Through the Church Fathers: Septe...
Through the Church Fathers: September 23
Through the Church Fathers by C. Michael Patton
S2 · E263
Sep 23, 2026
16:58
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Today’s Readings Podcast Description

How do we hold the faith when new teachings press in from every side? Vincent of Lérins gives us a clear and enduring rule: what has been believed everywhere, always, and by all. In these opening chapters of the Commonitory, he shows why Scripture must be read with the Church, why novelty is dangerous, and how the ancient faith once rescued the Church from the storm of Arianism. Alongside him, Augustine lifts our eyes to the eternity of God that stands outside of time, and Aquinas teaches us how shamefacedness and honesty guard the beauty of a temperate life.

Readings:

Vincent of Lérins — The Commonitory, Chapters 1–5 (Sections 1–14)

Augustine of Hippo — The Confessions, Book 11, Chapter 11 (Section 13)

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Keywords
Apostolic Fathers
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Through the Church Fathers in a Year
Augustine
C Michael Patton
Patristics
Church History
Polemicists
Saint Vincent of Lérins