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In this video, I'm joined by Gavin Ortlund, Ph.D., for a church fathers shootout. We take our top 16 church fathers and put them through a bracket. Only one can win. Who do you think it will be?

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00:00 - Introduction
03:45 - Ignatius v. Tertullian
10:15 - Athanasius v. Irenaeus
21:13 - Justin v. Ambrose
29:15 - Chrysostom v. Gregory Nazianzus
37:34 - Cyril of Jerusalem v. Augustine
44:48 - Basil v. Gregory of Nyssa
51:27 - Jerome v. Gregory the Great
57:52 - Maximus v. John of Damascus
1:03:18 - Ignatius v. Justin
1:05:08 - Athanasius v. Chrysostom
1:07:15 - Augustine v. Jerome
1:08:40 - Gregory of Nyssa v. Maximus
1:10:30 - Augustine v. Justin
1:11:30 - Maximus v. Athanasius
1:14:20 - Maximus v. Augustine