Archaic Christianity

I received Fathers Of The Church: A Comprehensive Introduction in the mail today. I have only spent about thirty minutes in it (given my current translation practice, I had to read the section on Chrysostom, of course). So far it looks really good. Will post a review when I spend more time with it.

I do not have a huge amount to say about the book, but I have posted a review of Grant's The Emperor Constantine. Though brief, I hope you find it useful.

If you see anything wonky going on with the site today, it's probably because I'm in the middle of messing with it. I am upgrading to the latest version of .NET, putting up more book reviews, and doing other sundry things that make us tech geeks happy.

Finished with my first reading of Τοις Εγκεκλεισμενοις Επισκοποις, "To the Imprisoned Bishops". I didn't find much of it difficult. It did take a while, however, simply because I was not familiar with much of the vocabulary.

I have today and tomorrow off from work so I have a nice four day weekend. Other than some reading, most of what I've done today is work on Chrysostom's epistle Τοις Εγκεκλεισμενοις Επισκοποις. I am now half-way through, though I think that will be all I do today. Today is a "class day" for me to work through Athenaze (I'm on ch 4) and I need to spend some time working on vocabulary. It has been a while since I've juggled 250 new words in my head at one time. And when I'm finished with this epistle I'm sure I'll have added over a hundred more.

This post is for all of you who have not actually seen a physical copy of Migne's Latin and Greek works. It is a sight to see.

Thanks to all of you who dropped by to help me figure out what to read and review next. I'll be moving on to read Ehrman's Lost Christianities. Hopefully it will be good.

So I am not sure what book I want to read next. I've got several of them picked out that I want to read soon. Instead of deciding for myself, I think I'll let my faithful readers decide. Whatever I end up reading I will summarize and review for you when I'm finished. So if you're curious about any of these books, please leave a comment.

If you have one of those blog plugins that shows snapshots when someone hovers over links, do what Nick did. Satan invented those plugins.

If they want to get up to speed technologically when it comes to annual meetings, they should definitely organize their meetings like this group. The only downside would be the lack of centralized book displays and bargains...