http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/ 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/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-6569 Two42 » Blog Archive » The Early Fathers Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:03:53 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/#comment-6569 [...] Who were they? A good introduction is up at Mike Aquilina’s blog, The Way of the Fathers. [...] [...] Who were they? A good introduction is up at Mike Aquilina’s blog, The Way of the Fathers. [...]

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-6568 Ars Gratia » Blog Archive » Meet the Fathers Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:58:22 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/#comment-6568 [...] A good introduction to the early fathers from Mike Aquilina of “The Way of the Fathers.” [...] [...] A good introduction to the early fathers from Mike Aquilina of “The Way of the Fathers.” [...]

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-6324 Mike Aquilina Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:16:32 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/#comment-6324 Amen! Amen!

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-6323 Kevin P. Edgecomb Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:11:15 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/30/meet-the-fathers/#comment-6323 St Jerome didn't just argue with St John Chrysostom, but his involvement with Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, writing a letter full of lies, led directly to St John's exile and death. That's a lesson for each of us on how imperfect the saints were, and what they were capable of repenting of! I honestly think that St Jerome made more progress in the very last few years of his life, once his library had been burnt by a Pelagian mob, initiating a time when he finally let go of the animosities that so enlivened him (in an earthly sense), putting his pen down and shutting up for a while. And perhaps it was especially the prayers of all those unfairly slighted by Jerome -- St John Chrysostom, Pelagius (orthodox at first), St Augustine, and Jerome's childhood friend Rufinus -- who finally effected the change. If only we could all have such victims of our sins, who would pray for our repentance instead of our destruction! St Jerome didn’t just argue with St John Chrysostom, but his involvement with Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, writing a letter full of lies, led directly to St John’s exile and death. That’s a lesson for each of us on how imperfect the saints were, and what they were capable of repenting of! I honestly think that St Jerome made more progress in the very last few years of his life, once his library had been burnt by a Pelagian mob, initiating a time when he finally let go of the animosities that so enlivened him (in an earthly sense), putting his pen down and shutting up for a while. And perhaps it was especially the prayers of all those unfairly slighted by Jerome — St John Chrysostom, Pelagius (orthodox at first), St Augustine, and Jerome’s childhood friend Rufinus — who finally effected the change. If only we could all have such victims of our sins, who would pray for our repentance instead of our destruction!

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