John Cassian, the righteous saint
He is the one whom the Lord God willed as a mediator to plant Eastern monasticism in the West. He was born in Scythia, at the mouth of the Danube River, […]
Chapter Seven: Saint Gregory Palamas and the Tradition of the Fathers
The Church is of course “apostolic,” but it is also patristic. It is essentially the “Church of the Fathers.” These two “characteristics” cannot be separated, and because it is “patristic,” it is truly “apostolic.” The witness of the Fathers is more than a historical feature, more than a voice from the past.