Yes I was cut off from Christian history when I was a Protestant and I was often left groping around in the dark and reinventing the wheel when I should have been growing in my faith. Without studying the Apostolic Fathers, I was left without understanding of my Christian heritage.
I am reading Origen of Alexandria right now, and I am gaining a great deal of understanding, which I was not taught as a Presbyterian.
Have you read church history? Do you understand how doctrines like the Trinity and the Incarnation of Christ were developed? Have you read about the council of Nicene?
As the US stumbles through the presidency of a man who has no understanding/interest in the history of the US or of western civilization, I have realized that many Americans are living their lives disconnected from history.
Is history important? Are we supposed to just wing it? Without any idea about the people who lived before us?
is anti-intellectualism going to be our downfall?
I am reading Origen of Alexandria right now, and I am gaining a great deal of understanding, which I was not taught as a Presbyterian.
Have you read church history? Do you understand how doctrines like the Trinity and the Incarnation of Christ were developed? Have you read about the council of Nicene?
As the US stumbles through the presidency of a man who has no understanding/interest in the history of the US or of western civilization, I have realized that many Americans are living their lives disconnected from history.
Is history important? Are we supposed to just wing it? Without any idea about the people who lived before us?
is anti-intellectualism going to be our downfall?