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With the heavy reading you've sent me down I went and bought this to hopefully speed things up: https://www.amazon.com/Early-Christian-Fathers-Library-Classics/dp/0684829517
I'm hoping to get a good grasp of it all and was wondering if you had read or heard of this book?
I hope you've been doing well.
I haven't read that book but have a copy of one that is very similar
https://www.amazon.com/Apostolic-Fathers-Translation-Lexham-Classics/dp/1683590643
The book you sent looks like a solid text, especially if it gives the texts to read separate from commentary. Any of these books will help to clarify the historicity in Church tradition.
Understanding of history and tradition is what helped solidify my faith. Apart from the historical stuff, you might find this text interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/Philokalia-Complete-Compiled-Nikodimos-Markarios/dp/0571130135
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philokalia
It's a collection of writings from the saints of the Church with a focus on transforming our lives through prayer and communion with God. Very powerful.
I've been well! Hope you have also👊
From the looks of it that book is a canonized collection of the works. I was hoping to find a distillation with embedded references so that I could get right to the arguements for the dogmas. This is what the book I got contains (it does have the full texts after an intro bit): https://files.catbox.moe/gwsfwb.jpeg
It's not quite what I was hoping it would be, but I'll make due with it.
As to the Philokalia, I will see if there are any videos which distill it out. I read very slowly when the topics are complex and contrary to my current beliefs. I don't have the time to properly read hundreds of pages unless I want to misunderstand or forget 3/4ths of it, but this Early Christian Fathers book isn't going anywhere so at least when opportunity arises I'll be able to dive in. I plan on cracking it open this weekend. Do you have any recommendations on where to start? I'd like to jump right to the parts relevent to our debate if that's feasable
That's great to hear.
I would skip right to Ignatius of Antioch, disciple of John. He directly refers to Jesus Christ as God multiple times without any confusion.
Will do!