Abstract:
Since the views of the early Latin Church Fathers on Herod and the
carnage at Bethlehem have been neglected by modem scholars, this
study is an attempt to discover and interpret their opinions on the
notorious king and this tragic event. Apparently, the main aim of the
Latin Church Fathers was to present Herod's heinous deed in the worst
possible light, and to exalt the Innocents to the ranks of the martyrs.
