The name given to the great theolgians of the Christian Church who wrote in Latin; they include Tertullian (c160-c225), Cyprian (d.258), Ambrose, bishop of Milan (c338-397), Jerome (347-420), Augustine of Hippo (354-430), and Greogory the Great.
Of these, the last four have often been singled out as the 'Great Four.'
Further Reading & Resources
F. F. Bruce, "The History of New Testament Study," in New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods, ed. I. Howard Marshall, (Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, revised 1979), pp.21-59. (For the Latin Fathers, see esp., pp.27-28.) Pdf N 6-7 (Open on Phone)
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