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Let me guess: Did Methuselah survive?

Actually that cannot be true, since the canon of the New Testament (and to some extent the old) was set by the Church Fathers, would you agree?

You are correct about New Advent. It is a Roman Catholic site and I do not view it as completely authoritative. I also think that your definition, "Those who wrote significant treatises in the post-apostolic, early church to define doctrine are regarded as 'Fathers of the Church'", is...

I am speaking as an Eastern Orthodox Christian. The Eastern Orthodox Church, which is the remnant of the four ancient Sees which broke with Rome, accepts only Augustine in the group you put forward as a Church Father, and then only somewhat reluctantly. I am not familiar with the list of...

That would imply, then, that one could be considered a "church father" regardless of whether the doctrine they promulgated was true or false, would it not? Note that the OED definition would not preclude a heretic from being considered a 'church father'.

I think the translation is a little muddled. A better translation, suggested by the English translators of John Chrysostom's commentary on this passage, might be Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh...

Considering your first objection regarding Paul regarding himself as a "father" of sorts when the Lord admonished against such things, you cite Matthew 23:9 - And call no [man] father upon the earth; for one is your Father, which is in heaven. But in other Gospel accounts, the Lord emphasizes...

Ok, thank you. Yes, that is what is contained in those three numbered posts. I will give them some thought.

It seems that you are presuming that the Church Fathers did, in fact, err and miss the right and true, as you put it. If this were the case, then those who erred and missed could not, accordingly, be considered Church Fathers, since it is inconceivable that the Church, as the Body of Christ and...

Is the detail you are describing what you posted in those three blocks, or is it in some other part of the thread?

The Church Fathers, as @Quid est Veritas? cited, confessed that there exists a single Theos ("God") in three divine hypostases ("persons"), sharing one ousia ("essence"). @Achilles6129, introducing terms other than those used by the Church Fathers, is positing that there exist three Theoi, each...

I am a little lost in this thread, but I think it is perhaps interesting to point out that of the four "Church Fathers" identified, only one of the four - Augustine - was actually considered a Father in the 1st millennium Church, and Augustine's teachings were never completely embraced in the...

How does one determine who should or should not be considered a Church Father?

The doctrine of the Trinity was clearly stated at the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea in 325, which was a council involving all five of the ancient Sees - Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome, Alexandria, Constantinople. It is not a belief that came from the Roman church alone. Furthermore, it was not a...

Dear Brother “Righttruth”: I actually printed all three of these replies out to study what you are saying (although for some reason they show as #679, #725, and #740 on my screen). There is certainly a lot of well-thought out content. Focusing, however, on specific words of Paul’s that don’t...

We do not need to think about our "former low life", but we need to pay attention to our life each moment to ensure we are oriented toward God. That, at least, is the Orthodox Christian understanding of what it means to be a Christian. Continual effort - askesis - is required on our part. One...

Would you agree that an attribute of the Church is that it cannot hold doctrine that is untrue?

The Creed itself was drafted by the Church that existed at the time of the Second Ecumenical Council (381 AD). At that time the Church was not "denominated" as it is today, but existed as "One" Church. The Council was attended by 150 Church Fathers, including the then Archbishop of...

Apparently Arius used John 2:4 as a proof text against Christ's divinity, claiming that if He really were God then he wouldn't be subject to do certain things at specific times. I believe that certain Church Fathers have a different view of this text. Theophylact (perhaps following John...