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Chronological List of Single Fathers
Clement of Rome (d. 99) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-20-21]
Ignatius of Antioch (d. c. 117) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-21-21]
Papias (c. 60-c. 130) & the Rule of Faith [1-18-10]
Papias (c. 60-c. 130) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-19-21]
Polycarp (69-155) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-21-21]
Justin Martyr (d. c. 165) vs. Sola Scriptura [8-1-03]
Irenaeus (d. c. 200) vs. Sola Scriptura [8-1-03]
Did I Take St. Irenaeus Out of Context (Rule of Faith)? [11-29-17]
Clement of Alexandria (d. c. 215) vs. Sola Scriptura [8-1-03]
Hippolytus (d. c. 236) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [8-1-03]
Origen [c. 185-c. 254] & the Rule of Faith (vs. “Turretinfan”) [12-2-21]
Cyprian (c. 210-258) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-23-21]
Dionysius (d. c. 264) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [8-1-03]
Hilary of Poitiers (d. 367) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [2-26-21]
St. Athanasius’ [c. 297-373] Rule of Faith (NOT Sola Scriptura) [6-16-03]
Basil the Great (d. 379) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [8-1-03]
Vs. James White #16: St. Basil Held to Sola Scriptura? [11-19-19]
Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [8-1-03]
Sola Scriptura, Cyril of Jerusalem, Logic, & Anti-Catholics [11-9-17]
Gregory Nazianzen (d. 389) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [2-25-21]
Gregory of Nyssa (d. c. 395) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [2-6-07]
St. Ambrose (c. 340-397) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-18-21]
St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [8-1-03]
Rufinus (d. 411) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-2-21]
St. Augustine (d. 430) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [8-1-03]
John Cassian (d. 435) vs. Sola Scriptura [3-3-21]
Cyril of Alexandria (d. 444) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-1-21]
Theodoret (d. c. 458) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [8-1-03]
Gregory the Great [c. 540-604] vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-1-21]
General or Multiple Church Fathers
Church Fathers and Sola Scriptura [originally July 2003; somewhat modified condensation: 4-5-17]
Debate: Church Fathers & Sola Scriptura (vs. Jason Engwer) [8-1-03]
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Dialogue with a Lutheran: Church Fathers & Sola Scriptura (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-13-11]
Dialogue with a Lutheran: Rule of Faith / Fathers / Ecclesiology (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-17-11]
Reply to a Lutheran on Tradition & the Patristic Rule of Faith [1-10-12; additions on 2-20-18]
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Summary: The views of dozens of Church fathers are surveyed, as regards the question of “Church Fathers vs. Sola Scriptura.” None of them believed in it, as it turns out.
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