Elijah According to the Fathers of the Church

Abstract

On this occasion I would like to present you with Elijah in the thought of the Fathers of the Church. It is not easy to summarize their thought in an article, as the subject is vast. Hopefully, this article will be help to grasp Elijah’s spirituality. The allegorical technique of exegesis is the manner of the Fathers to understand Elijah’s teachings. It is necessary, then, to explain in summary form the allegorical technique, and then the thought of the Fathers about Elijah.