation
- ECF on Holy Orders
- ECF on The Priesthood
- ECF on The Mass
- ECF on The Eucharist
- ECF on Confession
- ECF on Anointing of the Sick
- ECF on Purgatory
- ECF on Intercession of Saints
- ECF on Mary, Mother of the Church
- ECF on Mary Ever-Virgin
- ECF on The Immaculate Conception
- ECF on The Assumption
- ECF on The Mother of God
- ECF on Sacred Images
- ECF on Relics
- ECF on The Sign of the Cross
- ECF on Catholic Practices
- ECF on Contraception
- ECF on Divorce and Remarriage
- ECF on Abortion
- ECF on Women’s Ordination
- ECF on Salvation Outside the Church
- ECF on Angels and Demons
- ECF on Astrology / Divination
- ECF on Hell
- ECF on Homosexuality
- ECF on Sabbath or Sunday
- ECF on The Filioque Clause
- ECF on Military Service
- ECF on Questionable Entertainment