Welcome to Patristic Carnival XXVII. I want to think Phil, who normally hosts this blog, for the opportunity, rather, the honor and the blessing to host it this month. Since blogging, I have gained a rather deep admiration for the Church Fathers.
Tradition and the Solas:
Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. writes Traditions and Traditions. Along those lines, Dr. John Gerstner writes on Sola Fide and The Franciscan Mafia issues their post on The ‘Sola Scriptura’ Myth (Part 1). Wei Hsien asks, perhaps rather re-asks, Who needs Scripture? And for the Scriptures, the unknown author sends a thank you letter to Paul, Athanasius and Tyndale. Not wanting everyone else to have all the fun, the Theophiliacs posts on Inerrancy.
The Western Confucian points us to a post found here which then points us to a post by a Fundamentalist which declares that the Church Fathers are a door to Rome. (As a recovering Fundamentalist myself, the Church Fathers stand as a door to a firmer Christianity.)
Aaron Tayler, at Logismoi, writes on Coleridge’s ‘Imagination’ & Orthodox Patristic ‘Phantasia’.
Phil, the much respected and originator of this carnival, has two submissions this month.
Examining the Fathers
Athanasius graced The Politic Jesus blog twice this carnival session. First, he takes on the Military Industrial Complex and then discusses the Empire of God.
John Sanidopoulos gives us recommended Patristic resources on John the Baptist while David, at Finding the Way to the Heart, posts on Partistic Affirmation of the Sign of the Cross and Msgr. Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington the Martyrs of the Early Church – Proof of the Power of the Cross.
Roger Pearse gives us a lot of material this month, but here are two of the most interesting:
Esteban posts on πίστις Χριστοῦ with a witness from the Greek Fathers.
James Pate posts this month on the Nestorians and the Monophysites, the Didache on the Prophets, Augustine’s Criterion for Charity, Origen on the Literal Sense, and Augustine’s Scriptural Obscurity.
Perry takes on Alexander and Arius.
Rob gives his canonical perspective on A Brief Assessment of the Distinction Between “Person” and “Essence” in the Canonical Scriptures. Nearly on the same page, Aaron Rathburn asks, “If the Bible isn’t Trinitarian, should we be?”
Fr. Ted gives us Patristic Images of Hell while Taylor Marshall posts on St. Gregory the Great’s views on Purgatory.
Fr. Paul Grankauskas writes that the Old Testament as been fulfilled.
Dave Armstrong writes, The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit: Intrinsically Opposed to the Real, Physical Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist?!?! (Dialogue with a Calvinist)
Andrew Taylor posts on the Early Church’s views on Wealth.
The Ohio Anglican posts on Augustine.
Will posts early church thoughts on female ordination.
The Reformed Reader writes on Patristics and Systematics.
Byran Owens comments that Christians don’t know what they are talking about.
Bobby Grow, at the Bruised Reed, writes on Patristics, Priests and Protestants.
The Pillar and Ground blog has a post on the Absolute Necessity of Water Baptism as taught among the Fathers.
John Chrysostom
Elgreca has a few posts mentioning one of my favorite Church Fathers – John Chrysostom. Here, on knowledge, and here as a modern commentary. Byzantine, Texas has a timely quote from John while In Communion has a post on several comments on the Beatitudes by the Fathers, including Chyrostom. Liz Kearns has a quote as well from the saint. The OrthoCuban has a scene from Chrysostom vs. the Empress Eudoxia. This blogger has a post on Chrysostom and the suffering members of the body of Christ. Blake White summarizes ministry lessons from Chrysostom.
Tertullian
I have to wonder how Tertullian would have approached blogging? We don’t have him, but we do have some posts this month on him. Michael Bogart starts us off with a brief history of Montantism. The blogger at Full Circle defends the sacrament of Marriage using, among many others, Tertullian. Fr. Ted uses Tertullian’s famous Athens quote as a jumping off point for a discussion on science and religion. Scott has a post on Baptists, Eucharist and History with a mix of Tertullian. Kyrie Eleison posts on the Proto-Credal Statement in Tertullian while Louis quotes Tertullian on the Kingdom of God.
Reviews
Nick reviews volume 1 of the Ancient Christian Doctrine series while John Anderson reviews the Ancient Christian Commentary series on the second part of Genesis. While not a review, we find a quote of a book by Pope Benedict on Christ, the Apostles and the Church.
Technology:
The Logos Blog reports that you can use their software title to research the Church Fathers by Topic.
Host Corner:
Not wanting to sully the other fine works of the very fine bloggers, here is my contribution to Patristics this month.
First, I review Ancient Christian Doctrines volume 1 and then followed it up with a series of quotes. I also continued my examination of some of the Arian documents (here, here, and here.) And then I attacked Protestantism. I also ask if biblical interpretation must be literal. Further, here is a post on some of the views on Church Government found in the Fathers. Finally, two quotes here and here.
September 7th, 2009 11:09 am
And for those who ask, Patristics is the study of the Church Fathers – usually from Ignatius (110) to John Damascus (750). It is important, for the Church History and Theology types, to examine them in their context to see how doctrines, such as the Trinity, developed over time.
September 7th, 2009 12:19 pm
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September 7th, 2009 2:37 pm
Great roundup!
And excellent new site layout, might I add
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September 7th, 2009 8:46 pm
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September 8th, 2009 9:10 am
I had to laugh at the idea of Tertullian blogging. Definitely! Tertullian would not have resisted any opportunity to express his ideas.
What an interesting thought!
September 8th, 2009 9:57 am
Oh, glad you responded. I got an email reminder, got here, and realized I forgot to bookmark this page. So many links! These links are great, though. I know Dave Armstrong has some interesting ideas, though I disagree with him a lot and then get slammed by his Catholic readers.
Can’t wait to go through the links, though I probably can’t do that until tomorrow.
September 8th, 2009 10:32 am
Good stuff, Joel. Thanks for compiling this.
September 8th, 2009 3:47 pm
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September 8th, 2009 7:25 pm
Yes, Joel I read the article you suggested, plus a few… It is good to know that people really do read Tertullian! Would again, that people would read Eric Osborn’s book: Tertullian, first theologian of the West (Cambridge).
Fr. R.
September 9th, 2009 11:50 pm
I had to pick a Latin name for Latin class and was able to snatch up Tertullian before anyone else got to him. Oh yeah, and great ’round up’
September 10th, 2009 2:57 pm
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October 18th, 2009 11:10 pm
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September 7th, 2009 3:14 pm
Thank you, kind sir.
September 8th, 2009 9:11 am
Thanks, Paul. I can only imagine the controversy that he would have engendered on a DAILY basis.
September 8th, 2009 10:00 am
Take your time, Paul – it’ll be here. I’ve not read much of Dave Armstrong – but I do know that he is a tad bit controversial at times.
September 8th, 2009 11:02 am
Thanks, Rob!
September 9th, 2009 11:51 pm
Thank you kindly.