It can be difficult for those of us who didn't grow up in a tradition that emphasizes the church fathers to keep ourselves oriented as we start reading their works. I would love to see an explorer that would provide some simple information, in a graphical format, to help us understand how the various church fathers related to each other, and to the broader sweep of church history. Types of information that might be helpful could include:
- Time period
- Primary geographic location of activity
- Language (e.g., Greek vs. Latin)
- Church offices held
- Primary works
- Major controversies involved in
I'm not looking for full biographies - just a simple tool to help me keep them all straight. If it had links to the primary works, that would be gravy. I can probably do most of this through some combination of the timeline and other tools, but it would be great to have it in one place.
