WOF 214: Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great (Part 3 of 3)

<p>In this third and final part of our series on the Church Fathers (listen to <a href= "https://wordonfireshow.com/episode210">Part 1</a> and <a href= "https://wordonfireshow.com/episode213">Part 2</a>), Bishop Barron examines four influential Fathers from the post-Nicene period:</p> <ul> <li><strong>John Chrysostom</strong> (349 – 407)</li> <li><strong>Jerome</strong> (347 – 420)</li> <li><strong>Augustine</strong> (354 – 430)</li> <li><strong>Gregory the Great </strong>(540 – 604)</li> </ul> <p>A listener asks whether to pray for people who are sick or simply accept pain and suffering as part of God’s plan.</p> <h2>Links + Book Recommendations</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Websites</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://churchfathers.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">ChurchFathers.org</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/">Church Father writings online</a> (New Advent)</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Church Father books mentioned</strong> <ul> <li><strong>Clement</strong> (35 – 99) <ul> <li><em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Clement-Didache-Early-Christian-Fathers/dp/0983082979/?tag=woonfi-20"> Letter to the Corinthians</a></em></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Ignatius </strong>(35 – 108) <ul> <li><em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Letters-PPS49-Popular-Patristics/dp/0881414646/?tag=woonfi-20"> Epistles of Ignatius</a></em></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Polycarp </strong>(69 – 155) <ul> <li><em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Ignatius-Antioch-Polycarp-Christian-Fathers/dp/0980006651/?tag=woonfi-20"> The Martyrdom of Polycarp</a></em></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Justin Martyr</strong> (100 – 165) <ul> <li><em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Dialogue-Exhortation-Discourse-Monarchy-Patristic/dp/0813215528/?tag=woonfi-20"> First and Second Apologies</a></em></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Irenaeus</strong> (130 – 202) <ul> <li><em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Scandal-Incarnation-Irenaeus-Against-Heresies/dp/0898703158/?tag=woonfi-20"> Adversus Haereses (Against the Heresies)</a></em></li> </