Ancient Authors and Fathers of the Church

Before the Christian Era

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors

Tertullian of Carthage

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Power of the Creator and the Explanation of Future Immortality (197)
Apologeticum, XLVIII, 1-12
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The True God and the False Gods, in the Light of the Cosmological Problem (197)
Apologeticum, X-XII

Clement of Alexandria

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
Human Knowledge Necessary for the Understanding of the Scriptures (216)
Stromata, I, 9.
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
How Philosophers Spoke of God (216)
Stromata, V, 12
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Mystical Meanings in the Proportions of Numbers, Geometrical Ratios, and Music (216)
Stromata, VI, 11.

Origen of Alexandria

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
Christians Observe the Sky but do not Worship it (253)
Against Celsus, V, 10-13

Lactantius

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
On the Natural Knowledge of God (304-313)
Divine Institutes, II

Gregory of Nyssa

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Reasonableness of the Resurrection of the Body in relation to the Science of the Time (365)
On the Making of Man, 26-27.

Athanasius of Alexandria

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Harmony of the Universe: the Work of the Logos, Who Acts as a Musician (373)
Contra Gentes, III, 42-44
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Originality of Christian Doctrine on Creation (373)
On the Incarnation of the Word, I, 2-3

Basil the Great

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Irrationality of the Horoscope and of the Astral Influences (377-379)
Excerpts from Hexaemeron.
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
Creation and Laws of Nature in a Commentary on Genesis (377-379)
Excerpts from Hexaemeron.

Augustine of Hippo

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Beauty of the Universe and the Risk of Idolatry (390)
De vera religione, ch. 37
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
On Knowledge and Wisdom (399-420)
On the Trinity, Book XII, c. 14; Book XIII, c. 19
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
On the Difference between Platonists and Christianity concerning the Doctrine of the Logos (400)
Confessions, Book VII, c. 9
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
From Creatures to God: The Cosmological and Anthropological Paths (400)
Confessions, Book X, cc. 6-8 and 24-27
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
On the Prudence and Openness in Interpreting Sacred Scripture, when Biblical Passages deal with our Knowledge of Nature (401-405)
De Genesi ad Litteram, Book I, cc. 18 and 19.
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
On the Theology of Miracles (426)
The City of God, Book XXII, cc. 8,9
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
As Genesis says about the Earthly Paradise can be interpreted with Allegories (426)
The City of God, Book XIII, c. 21
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
God Alone is the Author of all Natures (426)
The City of God, Book XII, cc. 24 and 25
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
Time and Eternity: the Christian Conception of Time (426)
The City of God, Book XII, cc. 16 and 17
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
A Critique to Astrology from "De Civitate Dei" (426)
The City of God, Book V, cc. 1-7I
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
On the Book of Nature (430)
A Selection of Quotes from the Works of Augustine of Hippo

Leo The Great

Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Criticism of the Star-Worship and the Proper Role of the Creatures (461)
Sermons, XXVII, 1-5
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
The Design of God in the Incarnation (461)
Sermons, XXII, 1-2
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
On the Feast of the Epiphany (461)
Sermons, XXXIV, 1-3

Ancient Authors and Fathers of the Church

Aristotle of Stagira

Plato of Athens

Hippocrates of Cos

Tertullian of Carthage

Clement of Alexandria

Origen of Alexandria

Lactantius

Gregory of Nyssa

Athanasius of Alexandria

Basil the Great

Augustine of Hippo

Leo The Great