Nihil Obstat Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 The Camel, this is a favourite book of mine: http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Early-Fathers-Three-Volume-Set/dp/0814610250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I've met two former Protestant ministers who became Catholics after studying these writings. Neither had studied them before. They had gotten to a point in their careers that they had assistants so they had time for personal study time. So if they want to study them, great. I'm not afraid of people reading the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 He (Golitzin) is a professor at Marquette, a Russian prince and an Orthodox bishop, which is a pretty fun combination, no? That whole question of the influence of neo Platonic thought, especially in its more 'esoteric' forms, is very interesting, but somewhat outside my field. Was a professor at Marquette, once he became bishop he left the position, I believe. Is your original question about Average Joe Catholic, or Catholic theology/scholarship? Because if it's about the former, I would largely agree with Luigi. However, at my parish, I often hear excerpts from sermons of the Fathers. Of course, my home parish (when I'm not at school) has Dominican friars, and the priests at the parish I attend are of a similar caliber academically. So it also depends on your parish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I have a book compiling all the early Church Fathers, their lives, the Councils (ecumenical and otherwise), all the heresies and short explanations of them, and all of the early Church Father's writings, and I read it quite regularly. I love patristics. They are the sledgehammer that give a definitive blow to any protestant's arguments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catlick Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I have a book compiling all the early Church Fathers, their lives, the Councils (ecumenical and otherwise), all the heresies and short explanations of them, and all of the early Church Father's writings, and I read it quite regularly. I love patristics. They are the sledgehammer that give a definitive blow to any protestant's arguments. Author and title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Author and title? Dr. Seuss - Horton Hears a Heretic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Author and title? The Fathers Know Best by Jimmy Akin. Best book on the patristics, hands-down. It puts all their writings in subjects for easy accessibility. Homosexuality, the Eucharist, the Mass, male-only priesthood, baptism, the Trinity, contraception, anything you can think of, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 The Camel, this is a favourite book of mine: http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Early-Fathers-Three-Volume-Set/dp/0814610250 How is the translation, Nihil Obstat? My biggest concern is that a work is properly translated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 How is the translation, Nihil Obstat? My biggest concern is that a work is properly translated. I would not know enough to say with any certainty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I use Readings in Church History by Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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