Historical Theology · Patristic Database

The Christian
Belief Map

What the first five centuries believed — and who still believes it today.

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Belief Records
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Christology 8 Ecclesiology 81 Eschatology 22 Mariology 14 Petrine Ministry 32 Pneumatology 6 Prayer & Devotion 5 Scripture & Tradition 33 Soteriology 7 The Eucharist 30 The Priesthood 11 The Sacraments 31

PRAYER & DEVOTION

5 records
What the early Church fathers taught on this doctrine
Affirmed (5)
Which modern traditions agree with the early Church on this doctrine?
Dark bar = identical/convergent · Light = partial agreement
Catholic
100% 5/5
Orthodox
100% 5/5
Lutheran
80% 4/5
Reformed
80% 4/5
Baptist
60% 3/5
Evangelical
60% 3/5
By Era
0
Apostolic
4
Ante-nicene
1
Nicene
0
Post-nicene
Figures Attesting
5 Belief Records
OA Origen of Alexandria c. AD 233
The Holy Spirit intercedes in Christians through prayer and groaning that exceeds human words
affirmed
OA Origen of Alexandria c. AD 233
Prayer must be directed to the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit — the Trinitarian structure of all Christian prayer
affirmed
OA Origen of Alexandria c. AD 233
The saints departed intercede for those still living — the Church's prayer spans death
affirmed
CC Cyprian of Carthage c. AD 252
Cyprian teaches that the Lord's Prayer is the model of all Christian prayer and must be prayed communally
affirmed
JC John Chrysostom c. AD 395
John Chrysostom teaches that the liturgical assembly is the primary school of Christian prayer
affirmed
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