Church History...
As part of my studies at Wycliffe I am going to be doing some church history. Much of this will be new ground to me. Like I suspect many evanjelicals, my working knowlage of church history stutters to a halt around 100AD and dosn't really recover till the reformation.
Hence I find my reading list filles wuth rather thick books with titles like "Patristics", "Early christian centures" and so on and so forth.
Just as my heart was sinking I can across this remark made by MacCulloch which rather made me smile.
Hence I find my reading list filles wuth rather thick books with titles like "Patristics", "Early christian centures" and so on and so forth.
Just as my heart was sinking I can across this remark made by MacCulloch which rather made me smile.
The ancient Greeks created a goddedd called Clio to look after historians, who ort to remember that she started the career as a goddess of song. Wo betide them if they forget that they are supposed to entertain and delight as well as to instruct
I think I am going to enjoy reading his book
posted by Tim Parker at
3:57 pm
2 Comments:
Is that his book on the whole of Church History?
I was going to buy that but opted for the Penguin Guide instead, the reading of which has reached something of a hiatus, I must admit.
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Anonymous, at September 25, 2007 10:19 pm
Its n the whole of church history... it is brief, balanced and very VERY readable
By
Tim Parker, at October 11, 2007 6:31 pm
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