atlashunter
Senior Member
From the article; "My personal conviction and one which I believe is consistent with the Biblical teaching regarding the phrase is that the Father did turn His back on Jesus but for a moment. "
I trust the 1st century church more than a single voice from the 21st century.
Those church fathers you list had as much first hand knowledge of christ as someone living in the 21st century which is to say none whatsoever. Most of the contemporaries of Jesus didn't buy what he was selling. That's not what was predicted of the jewish messiah.