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Pope Benedict XVI stresses a point during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican March 28, 2007. At the right, the pope's personal secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein. (Alessia Giuliani/CPP)

Mons. Paolo Romeo a new Archbishop of Palermo (2ndl ) prays during Pope Benedict XVI weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 28, 2007. (Alessia Giuliani/CPP)

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Recent catecheses on the Early Church Fathers:
On St. Clement of Rome -The Church Has a Sacramental, Not Political Structure (March 7, 2007)
Truly a Doctor of Unity (St. Ignatius of Antioch) (March 14, 2007)
St. Justin Martyr: He Considered Christianity the "True Philosophy" (March 21, 2007)

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In fact, the Gospel preached by St. Irenaeus is the one he received from Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, and the Gospel of Polycarp goes back to the apostle John, Polycarp having been John's disciple. Thus, the true teaching is not that invented by the intellectuals, rising above the simple faith of the Church. The true Gospel is preached by the bishops who have received it thanks to an uninterrupted chain from the apostles.

And so it continues to this day!