Blogs Posts on "Church Fathers"

Prologues to the Gospels – Matthew by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 16, 2009We are examining two prologues – Anti-Marcionite and the Monarchian. Most agree that an early date, c200 for the Anti-Marconite Prologues while the latter has a date which ranges from 200-400. We will be using Ben C. Smith’s translation.

Thought for the Day: I hate those who are different from me by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 15, 2009From the Didache (early 2nd century), Chapter 1. There are two ways, one of life and one of death; but a great difference between the two ways. The way of life, then, is this: First, you shall love God who made you; second, your neighbour as your...

Patristic Carnival XXIX by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 12, 2009A lot of wonderful posts this month: Resources on the Fathers: John Sanidopoulos points to a series of audio lectures on the view of the Trinity by the early Church given by Father George Dion Dragas, a protopresbyter in the Greek Orthodox Church and...

Church Fathers on Universalism by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 9, 2009‘Fire and Brimestone’ has not always been a part of Christianity. Deep inside, I suspect that many today remain hopeful for universalism, but hold to the doctrines of Hell. It is interesting to note that as part and parcel with the develo...

Christianity Hymnody – Old School Style by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 3, 2009It’s making it’s round (and glad to see Michael blogging more), so I thought I might share: The Oxyrhynchus Hymn: …The Oxyrhynchus Hymn (P. Oxy. XV 1786) is the earliest known manuscript of a Christian hymn -- dating from the 3rd c...

Irenaeus on Montanism by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 26, 2009There is a notion that Praxeas, Tertullian’s enemy, was Irenaeus. It is an interesting thought proposed by a very few, but it does begin to look remotely plausible when we begin to examine Irenaeus’s fight to keep Montanism from out of Ro...

Eschatological Views Among the Church Fathers by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 19, 2009Below is a small portion of views from among the Church Fathers concerning eschatology, the End Times. Ambrosiaster J.N.D. Kelly writes of Ambrosiaster: “For Ambrosiaster, however, the collapse of the Roman empire was the sign of the approachi...

The Price of Man by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 15, 2009The price of man is the blood of Christ. – St. Basil the Great, Homily 21 HT I generally don’t care much for Basil, but this quote is, well, you know.

How long was the Ministry of Christ? by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 14, 2009Mark Goodacre has a podcast that should make the believer think – where did we get that magical number that the ministry of Christ was 3.5 years. (Find it here) Jason Staples picks up the theme and answers a few questions here. He notes, From...

Church History…in 4 minutes by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 3, 2009HT...