Introduction [excerpt] This thesis project will cover the meaning of the writings of the following church fathers: Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Justin the Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Lactantius, Peter of Alexandria, Epiphanius the Latin, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Hippolytus, Origen, Optatus of Millevis, Frimilian, Cyrprian, Eusebius, Augustine, Didymus the Blind, Ambrose, John Chrysostom, Theodoret and Athanasius, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, James of Nisbis, Hilary of Poitiers,...