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Church Fathers
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St Clement of Rome
d. c. 100
· Rome
Bishop of Rome, Apostolic Father, and martyr
St Clement of Rome was one of the earliest bishops of Rome and a Father of the apostolic age. The Church remembers him as a disciple of the apostles and as the traditional author of First Clement, a powerful call to peace, humility, and faithful order in the Church.
1 writing
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St Cyril of Alexandria
c. 376–444
· Alexandria and Ephesus
Pope of Alexandria and Christological theologian
St Cyril of Alexandria was a fifth-century patriarch and theologian whose defense of Christ’s unity shaped the Council of Ephesus. He taught that the eternal Word truly became man and upheld the Church’s confession of the Virgin Mary as Theotokos.
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