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Merry Christmas! Christanon 12/25/17 (Mon) 19:55:03 29f89e No.578533

Have an infograph

Christanon 12/25/17 (Mon) 19:59:54 2c4c07 No.578536

>>578533

This is based, but I don't know why you titled it "the development of Christian doctrine."

Either way, fantastic list. Why did you order the Scriptures in that order though?

Christanon 12/25/17 (Mon) 20:03:48 2c4c07 No.578539

>>578536

By the way, why are there no Protestant authors? I'm sure this list can be expanded.

Christanon 12/25/17 (Mon) 20:14:02 29f89e No.578543

>>578536

It’s meant to show Christian and philosophical thinking throughout the ages with the intent of coming to truth, and important historical texts along the way. The easiest and quickest term is just “The Development of Christian Doctrine,” unless I can think of something better.

Scriptures are ordered in the supposed order they were written. The specific list I chose was on Biblegateway, it conformed to most the other lists I found

>>578539

I planned on having this list go on through the reformation and the counter reformation, but it became so big my photo editing software made me size it down. I’m gonna still do an infograph on the reformation, but it’s gonna be separate from this one

Christanon 12/25/17 (Mon) 20:28:18 2c4c07 No.578548

>>578543

We can't know for sure the dating of these texts though, because they often rely on even earlier, oral traditions that got put together.

It might be better to simply order them in the canonical order, then add the deuterocanonical books at the end.

By the way, what is the influence of Marcus Aurelius and of Proclus on Christian doctrine?

Christanon 12/25/17 (Mon) 20:54:16 93a71d No.578558

Wonderful, next sunday I'll be done with the new testament, so this comes quite handy right now

>>578548

They both represent the world the early church finds itself in.

Basically two philosophies dominated western intellectual thought: Stoicism and Neo-plantonism.

And the early church fathers had to deal with them, refute and correct them when necessary, so it makes sense to know what ideas they are up against.

Christanon 12/25/17 (Mon) 21:10:18 29f89e No.578560

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>>578548

Marcus Aurelius was a stoic. Many early Christians were ex-stoics who viewed Christianity as a more complete form of their old philosophy. Origen is a famous example.

Many of Proclus's metaphysical beliefs were expounded upon by Pseudo-Dionysius, who viewed them through a Christian lens. Because of that, I thought they were important to include.

Also, I realized I cut off the names of some post-Nicene books, such as the ones of St. Ephrem. Here's a better version

Christanon 12/25/17 (Mon) 21:20:01 2c4c07 No.578564

>>578560

Also, the Philokalia covers many authors, so they should be listed at the bottom as a note IMO. They are, for the volumes published in English so far:

St. Isaiah the Solitary

Evagrius the Solitary

St. John Cassian

St. Mark the Ascetic

St. Hesychios the Priest

St. Neilos the Ascetic

St. Diadochos of Photiki

St. John of Karpathos

St. Antony the Great

St. Theodoros of Edessa

St. Maximos the Confessor

Thalassios the Libyan

St. John of Damascus

St. Theognostos

St. Philotheos of Sinai

Ilias the Presbyter

Theophanis the Monk

St. Peter of Damascus

St. Symeon the Metaphrast

St. Symeon the New Theologian

Nikitas Stithatos

Theoliptos of Philadelphia

Nikiphoros the Monk

St. Gregory of Sinai

St. Gregory Palamas