This coming Tuesday we are going to begin a study/prayer/devotional group which will focus on the faith and practice of the early Christians. "Early" is a relative term; we will be looking at the life of the Church in the first six centuries. Jaroslav Pelikan, in the introduction to his History of Christian Doctrine quoted the thought that “Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.”
In light of this, I hope that we will gather at least two things from this series of studies: an understanding of the faith of the early Church, and a deepening of our own faith as we learn of the prayer, practice and devotional life of those who have gone before us. So this study is not only informational (which I trust it will be) but also transformational. It will engage the living faith of those early Christians, with a view to how our own faith can be enriched.
Starts September 16 @ 7 pm. Location: St Timothy's parish (8420-145 St). Everyone welcome. I'll try to post a general outline when I have it completed.
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