How to Read the Church Fathers (How to Read Series)
How to Read the Church Fathers (How to Read Series)
Adalbert Hamman
Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
978-0334020905
Amazon blurb:
This latest addition to the How to Read series provides a basic introduction to the faith. life and thought of the great theological pioneers from the first centuries of the church: Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus of Lyons, Origen , Gregory of Nyssa, Hilary of Poitiers, Augustine of Hippo and many others. Like its companion volumes it contains texts, maps, chronological charts and illustrations, and is a highly attractive introduction to an important and often neglected subject. Adalbert Hamman is a Franciscan, a patristic secialist who teaches in Rome and has pioneered in setting up groups all over France to study the church fathers.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."