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January

2027
  1. 1Basil of CaesareaBook: On the Holy Spirit
  2. 2Gregory of NazianzusBook: Five Theological Orations
  3. 3Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  4. 4Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  5. 5Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  6. 6Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  7. 7Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  8. 8Quote: John Chrysostom
  9. 9Quote: Tertullian
  10. 10Gregory of NyssaBook: On the Incarnation
  11. 11Apostles
  12. 12Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  13. 13Hilary of PoitiersBook: Ecclesiastical History
  14. 14Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  15. 15Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  16. 16Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  17. 17Anthony the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  18. 18Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  19. 19Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  20. 20Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  21. 21Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  22. 22Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  23. 23Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  24. 24Quote: Jerome
  25. 25Gregory of NazianzusBook: Five Theological Orations
  26. 26Quote: John of Damascus
  27. 27Quote: Justin Martyr
  28. 28Ephrem the SyrianBook: Five Theological Orations
  29. 29Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  30. 30Quote: Pope Leo I
  31. 31Quote: Tertullian

February

2027
  1. 1Ante-NiceneBook: Against Marcion
  2. 2Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  3. 3Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  4. 4Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  5. 5Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  6. 6Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  7. 7Quote: John Chrysostom
  8. 8NiceneBook: Ecclesiastical History
  9. 9Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  10. 10Quote: Anthony the Great
  11. 11Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  12. 12Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  13. 13Edict of MilanBook: Ecclesiastical History
  14. 14Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15Post-NiceneBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  16. 16Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  17. 17Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  18. 18Pope Leo IBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  19. 19Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  20. 20Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  21. 21Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  22. 22Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  23. 23Polycarp of SmyrnaBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  24. 24Quote: John Chrysostom
  25. 25Quote: John of Damascus
  26. 26Quote: Justin Martyr
  27. 27Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  28. 28Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna

March

2027
  1. 1Apostles
  2. 2Quote: Tertullian
  3. 3Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  4. 4Novatian schism in RomeBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  5. 5Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  6. 6Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  7. 7Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  8. 8Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  9. 9Quote: John Chrysostom
  10. 10Quote: Tertullian
  11. 11Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  12. 12Pope Gregory I (the Great)Book: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  13. 13Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  14. 14Benedict of NursiaBook: The Rule of Saint Benedict
  15. 15ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  16. 16Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  17. 17Patrick of IrelandBook: On the Incarnation
  18. 18Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  19. 19Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  20. 20Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  21. 21Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  22. 22Ante-NiceneBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  23. 23Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  24. 24Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  25. 25Quote: Jerome
  26. 26Quote: John Chrysostom
  27. 27Quote: John of Damascus
  28. 28Quote: Justin Martyr
  29. 29NiceneBook: On the Holy Spirit
  30. 30Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  31. 31Quote: Pope Leo I

April

2027
  1. 1Quote: Tertullian
  2. 2Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  3. 3Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  4. 4Isidore of SevilleBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  5. 5Post-NiceneBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  6. 6Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  7. 7Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  8. 8Quote: John Chrysostom
  9. 9Quote: Tertullian
  10. 10Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  11. 11Quote: Anthony the Great
  12. 12Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  13. 13Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  14. 14Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  15. 15Donatist schism opens in AfricaBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  16. 16Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  17. 17Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  18. 18Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  19. 19Apostles
  20. 20Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  21. 21Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  22. 22Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  23. 23Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  24. 24Quote: Jerome
  25. 25Mark the EvangelistBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  26. 26Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  27. 27Quote: Justin Martyr
  28. 28Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  29. 29Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  30. 30James, son of Zebedee

May

2027
  1. 1Pelagius condemned at CarthageBook: Enchiridion
  2. 2Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  3. 3James the JustBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  4. 4Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  5. 5Second Council of ConstantinopleBook: On First Principles (De Principiis)
  6. 6Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  7. 7Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  8. 8John the Apostle
  9. 9Pachomius the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  10. 10Ante-NiceneBook: Against Heresies
  11. 11Quote: Anthony the Great
  12. 12Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  13. 13Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  14. 14Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  15. 15Pachomius the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  16. 16Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  17. 17NiceneBook: Five Theological Orations
  18. 18Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  19. 19Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  20. 20Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  21. 21Constantine the GreatBook: On the Incarnation
  22. 22Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  23. 23Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  24. 24Post-NiceneBook: Enchiridion
  25. 25Bede the VenerableBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  26. 26Quote: John of Damascus
  27. 27Bede the VenerableBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  28. 28Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  29. 29Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  30. 30Quote: Pope Leo I
  31. 31Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers

June

2027
  1. 1Justin MartyrBook: First and Second Apologies
  2. 2Three Chapters controversyBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  3. 3Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  4. 4Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  5. 5Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  6. 6Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  7. 7Apostles
  8. 8Quote: Tertullian
  9. 9Ephrem the SyrianBook: Five Theological Orations
  10. 10Quote: Anthony the Great
  11. 11Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  12. 12Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  13. 13Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  14. 14Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  15. 15JeromeBook: Ecclesiastical History
  16. 16Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  17. 17Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  18. 18Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  19. 19First Council of NicaeaBook: On the Incarnation
  20. 20Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  21. 21Eusebius of CaesareaBook: Ecclesiastical History
  22. 22Council of EphesusBook: On the Unity of Christ
  23. 23Quote: Jerome
  24. 24Quote: John Chrysostom
  25. 25Quote: John of Damascus
  26. 26Quote: Justin Martyr
  27. 27Cyril of AlexandriaBook: On the Unity of Christ
  28. 28Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  29. 29Peter
  30. 30Quote: Tertullian

July

2027
  1. 1Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  2. 2Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  3. 3Second Council of OrangeBook: Enchiridion
  4. 4Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  5. 5NiceneBook: On the Incarnation
  6. 6Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  7. 7Quote: John Chrysostom
  8. 8Quote: Tertullian
  9. 9First Council of ConstantinopleBook: On the Holy Spirit
  10. 10Quote: Anthony the Great
  11. 11Benedict of NursiaBook: The Rule of Saint Benedict
  12. 12Post-NiceneBook: City of God
  13. 13Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  14. 14Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  16. 16Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  17. 17Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  18. 18Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  19. 19Macrina the YoungerBook: Ecclesiastical History
  20. 20Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  21. 21Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  22. 22Mary Magdalene
  23. 23John CassianBook: On the Holy Spirit
  24. 24Quote: John Chrysostom
  25. 25James, son of Zebedee
  26. 26Apostles
  27. 27Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  28. 28Acacian Schism beginsBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  29. 29Quote: Pope Leo I
  30. 30Quote: Tertullian
  31. 31Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions

August

2027
  1. 1Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  2. 2Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  3. 3Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  4. 4Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  5. 5Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  6. 6Quote: John Chrysostom
  7. 7Quote: Tertullian
  8. 8Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  9. 9ApologistsBook: Against Heresies
  10. 10Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  11. 11Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  12. 12Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  13. 13Hippolytus of RomeBook: On First Principles (De Principiis)
  14. 14Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  15. 15Mary, mother of Jesus
  16. 16Ante-NiceneBook: Against Marcion
  17. 17Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  18. 18Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  19. 19Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  20. 20Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  21. 21Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  22. 22Quote: Jerome
  23. 23Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  24. 24Sack of Rome by AlaricBook: City of God
  25. 25Quote: Justin Martyr
  26. 26Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  27. 27Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  28. 28Augustine of HippoBook: Enchiridion
  29. 29Quote: Tertullian
  30. 30Post-NiceneBook: Confessions
  31. 31Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church

September

2027
  1. 1Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  2. 2Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  3. 3Pope Gregory I (the Great)Book: On Wealth and Poverty
  4. 4Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  5. 5Quote: John Chrysostom
  6. 6Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  7. 7Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  8. 8Quote: Anthony the Great
  9. 9Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  10. 10Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  11. 11Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  12. 12Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  13. 13John ChrysostomBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  14. 14Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  15. 15Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  16. 16Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  17. 17Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  18. 18Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  19. 19Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  20. 20Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  21. 21Matthew the Apostle
  22. 22Quote: John Chrysostom
  23. 23Quote: John of Damascus
  24. 24Second Council of NicaeaBook: Three Treatises on the Divine Images
  25. 25Synod of WhitbyBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  26. 26Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  27. 27ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  28. 28Quote: Tertullian
  29. 29Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  30. 30JeromeBook: On the Incarnation

October

2027
  1. 1Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  2. 2Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  3. 3Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  4. 4Ante-NiceneBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  5. 5Quote: John Chrysostom
  6. 6Quote: Tertullian
  7. 7Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  8. 8Council of ChalcedonBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  9. 9Pseudo-Dionysius the AreopagiteBook: City of God
  10. 10Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  11. 11NiceneBook: On the Holy Spirit
  12. 12Martin of ToursBook: On the Holy Spirit
  13. 13Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  14. 14Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  15. 15Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  16. 16Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  17. 17Ignatius of AntiochBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  18. 18Luke the EvangelistBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  19. 19Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  20. 20Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  21. 21Quote: Jerome
  22. 22Quote: John Chrysostom
  23. 23BoethiusBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  24. 24Quote: Justin Martyr
  25. 25Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  26. 26Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  27. 27Quote: Pope Leo I
  28. 28Quote: Tertullian
  29. 29Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  30. 30Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  31. 31Quote: Augustine of Hippo

November

2027
  1. 1Apostles
  2. 2Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  3. 3Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  4. 4Quote: John Chrysostom
  5. 5Quote: Tertullian
  6. 6Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  7. 7Third Council of ConstantinopleBook: Centuries on Charity
  8. 8Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  9. 9Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  10. 10Pope Leo IBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  11. 11Martin of ToursBook: On the Incarnation
  12. 12Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  13. 13John ChrysostomBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  14. 14Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  15. 15ApologistsBook: Against Heresies
  16. 16Matthew the Apostle
  17. 17Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  18. 18Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  19. 19Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  20. 20Quote: Jerome
  21. 21Quote: John Chrysostom
  22. 22Ante-NiceneBook: Against Heresies
  23. 23Clement of RomeBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  24. 24Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  25. 25Clement of RomeBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  26. 26Quote: Pope Leo I
  27. 27Quote: Tertullian
  28. 28Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  29. 29NiceneBook: Five Theological Orations
  30. 30Andrew

December

2027
  1. 1Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  2. 2Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  3. 3Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  4. 4Clement of AlexandriaBook: On First Principles (De Principiis)
  5. 5Quote: Tertullian
  6. 6Post-NiceneBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  7. 7Ambrose of MilanBook: Five Theological Orations
  8. 8Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  9. 9Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  10. 10Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  11. 11Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  12. 12Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  13. 13Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  14. 14Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  15. 15Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  16. 16Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  17. 17Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  18. 18Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  19. 19Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  20. 20Ignatius of AntiochBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  21. 21Quote: John Chrysostom
  22. 22Quote: John of Damascus
  23. 23Quote: Justin Martyr
  24. 24Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  25. 25Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  26. 26Quote: Pope Leo I
  27. 27John the Apostle
  28. 28Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  29. 29Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  30. 30Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  31. 31Quote: Benedict of Nursia

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