http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/05/30/rod-and-real/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/05/30/rod-and-real/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Mike Aquilina Wed, 31 May 2006 11:15:57 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/05/30/rod-and-real/#comment-613 That may be true in some places, but I haven't seen much of it in the comments or emails of Protestants who visit this blog. And, to be fair, Catholic apologists can also fall into the proof-texting trap. Fr. Alexander Schmemann complained that the modern patristic revival was too often a return to patristic texts and not a return to "the mind of the Fathers." That's the thing we're after. Thanks for the comment! That may be true in some places, but I haven’t seen much of it in the comments or emails of Protestants who visit this blog. And, to be fair, Catholic apologists can also fall into the proof-texting trap. Fr. Alexander Schmemann complained that the modern patristic revival was too often a return to patristic texts and not a return to “the mind of the Fathers.” That’s the thing we’re after. Thanks for the comment!

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/05/30/rod-and-real/comment-page-1/#comment-600 dimbulb Tue, 30 May 2006 20:58:48 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/05/30/rod-and-real/#comment-600 Unfortunately, one finds a growing number of Protestants using the Fathers as fast and loose as they do the bible; you know, proof-texting without due regard to context, the authors overall theology, and the fact that protestantism and some of its theological concerns were not even on the father's radar screen. Unfortunately, one finds a growing number of Protestants using the Fathers as fast and loose as they do the bible; you know, proof-texting without due regard to context, the authors overall theology, and the fact that protestantism and some of its theological concerns were not even on the father’s radar screen.

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