Fathers of the Church

Excerpt from Homily 4 on Romans By St. John Chrysostom Romans I. 26, 27 " For this cause God gave them up unto vile affectio...

Ante-Nicene and Post-Nicene Church on Clerical Celibacy + "Let bishops, priests, an deacons, and in general all the clergy who are s...

+ "If anyone is able to preserve in chastity to the honor of the flesh of the Lord, let him do so in all humility." ─St. Ignati...

"But, O Virgin lady, immaculate Mother of God, my lady most glorious, most gracious, higher than heaven, much purer than the sun’s spl...

"FOR WHILE the hot restlessness of heretics stirs questions about many articles of the Catholic faith, the necessity of defending them ...

"THEREFORE, heresy is so called from the Greek word meaning 'choice', by which each chooses according to his own will what he p...

"WHOEVER has been separated from the Church is yoked with an adulteress, is separated from the promises made to the Church. Nor shall h...