In The Early Church and the Fathers, students are immersed in the first centuries of Christianity, studying the historical events that shaped the beginning of the Catholic Church and reading the actual writings of the Church Fathers.

 

The teachings of the Catholic Faith rest upon the two pillars of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. The Church Fathers are the men who helped preserve the Sacred Tradition passed on from the Apostles. Reading the writings of these first Christians is like stepping into a time machine and traveling back to the first centuries of Christianity. What did these first Christians really believe? How did they live? What rituals and ceremonies did they have? Who were the authorities among them (if any)? The answers to these questions and many more appear clearly in the writings of the Church Fathers.