Reading the Church Fathers discussion
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Dec 12, 2016 06:43PM
A warm welcome to new members, and Happy Holidays!
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Welcome to the group, Christian, Marcus, Susan and Susan!Judging by the books on your bookshelves, I'm guessing that you're either committed to or at least very interested in Christianity. I look forward to reading and learning about the Church Fathers with you in the coming year.
Thank you Nemo! I too look forward to learning about the Church Fathers. And thank you for starting this group.
Thank you Nemo. I'm looking forward to understand the Church Fathers and the ancient culture by participating in this group.
Nemo wrote: "Welcome to the group, Christian, Marcus, Susan and Susan!Judging by the books on your bookshelves, I'm guessing that you're either committed to or at least very interested in Christianity. I look..."
Hi Nemo :) Yes, it should be very interesting. Thank you!
Susan and Susan,We need a way to tell you apart. :)
For Church Fathers of the same name, their place of of origin or residence is added to uniquely identify them, e.g., Clement of Rome and Clement of Alexandria.
How would you like to be called?
Hi Nemo, I go by Susan Margaret. Margaret is my middle name.
Nemo wrote: "Susan and Susan,We need a way to tell you apart. :)
For Church Fathers of the same name, their place of of origin or residence is added to uniquely identify them, e.g., Clement of Rome and Cleme..."
Hahaha. I guess I can just be Susan then, unless we get another.
Thank you! Susan recommended the group to me. I am very interested in understanding the Church Fathers and given life as busy as it is, this seems a great way to do it. Thanks again.
Nemo wrote: "Welcome to the group, Jason and Mike!"From what little I have seen in the postings so far this group is off to a very good start. I look forward to contributing where possible.
Mike wrote: "Nemo wrote: "Welcome to the group, Jason and Mike!"From what little I have seen in the postings so far this group is off to a very good start. I look forward to contributing where possible."
A group cannot be good without contributions from each member. Don't hesitate to let us know if there is anything a moderator can do to make it possible. :)
Hello everyone, New to GR, just getting a feel for the community here, this group looks to be a great resource. I've read bits and pieces from, and on various Church Fathers and Heresies over the years, but much of it has entered the back of mind while pursuing other knowledge.
Currently I'm in the middle of a number of MOOCs (with reading requirements as well) so I can't guarantee active participation which I hope you'll forgive, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to join none the less!
Salute!
- Aaron
Welcome to the group, Aaron! Good luck withe the MOOCs. Just out of curiosity, what do you plan to with the knowledge you gain from them?
Hi Nemo, thanks for the welcome! On the MOOCs well, they're mostly to feed my curiosity and love of histories, but if I could use them to make a career change I would! Just haven't quite figured out how to go about that yet haha..Oh and a Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate!
Aloha, Jana! Welcome to the group. Glad you found us. :)
Thank you for the welcome, Nemo! My dear internet friend Genni invited me, and she has amazing reading/group taste. (And not just amazing because it mirrors my own taste!) I'm looking forward to engaging with you all and learning from your thoughts and experiences.
Jana L. wrote: "Thank you for the welcome, Nemo! My dear internet friend Genni invited me, and she has amazing reading/group taste. .."Genni is our mutual friend. She has a good heart, which is probably the reason why she has amazing taste. :)
I'm looking forward to your engagements.
Welcome to the group, Will and Rivka Ray!
Hello, this looks like a fun group. I've been on Goodreads for years and was part of a Christian theology group before that spent more time having run-of-the-mill discussions on the usual hot-button issues then talking about books. Since leaving that group I've been absent from groups on Goodreads, but this one seems worth a try!I've read many of the Church Fathers and have spent a decent bit of time studying church history (even have a Masters in it). Lately I've been drawn more to medieval mystics, but I'm always open to getting back to the early church.
Welcome, David! (Is that a baptism or a polar bear dip photo? :)This group is as much fun as each of us makes it. No more no less. Glad to have you join us and share your readings on the Church Fathers and church history.
Welcome to the group, Tom!We're fortunate to have a Lutheran pastor, an Anglican priest, Catholics, Protestants and agnostics in this group, small as it is. If only everyone would actively participate in dialogues, this could be the start of an ecumenical movement. :)
Will wrote: "Token Swedenborgians reporting"Plural? Where are the others? :)
Will wrote: "In the autocorrect factory."In that case, I guess it's not the worst thing that could have happened. :)
Welcome again!
This is such a small group that new people are easy to identify. As a newbie at moderating, I tend to think that it is my responsibility to make members feel welcome. But I'm not sure what to do with those who neither introduce themselves nor participate in any discussions, and am sorely tempted to remove them from the group.
As a member of few other GR groups, I find broadcast messages from group moderators annoying, like spams. But as a moderator, I know that some of those messages are necessary. A moderator's dilemma...
Welcome to our silent brothers and sisters and new comers ;) Nemo, if I ever go inactive feel free to remove me, however I don't mind the notifications because I disable automatic emails so I don't see them unless I'm online and I'm only a member of groups I want to hear from so (at least in my case) it's entirely up to you.I understand the desire to have active members though. Now where was I? Oh yeah I need to find the link to our first read where ever it was you posted that :)
*just thought of something else, maybe you could put something about activity into the group description or rules? That way everyone who joins will know up front what to expect.
I would send out the broadcast message. If someone drops out because they received an email, then they were probably not that interested in the first place.
Yeah I agree on that, I still say add something on the rules and then follow up with a broadcast so existing members will see it too. My opinion anyway.
Thank you, Aaron and Susan Margaret, for your feedback.I personally like the option to stay with a group even though I may be inactive for a long period of time, for instance, when the books that the group is discussing don't interest me, but will become active again when they do. However, I dislike having my inbox on GR cluttered with broadcast messages -- if I want to know what a group is doing next, I'll check for myself. I remember leaving a group, reluctantly, because the group's general interest coincides with mine, but the broadcast messages really got on my nerves.
I think most people will leave a group if broadcast messages annoy them. Maybe a good compromise would be to send a private message to those you are thinking of removing who are inactive and if they don't respond, THEN remove them???
So far discussion notifications seem to be beating out your broadcast messages by a dozen or more :)My personal settings are to receive emails only on book related updates. On groups I only accept notifications and for the Librarians group (in example) I turn off all notifications.
The only problem with sending a private message is that if a member has their profile set to private, then you can't send them a message.
But is a message the same as a broadcast from a group they're subscribed to? I honestly don't know haven't been on here long enough.
Aaron wrote: "But is a message the same as a broadcast from a group they're subscribed to? I honestly don't know haven't been on here long enough."A broadcast is just a way of sending messages to many people at the same time. So the same privacy setting would apply.
GR doesn't give moderators the option to send broadcast messages to select members of their group. So it is not as flexible and useful as could be.
I totally understand and accept the Mod policies in order to deal with the group. I'm inactive now, for I couldn't get the pace necessary to read the Church Fathers with our fellow group members. Vacation sometimes poses some difficulties...
Marcus wrote: "I totally understand and accept the Mod policies in order to deal with the group. I'm inactive now, for I couldn't get the pace necessary to read the Church Fathers with our fellow group members. ..."It is such a pity, Marcus. Your insights as a Law Professor can be invaluable to the group. I have hoped that you might be able to shed some light on the legal aspects in the writings of the Church Fathers.
P.S. I understand it is difficult. I'm having a hard time keeping pace myself. But, if it isn't difficult, it wouldn't be a "challenge", would it? :) We definitely need all the help we can get.
Welcome to the group, Robert, Sheila and Georgina!"where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."
Did you just quote A Prairie Home Companion?
Aaron wrote: "Did you just quote A Prairie Home Companion?"Yes, the profile photos of our group members reminded me of that quote.
Haha you must be from the Midwest? Or does that air around the country?
Aaron wrote: "Haha you must be from the Midwest? Or does that air around the country?"It was syndicated on NPR across the country, when I was an avid listener of NPR.
(I paid tribute to NPR by naming one of our discussion folders after one of their programs, sort of. :)
Nemo wrote: "Welcome to the group, R and Claudia!"Thank you very much for welcoming me to the group. I am so fascinated by these readings, but I just can't keep up with the speed of the group. I hope you won't mind if I just trail along at my slower pace.
Reading the Church Fathers
Books mentioned in this topic
The Companion to the Catechism of The Catholic Church: A Compendium of Texts Referred to in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (other topics)Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated (other topics)
40 Days with the Fathers: A daily reading plan (other topics)
