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January

2025
  1. 1Basil of CaesareaBook: On the Holy Spirit
  2. 2Gregory of NazianzusBook: Five Theological Orations
  3. 3Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  4. 4Quote: Jerome
  5. 5Quote: John Chrysostom
  6. 6Apostles
  7. 7Quote: Justin Martyr
  8. 8Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  9. 9Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  10. 10Gregory of NyssaBook: On the Holy Spirit
  11. 11Quote: Tertullian
  12. 12Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  13. 13Hilary of PoitiersBook: Five Theological Orations
  14. 14Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  16. 16Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  17. 17Anthony the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  18. 18Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  19. 19Quote: Tertullian
  20. 20ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  21. 21Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  22. 22Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  23. 23Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  24. 24Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  25. 25Gregory of NazianzusBook: Five Theological Orations
  26. 26Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  27. 27Ante-NiceneBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  28. 28Ephrem the SyrianBook: Ecclesiastical History
  29. 29Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  30. 30Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  31. 31Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)

February

2025
  1. 1Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  2. 2Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  3. 3NiceneBook: On the Holy Spirit
  4. 4Quote: John Chrysostom
  5. 5Quote: John of Damascus
  6. 6Quote: Justin Martyr
  7. 7Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  8. 8Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  9. 9Quote: Pope Leo I
  10. 10Post-NiceneBook: City of God
  11. 11Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  12. 12Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  13. 13Edict of MilanBook: Ecclesiastical History
  14. 14Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  16. 16Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  17. 17Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  18. 18Pope Leo IBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  19. 19Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  20. 20Quote: Anthony the Great
  21. 21Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  22. 22Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  23. 23Polycarp of SmyrnaBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  24. 24Apostles
  25. 25Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  26. 26Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  27. 27Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  28. 28Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus

March

2025
  1. 1Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  2. 2Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  3. 3Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  4. 4Novatian schism in RomeBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  5. 5Quote: Jerome
  6. 6Quote: John Chrysostom
  7. 7Quote: John of Damascus
  8. 8Quote: Justin Martyr
  9. 9Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  10. 10ApologistsBook: Against Heresies
  11. 11Quote: Pope Leo I
  12. 12Pope Gregory I (the Great)Book: Enchiridion
  13. 13Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  14. 14Benedict of NursiaBook: The Rule of Saint Benedict
  15. 15Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  16. 16Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  17. 17Patrick of IrelandBook: On the Holy Spirit
  18. 18Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  19. 19Quote: John Chrysostom
  20. 20Quote: Tertullian
  21. 21Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  22. 22Quote: Anthony the Great
  23. 23Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  24. 24NiceneBook: Five Theological Orations
  25. 25Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  26. 26Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  27. 27Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  28. 28Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  29. 29Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  30. 30Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  31. 31Post-NiceneBook: Confessions

April

2025
  1. 1Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  2. 2Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  3. 3Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  4. 4Isidore of SevilleBook: Enchiridion
  5. 5Quote: John Chrysostom
  6. 6Quote: John of Damascus
  7. 7Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  8. 8Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  9. 9Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  10. 10Quote: Pope Leo I
  11. 11Quote: Tertullian
  12. 12Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  13. 13Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  14. 14Apostles
  15. 15Donatist schism opens in AfricaBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  16. 16Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  17. 17Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  18. 18Quote: John Chrysostom
  19. 19Quote: Tertullian
  20. 20Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  21. 21Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  22. 22Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  23. 23Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  24. 24Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  25. 25Mark the EvangelistBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  26. 26Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  27. 27Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  28. 28ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  29. 29Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  30. 30James, son of Zebedee

May

2025
  1. 1Pelagius condemned at CarthageBook: Enchiridion
  2. 2Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  3. 3James the JustBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  4. 4Quote: Jerome
  5. 5Second Council of ConstantinopleBook: On First Principles (De Principiis)
  6. 6Quote: John of Damascus
  7. 7Quote: Justin Martyr
  8. 8John the Apostle
  9. 9Pachomius the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  10. 10Quote: Pope Leo I
  11. 11Quote: Tertullian
  12. 12NiceneBook: On the Incarnation
  13. 13Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  14. 14Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15Pachomius the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  16. 16Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  17. 17Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  18. 18Quote: John Chrysostom
  19. 19Post-NiceneBook: On the Unity of Christ
  20. 20Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  21. 21Constantine the GreatBook: On the Holy Spirit
  22. 22Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  23. 23Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  24. 24Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  25. 25Bede the VenerableBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  26. 26Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  27. 27Bede the VenerableBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  28. 28Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  29. 29Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  30. 30Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  31. 31Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)

June

2025
  1. 1Justin MartyrBook: First and Second Apologies
  2. 2Three Chapters controversyBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  3. 3Quote: Jerome
  4. 4Quote: John Chrysostom
  5. 5Quote: John of Damascus
  6. 6Quote: Justin Martyr
  7. 7Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  8. 8Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  9. 9Ephrem the SyrianBook: Ecclesiastical History
  10. 10Quote: Tertullian
  11. 11Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  12. 12Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  13. 13Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  14. 14Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15JeromeBook: Five Theological Orations
  16. 16ApologistsBook: Against Heresies
  17. 17Quote: John Chrysostom
  18. 18Quote: Tertullian
  19. 19First Council of NicaeaBook: On the Incarnation
  20. 20Quote: Anthony the Great
  21. 21Eusebius of CaesareaBook: Ecclesiastical History
  22. 22Council of EphesusBook: On the Unity of Christ
  23. 23Ante-NiceneBook: Against Marcion
  24. 24Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  25. 25Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  26. 26Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  27. 27Cyril of AlexandriaBook: On the Unity of Christ
  28. 28Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  29. 29Peter
  30. 30NiceneBook: Ecclesiastical History

July

2025
  1. 1Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  2. 2Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  3. 3Second Council of OrangeBook: Enchiridion
  4. 4Quote: John Chrysostom
  5. 5Quote: John of Damascus
  6. 6Quote: Justin Martyr
  7. 7Post-NiceneBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  8. 8Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  9. 9First Council of ConstantinopleBook: On the Holy Spirit
  10. 10Quote: Tertullian
  11. 11Benedict of NursiaBook: The Rule of Saint Benedict
  12. 12Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  13. 13Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  14. 14Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  15. 15Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  16. 16Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  17. 17Quote: John Chrysostom
  18. 18Quote: Tertullian
  19. 19Macrina the YoungerBook: Five Theological Orations
  20. 20Quote: Anthony the Great
  21. 21Apostles
  22. 22Mary Magdalene
  23. 23John CassianBook: On the Incarnation
  24. 24Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  25. 25James, son of Zebedee
  26. 26Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  27. 27Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  28. 28Acacian Schism beginsBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  29. 29Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  30. 30Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  31. 31Quote: Ignatius of Antioch

August

2025
  1. 1Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  2. 2Quote: Jerome
  3. 3Quote: John Chrysostom
  4. 4ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  5. 5Quote: Justin Martyr
  6. 6Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  7. 7Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  8. 8Quote: Pope Leo I
  9. 9Quote: Tertullian
  10. 10Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  11. 11Ante-NiceneBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  12. 12Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  13. 13Hippolytus of RomeBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  14. 14Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  15. 15Mary, mother of Jesus
  16. 16Quote: John Chrysostom
  17. 17Quote: Tertullian
  18. 18NiceneBook: On the Holy Spirit
  19. 19Quote: Anthony the Great
  20. 20Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  21. 21Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  22. 22Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  23. 23Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  24. 24Sack of Rome by AlaricBook: City of God
  25. 25Post-NiceneBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  26. 26Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  27. 27Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  28. 28Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  29. 29Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  30. 30Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  31. 31Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church

September

2025
  1. 1Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  2. 2Quote: John Chrysostom
  3. 3Pope Gregory I (the Great)Book: City of God
  4. 4Quote: Justin Martyr
  5. 5Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  6. 6Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  7. 7Quote: Pope Leo I
  8. 8Apostles
  9. 9Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  10. 10Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  11. 11Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  12. 12Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  13. 13John ChrysostomBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  14. 14Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  15. 15Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  16. 16Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  17. 17Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  18. 18Quote: Anthony the Great
  19. 19Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  20. 20Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  21. 21Matthew the Apostle
  22. 22ApologistsBook: Against Heresies
  23. 23Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  24. 24Second Council of NicaeaBook: Three Treatises on the Divine Images
  25. 25Synod of WhitbyBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  26. 26Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  27. 27Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  28. 28Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  29. 29Ante-NiceneBook: Against Heresies
  30. 30JeromeBook: On the Holy Spirit

October

2025
  1. 1Quote: Jerome
  2. 2Quote: John Chrysostom
  3. 3Quote: John of Damascus
  4. 4Quote: Justin Martyr
  5. 5Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  6. 6NiceneBook: Five Theological Orations
  7. 7Quote: Pope Leo I
  8. 8Council of ChalcedonBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  9. 9Pseudo-Dionysius the AreopagiteBook: On the Unity of Christ
  10. 10Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  11. 11Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  12. 12Martin of ToursBook: On the Incarnation
  13. 13Post-NiceneBook: Enchiridion
  14. 14Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  15. 15Quote: John Chrysostom
  16. 16Quote: Tertullian
  17. 17Ignatius of AntiochBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  18. 18Luke the EvangelistBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  19. 19Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  20. 20Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  21. 21Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  22. 22Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  23. 23BoethiusBook: Enchiridion
  24. 24Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  25. 25Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  26. 26Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  27. 27Apostles
  28. 28Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  29. 29Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  30. 30Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  31. 31Quote: Jerome

November

2025
  1. 1Quote: John Chrysostom
  2. 2Quote: John of Damascus
  3. 3Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  4. 4Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  5. 5Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  6. 6Quote: Pope Leo I
  7. 7Third Council of ConstantinopleBook: Centuries on Charity
  8. 8Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  9. 9Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  10. 10Pope Leo IBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  11. 11Martin of ToursBook: On the Holy Spirit
  12. 12Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  13. 13John ChrysostomBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  14. 14Quote: John Chrysostom
  15. 15Quote: Tertullian
  16. 16Matthew the Apostle
  17. 17Ante-NiceneBook: On First Principles (De Principiis)
  18. 18Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  19. 19Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  20. 20Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  21. 21Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  22. 22Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  23. 23Clement of RomeBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  24. 24NiceneBook: On the Incarnation
  25. 25Clement of RomeBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  26. 26Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  27. 27Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  28. 28Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  29. 29Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  30. 30Andrew

December

2025
  1. 1Post-NiceneBook: City of God
  2. 2Quote: John of Damascus
  3. 3Quote: Justin Martyr
  4. 4Clement of AlexandriaBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  5. 5Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  6. 6Quote: Pope Leo I
  7. 7Ambrose of MilanBook: Ecclesiastical History
  8. 8Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  9. 9Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  10. 10Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  11. 11Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  12. 12Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  13. 13Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  14. 14Quote: John Chrysostom
  15. 15Apostles
  16. 16Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  17. 17Quote: Anthony the Great
  18. 18Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  19. 19Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  20. 20Ignatius of AntiochBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  21. 21Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  22. 22Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  23. 23Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  24. 24Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  25. 25Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  26. 26Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  27. 27John the Apostle
  28. 28Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  29. 29ApologistsBook: Against Heresies
  30. 30Quote: Jerome
  31. 31Quote: John Chrysostom

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