In our last post we looked at a fascinating collection of books written in the period of time just after the death of the apostles: The Apostolic Fathers. These books were not included in the canon for a variety of reasons, mostly because they were not apostolic in origin. They are still fascinating to consider: […]
Books that Didn’t Make the Cut: The Didache
April 7, 2016 By Rich Herbster
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Books that Didn’t Make the Cut: The Apostolic Fathers
March 30, 2016 By Rich Herbster
We place a lot of emphasis on the importance of our Founding Fathers (or we did as a culture until quite recently in our history – dead white males of European descent are really passé these days). There are good reasons for this: these important men (no sexism intended, most of them did happen to […]
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