What do Protestants think of the Church Fathers?

I like your insight... Iranaeus I do not agree with because he bashed the Gnostics with five huge volumes against them (Iranaeus Against Heresies)... some of the church fathers are responsible for what we have today and should be viewed accordingly, that is, chaos in the religious world.... others were simply snuffed out in favour of the ongoing political movement of that time (the black iron empire never died)... it takes a very determined individual to investigate and chop through the dawn... and by the way, grace (sanskrit: prasada) from the sanskrit root sad with the prefix pra, "to become clear or calm" a condition that once attained is not easily forsaken....absolutely not ever meant to be a means of salvation shifted onto the shoulders of an older brother, Jesus the first born among many brethren, and make him responsible for the dark shadows in each one's heart...... another evolving brother