Through the Church Fathers: Spept...
Through the Church Fathers: Speptember 19

Through the Church Fathers by C. Michael Patton

Episode notes

Here are two podcast descriptions for the last two sets of readings, formatted to your Master Guide (one-paragraph hook + readings list + Explore the Project links with hard returns). Scripture references for each paragraph are at the end in parentheses.

Summary theme: the first focuses on interpretation and ultimate ends (happiness); the second focuses on interpretive difficulty and moral responsibility (voluntariness).

Readings: Origen, De Principiis (Peri Archon), Book 2, Chapters 15–18 Augustine, The Confessions, Book 12, Chapter 29 (alternate numbering: Ch. 28 / Ch. 39) Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 5 (combined)

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Apostolic FathersThomas AquinasSumma TheologicaScholasticismThrough the Church Fathers in a YearAugustineConfessionsC Michael PattonCredo HouseTheologyPatristicsEarly ChurchChurch HistoryOrigenDe Principiis