http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2011/01/26/newman-and-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/2011/01/26/newman-and-the-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-2040387 another mike Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:25:58 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=2749#comment-2040387 .."Like Blessed Newman and his contemporaries, so many people today hold a lively curiosity about Christian origins" ...not where i come from..its only in the past year that I myself have become interested and serious about learning church history..which in turn has forced me to discard my former protestant foundation and re-think everything previously accepted as "Gospel" ..I think the vast majority of christians here in america know next to nothing of church history and could care less..its too 'deep' and confusing for most of us and invokes an uneasy vague fear (of change?)..We americans live in this shallowness by choice as not to infringe on our "right" to life ,liberty and the persuit of happiness in the here and now...We're willing to be christian up to a point but anything beyond that is..well..a fanatic. ..”Like Blessed Newman and his contemporaries, so many people today hold a lively curiosity about Christian origins” …not where i come from..its only in the past year that I myself have become interested and serious about learning church history..which in turn has forced me to discard my former protestant foundation and re-think everything previously accepted as “Gospel” ..I think the vast majority of christians here in america know next to nothing of church history and could care less..its too ‘deep’ and confusing for most of us and invokes an uneasy vague fear (of change?)..We americans live in this shallowness by choice as not to infringe on our “right” to life ,liberty and the persuit of happiness in the here and now…We’re willing to be christian up to a point but anything beyond that is..well..a fanatic.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2011/01/26/newman-and-the-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-2039445 Sr. Cora Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:06:40 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=2749#comment-2039445 Congratulations, Mike! Great condensed article. Makes me want to read the original. Congratulations, Mike! Great condensed article. Makes me want to read the original.

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