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POPES ON PATRISTICS
We live exciting times for studying patristics and patrology! The Holy Father
Pope Benedict XVI recently has delivered a series of catechetical addresses on
the Fathers of the Church. The first chart below lists each of the pope's
addresses according too the Father who provides the topic, the date on which the
address was delivered, and the sources cited in the address. Clicking the links
will take you to the Vatican web site page containing the address. These talks
have been published also in book form by at least two presses. Here are the
bibliographical references:
Pope Benedict XVI. The
Fathers. Huntington IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2008.
Pope Benedict XVI. The
Fathers. Vol. 2. Huntington IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2010.
Pope Benedict XVI. Church
Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine.
San Francisco: Ignatius, 2008.
Pope Benedict XVI. Church Fathers
and Teachers: From Saint Leo the Great to Peter Lombard.
San Francisco: Ignatius, 2010.
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Pope Benedict XVI's Audiences on the Fathers of the Church |
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Compiled by Daniel G. Van Slyke, S.T.L., Ph.D. |
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Date of Audience |
Cited Sources |
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| Clement of Rome |
3/7/2007 |
Irenaeus,
Adversus haereses; Letter to the Corinthians |
| Ignatius of
Antioch |
3/14/2007 |
Letters |
| Justin Martyr |
3/21/2007 |
Dialogue with
Tryphon, Apologiae |
| Irenaeus of
Lyons |
3/28/2007 |
Adversus haereses,
Demonstration of the Apostolic Teaching |
| Clement of
Alexandria |
4/18/2007 |
Protrepticus,
Paedagogus, Stromata |
| Origen: Life and
Work |
4/25/2007 |
Eusebius of
Caesarea, Church History;
Jerome, Epistle 33;
Hexapla, Commentaries, Homilies |
| Origen: Thought |
5/2/2007 |
Treatise on Prayer,
Letter to Gregory, Homilies on Song of Songs, Homily 9 on Leviticus |
| Tertullian |
5/30/2007 |
Apologeticus, On
the Resurrection of the Flesh, On the Prescription of Heretics |
| Cyprian |
6/6/2007 |
Pontius, Life and
Passion of St Cyprian; Ad Donatum, On the Unity of the Catholic Church,
Epistles, On the Lord's Prayer; Smaragdus,
Diadem of the monks |
| Eusebius of
Caesarea |
6/13/2007 |
Ecclesiastical
History; Jean Daniélou |
| Athanasius of
Alexandria |
6/20/2007 |
Gregory of
Nazianzus, Orationes; De incarnatione; Life of
Antony |
| Cyril of
Jerusalem |
6/27/2007 |
Protocatechesis,
Catecheses |
| Basil the Great
(part 1) |
7/4/2007 |
Sozomen; Gregory of
Nazianzus, Oratio 43; Rule, Letters
and several other works |
| Basil the Great
(part 2) |
8/1/2007 |
Gregory Nazianzus,
Orationes 43; Homilies, De baptismo; Moralia; Ad Adolescentes |
| Gregory of
Nazianzen (1) |
8/8/2007 |
Orationes |
| Gregory of
Nazianzen (2) |
8/22/2007 |
Carmina; Orationes;
De pauperum amore; Ep. 101; Theotokos |
| Gregory of Nyssa
(1) |
8/29/2007 |
Ep. 13; Ep. 6; In
Ecclesiasten; De professione Christiana; De virginitate; De hominis
opificio; Vita Macrinae; In Canticum; Oratio catechetica; De
beatitudinibus |
| Gregory of Nyssa
(2) |
9/5/2007 |
De beatitudinibus;
In Canticum; In Psalmos; De virginitate; Vita Moysis; De oratione
dominica; De perfectione Christiana; De pauperibus amandis; Vita
Macrinae |
| John Chrysostom
(1) |
9/19/2007 |
To Olympias;
Palladius, Dialogue on the Life of St John
Chrysostom; On the Priesthood;
Letter from Exile; Hom. 3, 9, 12, 20, 24, 32, and 81 |
| John Chrysostom
(2) |
9/26/2007 |
Letters from Exile;
Palladius, Dialogue on the Life of St John Chrysostom;
Hom. on Genesis; On Providence |
| Cyril of
Alexandria |
10/3/2007 |
Letter to
Nestorius; Against Julian; Against the Galileans |
| Hilary of
Poitiers |
10/10/2007 |
Commentary on
Matthew; De Trinitate; Book of Synods; Tractates on the Psalms |
| Eusebius of Vercelli |
10/17/2007 |
Ep. 2; Ambrose of Milan, Ep. extra
collectionem |
| Ambrose of Milan |
10/24/2007 |
Paulinus, Life of Ambrose; On the
Mysteries; Augustine, Confessions; De
virginitate |
| Maximus of Turin |
10/31/2007 |
Sermons 17, 26, 18,
41, 89, and 92 |
| Jerome (1) |
11/7/2007 |
Ep. 5, 14, 22, 53,
57, 106, 108, and 125; Contra Rufinum;
The Vulgate |
| Jerome (2) |
11/14/2007 |
Ep. 15, 16, 22, 30,
52, 58, 53, 107, 108, 125, 127, 130, and 133;
commentaries on Ephesians and Micah; Hom. de oboedientia |
| Aphraates "the
Sage" |
11/21/2007 |
Demonstrations 4,
7, 9, and 22 |
| Ephrem the
Syrian |
11/28/2007 |
Hymn De nativitate; Hymn 49; Hymn
De fide; Hymn On the Pearl |
| Chromatius of
Aquileia |
12/5/2007 |
Synod of Aquileia (381);
Jerome, Cronoca; Jerome, Ep. 7 and 8;
John Chrysostom, Ep. 95; Sermo 23;
Tractates 16 and 42 |
| Paulinus of Nola |
12/12/2007 |
Carm. 10, 20, 21,
and 27; Ep. 6, 13 and
24 |
| Augustine of
Hippo (1) |
1/9/2008 |
Confessions |
| Augustine of
Hippo (2) |
1/16/2008 |
Ep. 213, 228,
and 229; Possidius,
Life of Augustine; Serm. 81 |
| Augustine of
Hippo (3) |
1/30/2008 |
Contra Academicos;
Serm. 43; De vera religione; Confessions; De civitate Dei; In Iohannis
evangelium tractatus 21; Ennarationes in Psalmos 85; Ep. 1 |
| Augustine of
Hippo (4) |
2/20/2008 |
Possidius, Life of Augustine; Rectratations;
De civitate Dei; Ep. 169 |
| Augustine of
Hippo (5) |
2/27/2008 |
Confessions; Sermo.
339; De sermone Domini in monte; In I Ionnis |
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In addition to the recent catechetical lectures, popes have long been in the
habit of commenting on the lives and contributions of figures from the early
Christian period on the occasions of their feast days or anniversaries of major
events in their lives. A number of excellent documents from this perspective are
available online, and can be read by following the links below:
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More Papal Documents on the Fathers of the Church |
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Author |
Date of Document |
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Jerome |
Benedict XV |
9/15/1920 |
Encyclical Spiritus Paraclitus |
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Leo the Great |
John XXIII |
11/11/1961 |
Encyclical Commemorating the Fifteenth Centenary of
the Death of St Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Aeterna Dei sapientia
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Augustine |
John Paul II |
8/28/1986 |
Apostolic Letter on the Occasion
of the 16th Centenary of the Conversion of St Augustine,
Bishop and Doctor
Augustinum Hipponensem |
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Gregory the Great |
Pius X |
3/12/1904 |
Encyclical on Pope Gregory the
Great Iucunda sane |
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Gregory the Great |
John Paul II |
10/22/2003 |
Message to the President of the Pontifical Committee
for Historical Sciences for the 14th Centenary of the Death of Pope St
Gregory the Great |
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Ambrose |
John Paul II |
12/1/1996 |
Apostolic Letter on the Sixteenth Centenary of the
Death of St Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Operosam diem |
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Basil the Great |
John Paul II |
1/2/1980 |
Apostolic Letter on the Sixteenth Centenary of the
Death of St Basil Patres ecclesiae |
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