Talk:Nicene Fathers

By "Church Fathers" is normally meant those bishops and other theologians of the early Church who are quoted as authorities on Christian teaching of the time. The term "Nicene Fathers", as used, for instance, in the caption of the icon of Constantine accompanied by them, means instead the bishops who took part in the First Council of Nicaea. By no means all of these bishops qualify for the title of "Church Father". Lima (talk) 04:25, 13 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers uses it to refer to Church Fathers around the period around the First Council of Nicea. See also this Britannica article which seems to use it the same way. Veverve (talk) 11:41, 15 May 2022 (UTC)