Does anyone know if the authors of the Early Church History articles in The Encyclopedia of Christianity, vols. 1-5 are trained in critical thinking?
Someone on Christianforums.com who has been a pastor and author, recommended me in a private message to follow scholarly blogs instead because even top-of-the-line scholarly books are outdated when they hit the shelves.
What do You think of the Early Church History articles of that set? Are they in-depth and up-to-date?
If You know: how do they treat Gnosticism? Are those articles like books by Elaine Pagels or talk a lot about the Gospel of Thomas - in that case I don't like that?
It's included in a collection, but I'm basically not interested in anything of what comes with that collection, I no longer value those books they way I said in: What do You think of the Essential Reference Bundle $570?.