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The aim of Patristic Study is to draw the attention of the reader to the vast store of wisdom to be found in the writings of the Fathers of the ancient church. Monuments of Christian thought in the first generations of the Church’s life, the writings of the Fathers are still of perennial interest and importance. As Henry Barclay Swete states, “The Fathers, in the stricter sense of the term, are...

studies found a home in England, and the writings of the best exponents of the mind of the English Church, such as Hooker and Pearson, Andrewes and Bull, are steeped in the thought and language of the Fathers. In the last century the Anglican appeal to Christian antiquity was revived by the Tractarian movement, and nothing better could be desired for those who inherit the traditions of the school of Keble and Pusey than that they should patiently verify their views of Catholic doctrine and discipline
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