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Fifty Works From the Early Church That Every Christian Should Read
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| January 7, 2020
Posted on 01/08/2020 6:36:01 AM PST by Antoninus
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I rank as a sub-deacon. Alas. Less than half read.
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posted on
01/08/2020 6:36:02 AM PST
by
Antoninus
To: Antoninus
Josephus should get an honorable mention, even though he’s not “early church”.
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posted on
01/08/2020 6:40:43 AM PST
by
Spirochete
(GOP: Gutless Old Party)
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To: Antoninus; RitaOK
Ha! I rank an acolyte.
Do you think Frankie would allow a Lutheran to light the candles in St. Peter’s?
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posted on
01/08/2020 6:42:20 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(The Republican Party: Freeing Americans since 1865.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Do you think Frankie would allow a Lutheran to light the candles in St. Peters?
The way things are going, he'll make you a Cardinal.
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posted on
01/08/2020 6:43:54 AM PST
by
Antoninus
("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
To: Antoninus
No “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” or “The Philokalia”?
To: Antoninus
Almost an acolyte here. I am saving the list. Thanks!
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posted on
01/08/2020 6:49:45 AM PST
by
Agatsu77
To: Carpe Cerevisi
No The Ladder of Divine Ascent or The Philokalia?
Good point. They should have been on there.
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posted on
01/08/2020 6:53:45 AM PST
by
Antoninus
("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
To: Antoninus
While those are good to read, we'd be a lot better off if people simply read the Word.
It is the only infallible collection of writings we have available.
The rest are commentaries.
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posted on
01/08/2020 6:57:44 AM PST
by
ealgeone
To: ealgeone
Did you notice that Sacred Scripture is #1 on the list?
While some of the works on this list are certainly commentaries on Scripture (many of the Fathers knew Scripture intimately--some had it memorized), several others are histories of the ancient Church--basically, continuations of Acts of the Apostles. They are certainly worth reading.
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:08:05 AM PST
by
Antoninus
("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
To: Antoninus
Fifty Works From the Early Church That Every Christian Should Read If you are not inclined to read fifty works you can forego all that by just reading the New Testament; it's all in there.
To: Antoninus
#1 on your list (The Douay-Rheims Bible (Various Catholic Translators)).
Please note that this translation of the Bible was from the late 16th century early 17th century and thus hardly a work of the early church fathers. Also notice too that the DR translation has been revised over the years. Most common edition in use today is that which was revised by Bishop Challoner mid-18th century.
One other thing, the DR was translated into English from Jerome’s Latin Vulgate from the 4th century, not the Hebrew OT or Greek NT. Jerome made a few mistakes which are carried over to the DR, but the main thing to comprehend is that the DR is a translation of a translation. Even the Challoner version suffers from the same problem that the Geneva or other reformation era English translations have, the “early modern English” used is a bit out of date to 21st century readers.
The ECFs, which make up the bulk of your list, while written during the Patristic era are available today as more modern English translations and thus are easier to comprehend.
Happy reading!
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:13:12 AM PST
by
fatboy
To: Antoninus
Should include Agustines three anti-Pelagian treatises.
To: MosesKnows
If you are not inclined to read fifty works you can forego all that by just reading the New Testament; it's all in there.
Certainly, read Sacred Scripture. All of the Church Fathers did--and they understood it much better than we do today. Heck, they lived in the same civilization that produced it!
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:18:38 AM PST
by
Antoninus
("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
To: Antoninus
Thanks, adding to my reading list.
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:25:09 AM PST
by
stump56
(Freedom isn't free.)
To: Antoninus
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:45:28 AM PST
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
To: Antoninus; Cletus.D.Yokel
No, no, no. Beinst these Fathers were hammers of heresy, I guess Pope Francis the Humble would blast you as a rigid fundamentalist with some underlying spiritual imbalance/psychopathy, and send you to the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association to get your mind right.
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:48:20 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Stone cold sober, as a matter of fact.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
I guess Pope Francis the Humble would blast you as a rigid fundamentalist with some underlying spiritual imbalance/psychopathy
Probably as a neo-Pelagian, too.
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:51:16 AM PST
by
Antoninus
("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
To: Antoninus; Mrs. Don-o
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:54:50 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(The Republican Party: Freeing Americans since 1865.)
To: Antoninus
I hang my head in abject abashment.
But I'd have to attain a Methuselan llfespan to read all these--- at the pokey rate I'm going.
Hail to my betters, hail!
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posted on
01/08/2020 7:55:05 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Stone cold sober, as a matter of fact.)
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