4 great Fathers

[kimber1]

ok, new dumb question here i was given a book by the religious ed teacher at my parish last week adn have to return it tonight and i'm almost done!! but i ran across this while reading about the Vatican.
it said soemthing like the "4 great Fathers of the Church holding up the ancient Throne of Peter."
okay so ummm who are the 4 great Fathers?

 

[nyj]

1. St. Ambrose
2. St. Augustine
3. St. Jerome
4. St. Gregory the Great

They are all Doctors of the Church.

 

[Bastoune]

AMAZING... I was just thinking about this last night, and I couldn't quite remember who all four were (or if I was remembering them right!) Amazing "coincidence"!!!

 

[kimber1]

LOL, this book i'm reading is just amzing at the amount of light it's shedding on me!! we seem to be having an in synch thing going on at time bastoune (or at least i think it's you that this has happened with before)

 

[Bastoune]

I'm not even sure WHY I was thinking about that chair and those statues holding it up (at St. Peter's Basilica) last night... I studied for a term in Rome and remember that very well. Maybe I was nostalgic for Rome and the wonderful time I spent there. I was there which "sealed" my calling to the priesthood (after the initial call in Munich, Germany!)

 

[kimber1]

well after i read what i did i am so jealous of any of y'all who have ever been to or actually live in the Vatican City.
awesome!! so you're going to be a priest??
and thanks nyj, i can always count on you to send me somewhere chock full of knowledge!!

 

[nyj]

well after i read what i did i am so jealous of any of y'all who have ever been to or actually live in the Vatican City.

I'm jealous too. I just pray that one day (hopefully soon!) I won't have to jealous anymore!

and thanks nyj, i can always count on you to send me somewhere chock full of knowledge!!

You're welcome Kimber. That site is one of my favorites.

 

[Bastoune]

awesome!! so you're going to be a priest??

Lord willing, I'll enter seminary this fall, at St. Joseph's in Yonkers, NY. If not, I may enter next fall, or there is the possibility I will study in Orleans, France... but in NY I have the support of many priests so I should probably stay here.