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Originally Posted by votivesoul
Yeah, I'm not recommending the readings so as to feed the spirit of the minister, as much as I recommend them because they are the tomes that have shaped the history of all Western civilization after the Bible, and if a minister wants to know anything about what almost all Western Christianity believes, those books are the place to turn (good, bad, or indifferent).
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Absolutely. I haven't read Augustine's City of God yet, but his On Christian Doctrine I think is highly beneficial as well.
Ah, the Classics... too bad nobody writes that caliber anymore these days. We could sure use an apostolic Aquinas or Augustine or Chrysostom or...