My personal list of spiritual favorites. Listed in a loose chronological order.  Many are institutional saints; others should be. I Figured it might be interesting to let everyone know what sources lie behind much of my thinking and writing.

Jesus, the Christ ——————————– AD 30

Paul of Tarsus ———————————– AD 60

Gospel Writer of John ———————– AD 90

Justin Martyr ———————————– AD 150

Clement of Alexandria ——————— AD 190

Origen of Alexandria ———————— AD 230

Athanasius of Alexandria —————– AD 330

Macarius of Egypt —————————- AD 350

Basil of Caesaria —————————— AD 350

Makrina the Younger ———————- AD 355

Gregory of Nazianzus ———————  AD 360

Gregory of Nyssa —————————-  AD 380

Evagrius Ponticus ————————— AD 380

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite —– AD 500

John Climacus ——————————– AD 620

Maximus the Confessor —————— AD 630

Isaac of Nineveh —————————– AD 680

Symeon the New Theologian ———– AD 1000

Gregory Palamas ————————— AD 1340

Teresa of Ávila ——————————- AD 1560

John of the Cross —————————- AD 1580

Additional influences:  Antony the Great, Pachomius the Great, John Cassian, John of Damascus, Seraphim of Sarov, John B. Heard, Vladimir Lossky, Sergii Bulgakov, John Zizioulas, John Romanides, Christos Yannaras, Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, John Meyendorff, Alexander Schmemann, Kallistos (Ware), Dumitru Stăniloae, Olivier Clément, Sophrony (Sakharov), Seraphim (Aldea), Bart Ehrman, Marcus Borg, Richard Rohr, Eusebius Stephanou, N.T. Wright, Jürgen Moltmann , and David Bentley Hart.