Obviously it’s no small thing trying to figure out the whole of history and how biblical history and the history of the church fits into it. My project is meant to help in that direction if you follow the books in the order I have laid out here:
What a great summary of this complex historical time! Each week i try to cover a topic of interest (just finished a few weeks on the big three creeds) and this week the virgin birth is on the docket. I feel like outside the church people struggle with this but we never talk about it inside the church, kind of just taking this for granted, when maybe we shouldn’t.
Wonderful introduction, Jacob, thank you. This is high on my TBR and I'm planning to purchase a stack of books soon through your link. I have been wanting to figure which books I ought to read to better understand the entirety of history and the overarching history of the church. For a bit of background on my particular case, I plodded through the public school system, very poorly, I'd say, and became a Christian as an adult, I'm now a homeschooling mother of five and I have a great desire to learn again. I am utterly out of my depth when any nuance of denomination is touched upon because I haven't studied the great old books, and I know very little about the history of the church. Where would you say to start?
Obviously it’s no small thing trying to figure out the whole of history and how biblical history and the history of the church fits into it. My project is meant to help in that direction if you follow the books in the order I have laid out here:
https://stgb.substack.com/p/humane-letters-great-books
This link may also be helpful:
https://stgb.substack.com/p/great-books-and-stgb-timeline
Just don’t feel rushed. Take your time. We never stop learning and growing.
If you want a quick start on getting a picture of the history of the world you could read this series:
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome https://a.co/d/fh8xzpM
A fine summation!
You can see the Milvian Bridge (Ponte Milvio) from my cousin's apartment in Rome. I used to look at it when I was young and wonder...
That’s amazing!
What a great summary of this complex historical time! Each week i try to cover a topic of interest (just finished a few weeks on the big three creeds) and this week the virgin birth is on the docket. I feel like outside the church people struggle with this but we never talk about it inside the church, kind of just taking this for granted, when maybe we shouldn’t.
We definitely shouldn’t. I think a lot of Christian’s don’t realize its importance either. Christ avoids the sinful nature of Adam in this way.
Arius was a presbyter, not a bishop, but other than that, this was an outstanding post!
You are 100% right! I knew that, but said the wrong thing. I'll go correct it. Thanks for the catch!
Of course!
Wonderful introduction, Jacob, thank you. This is high on my TBR and I'm planning to purchase a stack of books soon through your link. I have been wanting to figure which books I ought to read to better understand the entirety of history and the overarching history of the church. For a bit of background on my particular case, I plodded through the public school system, very poorly, I'd say, and became a Christian as an adult, I'm now a homeschooling mother of five and I have a great desire to learn again. I am utterly out of my depth when any nuance of denomination is touched upon because I haven't studied the great old books, and I know very little about the history of the church. Where would you say to start?
Thanks for that wonderfully interesting explanation.