Edited by John Willis S J The Fathers of the Church have been a vital source of wisdom and inspiration for countless saints popes peasants and converts throughout the history of the Church In this powerful one volume library Father Willis presents more than 250 selected doctrinal topics in an exhaustive selection of writings from the major sources of the Fathers He lets the Fathers speak for themselves on a wide variety of spiritual themes The Teachings of the Church Fathers is arranged thematically much like the Catechism of the Catholic Church to which this book is a useful supplement He has gathered key paragraphs from the Fathers collecting them under 250 topics and providing extensive cross references The result is a fat book that is easy to read The Catholic who wants to convince non Catholics of the antiquity of Church teachings and practices can find just the evidence he needs Karl Keating Author Catholicism and Fundamentalism What a privilege it w