Comments on: Which Church Father Are You?

By: Joseph Vanden Brink

Joseph Vanden Brink — Fri, 04 May 2007 01:18:57 +0000

I came out as St. Justin Martyr… I guess it makes sense, only I am known to be a little more liturgically staunch than him. Bravo to the creator of this site!

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Which Church Father are You? « Dree’s World — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:06:21 +0000

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By: Thumos

Thumos — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:03:28 +0000

Which Church Father Are You?…

Fathers of the Church has a great quiz, “Which Church Father Are You?”…

By: Gordon Lyn Watley

Gordon Lyn Watley — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:55:51 +0000

I found out . . . by taking the “Which Church Father Are You?” quiz . . . that I’m an Origen!

“You do nothing by half-measures. If you’re going to read the Bible, you want to read it in the original languages. If you’re going to teach, you’re going to reach as many souls as possible, through a proliferation of lectures and books. If you’re a guy and you’re going to fight for purity . . . well, you’d better hide the kitchen shears.”

That’s what it says, anyway, and it must be true, since it explains so well why I turned up in the vicinity of Gandhi and the Dalai Lama when I took the (also eerily accurate) Political Compass quiz a while back. My wife is not at all pleased about this.

By: Puzzled

Puzzled — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:01:25 +0000

Whoa. That is amazingly accurate! St. Melito of Sardis. It all describes me. Boggle.

By: Which Church Father are you? « areopagitica

Which Church Father are you? « areopagitica — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:42:36 +0000

[...] Church Father are you? Jump to Comments So thanks to the Internet, I now know the color of my parachute and the season of my wardrobe(fall), not to mention what Star Wars character I am (Princess Leia — damn) and which superhero I most resemble (Spiderman — cool), and that my American accent is from the Inland North. I guess the only thing worthwhile left to figure out is my place in the early Church, thanks to The Way of the Fathers. My dear friend David will absolutely love this, and of course I’ll hear no end of things once he takes it. [...]

By: Mike Aquilina

Mike Aquilina — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:35:03 +0000

Well, Jerome certainly questioned Helvidius’s masculinity. That work (Against Helvidius) and a lot of his correspondence can be seen as a metaphorical mallet.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:37:09 +0000

Which Father used a mallet and questioned men’s masculinity?

I would love for him to give Joel Olsteen a visit.

By: Mike Aquilina

Mike Aquilina — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:43:08 +0000

Kevin brings up many necessary cautions on Origen, but I think I come down on Binky’s side. Origen had his speculative flights, but he always urged his hearers to follow the Catholic Church and not Origen’s speculation. I think he was sincere when he said that, and he said it often. Also, his lifelong desire for martyrdom is well attested, and his heroic end brings tears to my eyes.

It is a pity that Origen gets more attention these days than the more consistently orthodox Fathers (the many Gregorys, e.g., and Ambrose); but we shouldn’t hold that against him. It would be like blaming Perpetua because she’s a darling of some very strange radical feminists.

All that said, my son and I howled with laughter at Kevin’s review of those borderland ancients.

By: Mike Jr.

Mike Jr. — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:56:29 +0000

“You are St. Jerome! – You’re a passionate Christian, fiercely devoted to Jesus Christ and his Church. You are willing to labor long hours in the Lord’s vineyard, and you have little patience with those who are less willing or able to work as you do. Your passions often carry you into temptation zones of wrath, lust, and pride.”

Finally. Only took me five tries!

:-D