02374cam a2200337 a 4500 1426480 PUCPR 20240507135019.0 841113s1985 nyu b 001 0 eng 84062564 0809126915 (pbk.) : DLC DLC DLC BET spa rda BET BR 67 .R24 1985 270.1 19 Ramsey, Boniface. Beginning to read the fathers / Boniface Ramsey. New York : Paulist Press, ©1985. iii, 280 pages ; 23 cm. rdacontent txt text rdamedia n unmediated rdacarrier nc volume Includes index. Bibliography: p. 238-247. Scripture -- God -- The human condition -- Christ -- Church and ministry -- Martyrdom and virginity -- Monasticism -- Prayer -- Poverty and wealth -- The Christian in the world -- Death and resurrection. Beginning to read the fathers is an introduction to the Church's earliest writers, preachers and theologians. It presupposes no more knowledge on the part of the reader than that the Fathers existed and that their ideas might be important and perhaps even interesting. The book does not restrict itself to such topics as Christology and ecclesiology but includes other areas, like martyrdom and prayer, which were highly important in shaping the mind and heart of the early Church. The material in this book is arranged thematically and follows a natural progression. Each chapter attempts to give a real taste of the subject in question by providing numerous selections from the writings of the Fathers, some of them classic statements and some relatively obscure. Fathers from nearly all periods and traditions are cited. The author's opinions, although not nonexistent, are subordinate to the presentation of the Fathers themselves. The work was written in non-technical style to be read both by beginners and by people with some expertise in the field. It concludes with suggestions for a patristics reading program for those who wish to pursue a study of the Fathers in more depth. Fathers of the church. Theology, Doctrinal History Early church, ca. 30-600. 7 cbc orignew 3 opcn 19 y-gencatlg lcc 31 302334 302334 0 0 lcc 0 0 15 15 65 2024-05-07 Donación de los Franciscanos 0.00 0 BR 67 .R24 1985 41000000013905 2024-05-07 13:39:43 2024-05-07 31