Going in deep with patristics

Br Damien-Joseph OSB · 2025-05-26T14:49:53+00:00

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NB: this is a shameless plug for patristic books I've posted about in the past. I saw that MJ has really been going in deep with some early church fathers I've never heard about, and wanted to bring up general resources I've recommended in the past… especially if Logos is interested in building a Early Church/Patristics resource guide, per MJ's suggestion, which I strongly support.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/233185/westminster-handbook-to-patristic-theology

Yes, although it's dated (now 20 years old), it's still Anthony McGuckin, who has name recognition, and a dictionary resource like this could really help support datasets and resource guides related to the early church, not to mention the Factbook, Timeline, etc.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/229704/ante-nicene-exegesis-of-the-gospels-6-vols

If the last resource was dated, this one certainly is. I only mention it because it is now definitely public domain (no royalties or sale restrictions) and it is referenced in the Ancient Christian Commentary series, so Logos could make that highly-selling commentary series even more valuable with more working hyperlinks.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/228113/the-cambridge-edition-of-early-christian-writings-4-vols

This would be huge. This resource contains primary texts from the early church, and not just the orthodox writers, but the dissenters and those who were condemned as heretics. These volumes provided me what I needed to write my paper in seminary on Eunomius of Cyzicus, when my Logos library came up empty.

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NB.Mick

I added my vote to all of your suggetions.

MJ. Smith

I saw that MJ has really been going in deep with some early church fathers I've never heard about

Actually, I am trying to get more readable fathers in the spirit of the Popular Patristics Series that are readable for the average parishioner. Naturally, I am also trying to pound into the readers' head that the Church is not European - not that I've ever shown that bias before. And to have a decent chance of being acquired by Logos, I am selecting works not already in their library … hence, (much) lesser known. However, I admit I struck out on the Budge translations not that long ago. I'm also cleaning up some of my personal books and making them available as another way to push patristics.

Thanks for your support. You got my votes.

Br Damien-Joseph OSB

the Church is not European

That was very much on the mind of the professor of church history I had in seminary, who is a deacon from the Ukrainian Catholic Church. I was very fortunate that all of my classes were both East and West, and we studied Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople, and then Rome. It's an amazingly deep and wide Church to which we belong.