The Church Fathers, especially as referred to here, are by definition an
exact group ending with and not later than St. John Damascene in the
East in the eighth century A.D. and in the West in the seventh century
A.D. St. Isadore of Seville and Pope St. Gregory the Great, Pope of Rome
(who said that any bishop who declared himself in charge of the whole
Church, instead of all bishops, including the Pope of Rome, having no
more than equal authority, with Rome among other Patriarchal sees and
none of them coercing others, was in fact, the precursor of the
Antichrist. Pope Saint Gregory the Great is the last with Saint Jerome
and Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine of Hippo of the Four Great Doctors
(Doctor means teacher of the whole undefiled Catholic doctrine handed
down from the Apostles) of the Church. Pope Saint Gregory the Great
(died 604 A.D.) with Saint Isadore of Seville (died 636 A.D. - who
destroyed the last of the Arian Heresy in the West) are the last two of
the Church Fathers in the West and Saint John Damascene (died December
4, 749 AD, at Mar Saba near Jerusalem) is the last of the Church Fathers
in the East.
NO DOCTRINE CAN BE ADMITTED TO OR PROFESSED BY THE FAITHFUL WITHOUT THE
FULL CONSENSUS OF THE CHURCH FATHERS - NOT EVEN IF A COUNCIL AND ANY
NUMBER OF POPES WERE TO PUT FORWARD SUCH A DOCTRINE.
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