Mary and The Fathers of the Church...The Blessed Virgin Mary In Patristic Thought

Father Luigi Gambero, internationally-known expert on early Christianity, presents an intriguing and comprehensive survey of the development of Marian doctrine and devotion during the first eight Christian centuries. Focusing on the lives and works of over thirty of the most famous Church Fathers and early Christian writers, Father Gambero has produced a clear and readable summary of the richness of the patristic age's theological and devotional approach to the Mother of God.

This book contains extensive and numerous citations from the works of those men who developed the defining Christological and Mariological positions that, throughout the ages, have constituted the central and foundational doctrinal teaching of the Church. Each chapter concludes with an extended reading from the works of the patristic authors. A number of these texts have never before been published in English.

The thoughts of the Fathers and early Christian writers continues to fascinate readers today. Their theological acuity and spiritual depth led them faithfully into the mysteries of Sacred Scripture. Their vast experience and intense faith made them reliable and trustworthy witnesses to the faith of the people of God."