PATER MEANS
FATHER
What are the three basic sources for the Orthodox teaching
BIBLE, TRADITION, AND THE SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS
Who is an expample of Anti-Nicene father
Fathers who have founded monastic life ( Name at least 2)
St Anthony, St Shenouda the Archmandrite, St. Macarus
WHAT IS THE STUDY OF PATROLOGY
The study of the life of the fathers, their writings, their sayings and most importantly their thinking and explanations of the doctrines of the church.
COUNCEL OF NICIA WAS IN WHICH YEAR
325 AD
St Athanasius the Apostolic, St Basil the Great, St Cyril, St Gregory
WHICH CENTURIES ARE MOST OF THE FATHERS AND WHY
1-5TH CENTURY, DUE TO THE ECUMENICAL COUNSELS AND THE DIVISION IN THE CHURCH. THE FATHERS PRESERVED THE FAITH THRU THEIR TEACHINGS
HOW MANY BISHOPS AT THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS
200 BISHOPS
2 Fathers from Cappadocia
St Basil and St Gregory of Nyssa
Fathers known as confessors
St. Dioscorus and St Severus of Antioch.