1. ORIGEN (184-254)
Principal theologian of the early Greek Church. Interpreter of the
Scriptures. "CHRIST is the center of history." Origen is the
creator of spiritual theology. First methodical explanation of the Our
Father. The rise of Aristotelianism caused his star to recede.
2. ST. JEROME (345-420)
Fourth century Church Father, Scriptural scholar, Doctor of the Church.
Between 391-406 he published a new translation of all the books of the
Hebrew Bible. Pius XII found him an indispensable witness to the mind of the
Church in dealing with the Word of God.
3. AUGUSTINE (345-430)
Bishop, theologian and Doctor of the Church. Fundamental to his
philosophical and theological thought is the concept that humans can love
themselves through external desires or enter into themselves and find the
Light of Truth that created us.
4. THOMAS AQUINAS (1225-1274)
Italian Dominican theologian. Doctor of the Church-Patron of Catholic
Schools. The most important and influential scholastic theologian and
philosopher. Thomist Theology: An attempt to systematize revealed truths in
a human manner so as to make revelation better appreciated and understood.