You’re St. Melito of Sardis!
You have a great love of history and liturgy. You’re attached to the traditions of the ancients, yet you recognize that the old world — great as it was — is passing away. You are loyal to the customs of your family, though you do not hesitate to call family members [...]
Archive for the ‘Early Church Fathers’ Category
On Church Fathers
Posted in Early Church Fathers, Just Plain Silly on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mary: World’s Greatest Mother, Spouse, Daughter
Posted in Early Church Fathers, Friends are Asking, Heresies, Mary on July 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In case you haven’t been following the comments section of this post, I’ve received some additional questions regarding Mary. Because Mary and beliefs about her can be a huge stumbling block to many, I thought it better to create a whole new post instead of responding in the comments section of my previous post.
Here [...]
Spotlight on the Fathers…..Ignatius of Antioch
Posted in Early Church Fathers on May 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote about why I think the beliefs and writings of the Early Church Fathers (ECF’s) are still valuable to us here. In my own experience, however, it was hard to appreciate the importance of these guys until I understood who they were. So this post will hopefully be the first of many [...]
Scales ‘afallin….
Posted in Conversion, Early Church Fathers, Sacraments on April 28, 2007 | 10 Comments »
…and I don’t mean a weight loss program.
Every once in a while you learn a new bit of information or you see something as if seeing it for the first time and you have a hunch that what you’re learning or seeing may have a big impact on your life. Now [...]
Why Don’t Catholics Just Pray Directly to God?
Posted in Early Church Fathers, Saints & Prayers on April 24, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Actually….they we do. We also ask for intercession from others as well. In fact, just last night I asked some friends to pray for me. Not one of them refused my request telling me just to take it directly to God. They were all glad to intercede for me. [...]
Through the Eyes of Dead Guys
Posted in Early Church Fathers, Tradition on April 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I distinctly remember the first time I heard mention of the Early Church Fathers. Our Anglican priest was inviting us to a class that would examine some of the writings of these men. At that time, having never heard the term “Early Church Father” before, I assumed we would [...]
