Volume 62, Issue 246/247, Julio/Diciembre 2017
Spiritalis Homo: Cuestiones de Espiritualidad Cristiana en Agustín de Hipona
Vittorino Grossi
Pages 253-258
Introducción: San Agustín Padre de la Iglesia
The article presents the criteria according to which one person can be considered «Father of the Church» and who are the Fathers of the Church. It also presents the main characteristics of the Fathers of the Church and the reasons to consider St. Augustine a Father of the Church. Within this argument, his loyalty to the Church is stressed, and also his ability to transmit and to make an interpretation of the Gospel, according to the tradition of the Catholic Church.