Some early Church Fathers, especially those in the West, sought to incorporate natural law into Christianity.

Despite pagan associations with natural law theory, a number (though not all) of the early Church Fathers sought to incorporate it into Christianity.

A few early Church Fathers are known to have prayed for Satan's eventual repentance; it was not generally believed that this would happen.

Some scholars argue that theological differences imply different sources, and point to the lack of references to 2 Peter among the early Church Fathers.

Numerous earlier Church Fathers are quoted to support this.

Moreover, passages in the works of many early Church Fathers show that new-perspective-style interpretations were widely held among them.

This view was held by the early Church Fathers and has been held by Christians since that time.

All are known today only from fragments preserved in quotations by the early Church Fathers.

Even the early Church Fathers had not interpreted Genesis literally.

His writings are included in the general collection of early Church Fathers.