Judy wrote: > I am amazed that anyone reading Church history > would want to hold the early fathers in such honor > and follow their example. With their politics, heresy > hunting, banishing those who didn't agree with them > etc. Where is the love? and faith for that matter. > Why choose "dead orthodoxy" over a "living God?"
You are either over-generalizing, or confusing the emperors of Rome starting with Constantine with the church fathers. Clement of Rome, one of the first church fathers, was nothing like you describe here, neither was Polycarp, and many of the later church fathers were the subjects of heresy hunting, being banished themselves like the apostle John was. This is not meant to say that all the church fathers were great men of God, but your characterization makes them all evil, and that is not even close to being the case, as any student of Church history knows. When you talk about church fathers, you are including men who were martyred for their faith in Jesus. They deserve much more respect and honor than you afford them here. I can only assume that you are ignorant of their biographies and teachings. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
