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January

2030
  1. 1Basil of CaesareaBook: On the Holy Spirit
  2. 2Gregory of NazianzusBook: Five Theological Orations
  3. 3Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  4. 4Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  5. 5Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  6. 6Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  7. 7ApologistsBook: Against Heresies
  8. 8Quote: Jerome
  9. 9Quote: John Chrysostom
  10. 10Gregory of NyssaBook: On the Incarnation
  11. 11Quote: Justin Martyr
  12. 12Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  13. 13Hilary of PoitiersBook: Ecclesiastical History
  14. 14Ante-NiceneBook: Against Heresies
  15. 15Quote: Tertullian
  16. 16Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  17. 17Anthony the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  18. 18Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  19. 19Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  20. 20Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  21. 21Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  22. 22Quote: John Chrysostom
  23. 23Quote: Tertullian
  24. 24Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  25. 25Gregory of NazianzusBook: Five Theological Orations
  26. 26Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  27. 27Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  28. 28Ephrem the SyrianBook: Five Theological Orations
  29. 29Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  30. 30Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  31. 31Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church

February

2030
  1. 1Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  2. 2Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  3. 3Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  4. 4Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  5. 5Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  6. 6Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  7. 7Quote: Jerome
  8. 8Quote: John Chrysostom
  9. 9Quote: John of Damascus
  10. 10Quote: Justin Martyr
  11. 11Apostles
  12. 12Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  13. 13Edict of MilanBook: Ecclesiastical History
  14. 14Quote: Tertullian
  15. 15Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  16. 16Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  17. 17Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  18. 18Pope Leo IBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  19. 19Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  20. 20Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  21. 21Quote: John Chrysostom
  22. 22Quote: Tertullian
  23. 23Polycarp of SmyrnaBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  24. 24Quote: Anthony the Great
  25. 25ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  26. 26Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  27. 27Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  28. 28Quote: Benedict of Nursia

March

2030
  1. 1Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  2. 2Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  3. 3Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  4. 4Novatian schism in RomeBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  5. 5Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  6. 6Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  7. 7Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  8. 8Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  9. 9Quote: Jerome
  10. 10Quote: John Chrysostom
  11. 11NiceneBook: On the Incarnation
  12. 12Pope Gregory I (the Great)Book: Confessions
  13. 13Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  14. 14Benedict of NursiaBook: The Rule of Saint Benedict
  15. 15Quote: Pope Leo I
  16. 16Quote: Tertullian
  17. 17Patrick of IrelandBook: On the Incarnation
  18. 18Post-NiceneBook: On the Unity of Christ
  19. 19Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  20. 20Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  21. 21Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  22. 22Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  23. 23Quote: John Chrysostom
  24. 24Quote: Tertullian
  25. 25Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  26. 26Quote: Anthony the Great
  27. 27Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  28. 28Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  29. 29Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  30. 30Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  31. 31Quote: Clement of Alexandria

April

2030
  1. 1Apostles
  2. 2Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  3. 3Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  4. 4Isidore of SevilleBook: Confessions
  5. 5Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  6. 6Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  7. 7Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  8. 8Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  9. 9Quote: John Chrysostom
  10. 10Quote: John of Damascus
  11. 11Quote: Justin Martyr
  12. 12Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  13. 13Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  14. 14Quote: Pope Leo I
  15. 15Donatist schism opens in AfricaBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  16. 16Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  17. 17Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  18. 18Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  19. 19Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  20. 20Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  21. 21Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  22. 22Ante-NiceneBook: Against Marcion
  23. 23Quote: Tertullian
  24. 24Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  25. 25Mark the EvangelistBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  26. 26Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  27. 27Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  28. 28Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  29. 29NiceneBook: Ecclesiastical History
  30. 30James, son of Zebedee

May

2030
  1. 1Pelagius condemned at CarthageBook: Enchiridion
  2. 2Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  3. 3James the JustBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  4. 4Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  5. 5Second Council of ConstantinopleBook: On First Principles (De Principiis)
  6. 6Post-NiceneBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  7. 7Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  8. 8John the Apostle
  9. 9Pachomius the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  10. 10Quote: John of Damascus
  11. 11Quote: Justin Martyr
  12. 12Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  13. 13Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  14. 14Quote: Pope Leo I
  15. 15Pachomius the GreatBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  16. 16Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  17. 17Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  18. 18Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  19. 19Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  20. 20Apostles
  21. 21Constantine the GreatBook: On the Incarnation
  22. 22Quote: John Chrysostom
  23. 23Quote: Tertullian
  24. 24Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  25. 25Bede the VenerableBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  26. 26Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  27. 27Bede the VenerableBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  28. 28Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  29. 29Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  30. 30Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  31. 31Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church

June

2030
  1. 1Justin MartyrBook: First and Second Apologies
  2. 2Three Chapters controversyBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  3. 3ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  4. 4Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  5. 5Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  6. 6Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  7. 7Quote: Jerome
  8. 8Quote: John Chrysostom
  9. 9Ephrem the SyrianBook: Five Theological Orations
  10. 10Ante-NiceneBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  11. 11Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  12. 12Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  13. 13Quote: Pope Leo I
  14. 14Quote: Tertullian
  15. 15JeromeBook: Ecclesiastical History
  16. 16Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  17. 17NiceneBook: On the Holy Spirit
  18. 18Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  19. 19First Council of NicaeaBook: On the Incarnation
  20. 20Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  21. 21Eusebius of CaesareaBook: Ecclesiastical History
  22. 22Council of EphesusBook: On the Unity of Christ
  23. 23Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  24. 24Post-NiceneBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  25. 25Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  26. 26Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  27. 27Cyril of AlexandriaBook: On the Unity of Christ
  28. 28Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  29. 29Peter
  30. 30Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church

July

2030
  1. 1Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  2. 2Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  3. 3Second Council of OrangeBook: Enchiridion
  4. 4Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  5. 5Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  6. 6Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  7. 7Quote: Jerome
  8. 8Apostles
  9. 9First Council of ConstantinopleBook: On the Holy Spirit
  10. 10Quote: Justin Martyr
  11. 11Benedict of NursiaBook: The Rule of Saint Benedict
  12. 12Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  13. 13Quote: Pope Leo I
  14. 14Quote: Tertullian
  15. 15Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  16. 16Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  17. 17Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  18. 18Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  19. 19Macrina the YoungerBook: Ecclesiastical History
  20. 20Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  21. 21Quote: John Chrysostom
  22. 22Mary Magdalene
  23. 23John CassianBook: On the Holy Spirit
  24. 24Quote: Anthony the Great
  25. 25James, son of Zebedee
  26. 26Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  27. 27Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  28. 28Acacian Schism beginsBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  29. 29Ante-NiceneBook: Against Heresies
  30. 30Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  31. 31Quote: Ephrem the Syrian

August

2030
  1. 1Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  2. 2Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  3. 3Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  4. 4Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  5. 5NiceneBook: Five Theological Orations
  6. 6Quote: Jerome
  7. 7Quote: John Chrysostom
  8. 8Quote: John of Damascus
  9. 9Quote: Justin Martyr
  10. 10Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  11. 11Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  12. 12Post-NiceneBook: Enchiridion
  13. 13Hippolytus of RomeBook: On First Principles (De Principiis)
  14. 14Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  15. 15Mary, mother of Jesus
  16. 16Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  17. 17Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  18. 18Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  19. 19Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  20. 20Quote: John Chrysostom
  21. 21Quote: Tertullian
  22. 22Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  23. 23Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  24. 24Sack of Rome by AlaricBook: City of God
  25. 25Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  26. 26Apostles
  27. 27Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  28. 28Augustine of HippoBook: City of God
  29. 29Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  30. 30Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  31. 31Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church

September

2030
  1. 1Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  2. 2Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  3. 3Pope Gregory I (the Great)Book: On the Unity of Christ
  4. 4Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  5. 5Quote: Jerome
  6. 6Quote: John Chrysostom
  7. 7Quote: John of Damascus
  8. 8Quote: Justin Martyr
  9. 9ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  10. 10Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  11. 11Quote: Pope Leo I
  12. 12Quote: Tertullian
  13. 13John ChrysostomBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  14. 14Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  15. 15Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  16. 16Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  17. 17Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  18. 18Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  19. 19Quote: John Chrysostom
  20. 20Quote: Tertullian
  21. 21Matthew the Apostle
  22. 22Quote: Anthony the Great
  23. 23NiceneBook: On the Incarnation
  24. 24Second Council of NicaeaBook: Three Treatises on the Divine Images
  25. 25Synod of WhitbyBook: Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  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. 30JeromeBook: On the Incarnation

October

2030
  1. 1Quote: Gregory of Nyssa
  2. 2Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  3. 3Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  4. 4Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  5. 5Quote: Jerome
  6. 6Quote: John Chrysostom
  7. 7Desert FathersBook: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  8. 8Council of ChalcedonBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  9. 9Pseudo-Dionysius the AreopagiteBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  10. 10Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  11. 11Quote: Pope Leo I
  12. 12Martin of ToursBook: On the Holy Spirit
  13. 13Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  14. 14Apostles
  15. 15Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  16. 16Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  17. 17Ignatius of AntiochBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  18. 18Luke the EvangelistBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  19. 19Quote: John Chrysostom
  20. 20Quote: Tertullian
  21. 21Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  22. 22Quote: Anthony the Great
  23. 23BoethiusBook: Confessions
  24. 24Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  25. 25Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  26. 26Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  27. 27Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  28. 28ApologistsBook: Against Heresies
  29. 29Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  30. 30Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  31. 31Quote: Gregory of Nyssa

November

2030
  1. 1Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  2. 2Quote: Ignatius of Antioch
  3. 3Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  4. 4Ante-NiceneBook: Against Marcion
  5. 5Quote: John Chrysostom
  6. 6Quote: John of Damascus
  7. 7Third Council of ConstantinopleBook: Centuries on Charity
  8. 8Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  9. 9Quote: Polycarp of Smyrna
  10. 10Pope Leo IBook: Tome (Letter to Flavian)
  11. 11Martin of ToursBook: On the Incarnation
  12. 12Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  13. 13John ChrysostomBook: On Wealth and Poverty
  14. 14Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  16. 16Matthew the Apostle
  17. 17Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  18. 18Post-NiceneBook: Confessions
  19. 19Quote: Tertullian
  20. 20Quote: Ambrose of Milan
  21. 21Quote: Anthony the Great
  22. 22Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  23. 23Clement of RomeBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  24. 24Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  25. 25Clement of RomeBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  26. 26Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  27. 27Quote: Cyprian of CarthageBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  28. 28Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  29. 29Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  30. 30Andrew

December

2030
  1. 1Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  2. 2Apostles
  3. 3Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  4. 4Clement of AlexandriaBook: On First Principles (De Principiis)
  5. 5Quote: John Chrysostom
  6. 6Quote: John of Damascus
  7. 7Ambrose of MilanBook: Five Theological Orations
  8. 8Quote: Maximus the ConfessorBook: Centuries on Charity
  9. 9Apostolic FathersBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  10. 10Quote: Pope Leo I
  11. 11Quote: Tertullian
  12. 12Quote: Augustine of HippoBook: Confessions
  13. 13Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  14. 14Quote: Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  16. 16ApologistsBook: First and Second Apologies
  17. 17Quote: Irenaeus of LyonsBook: Against Heresies
  18. 18Quote: John Chrysostom
  19. 19Quote: Tertullian
  20. 20Ignatius of AntiochBook: The Apostolic Fathers
  21. 21Quote: Anthony the Great
  22. 22Quote: Athanasius of AlexandriaBook: On the Incarnation
  23. 23Ante-NiceneBook: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
  24. 24Quote: Basil of Caesarea
  25. 25Quote: Benedict of Nursia
  26. 26Quote: Clement of Alexandria
  27. 27John the Apostle
  28. 28Quote: Ephrem the Syrian
  29. 29Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus
  30. 30NiceneBook: On the Holy Spirit
  31. 31Quote: Pope Gregory I (the Great)

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