Since I could first remember I have always been quick to frustration. And in twenty years of life I have discovered that starting back at the beginning is the perfect remedy. In the case of religion, my conversion to Catholicism was begun by that very method. Now on my road - to perhaps - the Church life I am starting at the beginning once again and taking a look at the writings of the early Church fathers. Though I am keen on spending money at Barnes & Noble, I am ever more enthusiastic to find books for free online.

For anyone interested in theology or the beginnings of the Church and her authors, I recommend going to www.ccel.org. It has volumes of Church history and early writings that are available in hard copy for a cost, or several online encodings such as PDF, Microsoft Reader, htm, eBook, UTF and XML (Theological Markup Language. Some of these books give a surprisingly familiar look at our Church today. Hope you will all take a look.

Posted in: on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at at 9:35 PM