Resource Recommendation
“He is a man who, having walked the path of life already, guides his children in wisdom.” (Litfin 16) This quote, found in Litfin’s, Getting To Know The Church Fathers, describes the idea behind the term “Church Fathers”. Getting To Know The Church Fathers is an excellent resource book in compliance to the Church and Empire Lecture class taught by Kevin Stilley. It is a compact novel illustrating the life of the “Fathers” of the Christian faith and their in devours of turmoil through the establishing of the Church. One might say that these men were the originators of our church history. The book contains ten biographies for ten different “Church Fathers”. The first historical contributor was Ignatius of Antioch. Ignatius based his influence on living his life in the likeness of Christ. Ignatius died as a martyr, encouraging the Christian faith. A few other “Church Fathers” were: Justin, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Perpetua, and Origen. The “Church Father”, Athanasius, fought against the nonsensical theologies such as the Arian view. He defended the truth of the Trinity and Jesus’s reincarnation as full man and as fully God. The other “Church Fathers” are: John Crysostom, Augustine, and Cyril of Alexander. For a better insight and understanding behind the Church History of the Christian faith, Getting to Know the Church Fathers, is a reliable and prominent resource of the true beginning of it all.
Ashley,
I agree with you one hundred percent. Getting to know the Church Fathers is a fascinating book that provides valuable insights into the lives of Chrisitan men who were strong in the faith, who did not shy away form their Christian responsibility, or cower in the face of persecution, but stood firm in the faith. A very easy read!
Getting to know the church fathers also left a very good impression about the past of the church fathers that even though they were Catholic they were catholic. And most Christians refrain from reading there materials because they view them as capitol C instead of lower c, when truth betold most of the doctinal issues that they stand firm on came from those early church fathers fighting heresy