The ETS Patristic and Medieval Study Group exists to serve as a focal point for evangelical scholars with professional interest in the church fathers. We believe the ancient Christians have an important word for our day, one that is often lost in our fascination with all things modern.

As Henri de Lubac puts it in his Medieval Exegesis,

Let us allow ourselves to be persuaded that their writings, even though they are quite different from ours, can furnish us with more than just childish babblings...In the witness they give to their faith, no less than in the witness they expect from us in return, all the Christian generations enjoy a oneness and solidarity.