TheFathersSpeak website has grown out of love for the writings of some of the great Christians of the early centuries. The study of their works is often referred to as Patristics. They are often referred to as "The Fathers." They played a crucial role in handing down the Faith from the Apostles and deciding what books should be in the B
TheFathersSpeak website has grown out of love for the writings of some of the great Christians of the early centuries. The study of their works is often referred to as Patristics. They are often referred to as "The Fathers." They played a crucial role in handing down the Faith from the Apostles and deciding what books should be in the Bible.
We want to share free downloads of mp3s for anyone to listen to these texts whenever they want.
We specialize in using text to speech technology to turn The Fathers writings into mp3s that you can download to play (or archive) on any platform you may have that is capable of playing mp3. Other people offer options to hear the writings, like Kindle's text to speech function or apps for cell phones. And some people have taken to reco
We specialize in using text to speech technology to turn The Fathers writings into mp3s that you can download to play (or archive) on any platform you may have that is capable of playing mp3. Other people offer options to hear the writings, like Kindle's text to speech function or apps for cell phones. And some people have taken to recording their own voice with the readings. These are all wonderful!
The option we hope to offer is less dependent on the inexorable necessity of "upgrades" or someone else's ownership of the delivery system. The mp3 format offfers good quality and economy of space on your devices and we encourage you to start archiving your own library to the extent you wish.
I am Brother Heinz Theotokos Curtain, the curator of this website. One of my patrons among the "Cloud of Witnesses" is St. Henry the Hermit, as well as, of course, the Church Fathers.
Also, I hope to be under the mantle and the watchful care and guidance of the Queen of All Saints, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor.
Douay-Rheims
Thanks to:
https://www.tertullian.org/fathers2/
for publishing texts of the Fathers
The creators of Balabolka text to speech software
Microsoft (credit where credit is due) for their free desktop voice David
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