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Evandro
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It's getting better. The exposition of the Fathers' thought is very clear and coherent. The introduction wasn't very promising, but despite the author's emphasis on the divergences among the Fathers, it seems that these are ignored when the exposition of their thought starts.
— Mar 22, 2012 10:01PM
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Evandro
is on page 164 of 288
Dictionary definition of apothegm: short, pithy, instructive saying; terse remark or aphorism. Although in the case of a Christian elder it is much more than that.
— Mar 28, 2012 05:03PM
Evandro
is on page 147 of 288
"With her thoughts preoccupied with looking down on other people, she was bereft of the guardian of temperance." (Palladius)
— Mar 26, 2012 08:14PM
Evandro
is on page 105 of 288
According to the author: "The Orthodox in particular find Augustine's distinction between the holiness of the minister and the holiness of the sacrament considerably less than satisfying." Well, I don't think this is true. The Orthodox constantly pray for the Lord to have mercy upon the members of the clergy - a habit not so easily found among Roman Catholics.
— Mar 23, 2012 09:35PM
Evandro
is on page 96 of 288
"The soul loves the flesh that hates it, and its members, and Christians love those that hate them. The soul is locked up in the body, but it is the very things that holds the body together, and Christians are shut up in the world as in a prison, but they are the very ones that hold the world together." (Epistle to Diognetus)
— Mar 23, 2012 08:52PM
