The Fathers of the Church, first published a decade ago, has become the standard popular introduction to the great teachers of early Christianity. ...
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Dec 17, 2010
Pamela
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This book will be made easy to read and understand what is a Father? Who Are the Fathers? Their place in the Theology that forms the Church. For those who want to understand the influences of the Fathers and where their beliefs may have derived from this is not a scholarly book, but it is well preserves the truths to a natural understanding. There will either be Greek Fathers who has a strong influence from philosophy, and are culturally eastern and the Western are Latin. There will be a lot of
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Sep 14, 2007
Jim
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This is an excellent, greatly expanded edition of an overview for intelligent Christians who are looking for a place to begin to understand Patristics (the writings of the Church Fathers). I can't think of anything that is more important for a Christian or a student of Christianity. We strive to hear the Spirit, but sometimes we disregard the Spirit speaking through Tradition. Mike Aquilina has added more authors and focused more on the texts of the Fathers. He's also added a section on female w
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Dec 24, 2009
Listed by Patrick Madrid in the Reading Plan of Search and Rescue in Phase 1 (Preliminary). ("handy little volume")
May 30, 2011
Christian
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I picked this one up on a whim one day. It's a pretty good introduction to Patristics, and it gives a history of the Church Fathers, along with some excerpts from their writings. The book is quite good, and I believe it is used in seminary courses.
If you're looking for a good introduction to the Church Fathers, and don't have the time to start reading the voluminous outputs of them, then I would recommend this book.
If you're looking for a good introduction to the Church Fathers, and don't have the time to start reading the voluminous outputs of them, then I would recommend this book.
Dec 28, 2010
Julie
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#29 - 2010.
My second time through this fantastic book which makes the Church Fathers so accessible and understandable. Our Catholic women's book club is reading it and this has been one of the most eagerly anticipated books of recent months. Having now finished rereading I can say that twice through is probably not enough. Highly recommended.
My second time through this fantastic book which makes the Church Fathers so accessible and understandable. Our Catholic women's book club is reading it and this has been one of the most eagerly anticipated books of recent months. Having now finished rereading I can say that twice through is probably not enough. Highly recommended.
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