Reading plan update

[chadwhitacre]

Write a post about the reading plan I'm embarked on, and the way I'm seeing it now with nested genres.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_History_(Eusebius)#See_also

Other early church historians:

• Socrates Scholasticus
• Sozomen
• Theodoret of Cyrus
• Rufinus of Aquileia (he added two books to his translation of Eusebius)
• Philostorgius
• Evagrius Scholasticus
• Zacharias Rhetor
• Theodorus Lector
• John of Ephesus
• Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
• Flavius Josephus
• Saint Hegisuppus
• Justin Irenaeus

[chadwhitacre]

Sent in email (August 16, 2022):

three already completed (italics), and six more I think I'll prioritize next (bold)
century - title, author

• I - Apostolic Fathers, various
• II - Apologies, etc. - Justin Martyr
• III - Apostolic Tradition, Hippolytus
• III - Philocalia, Origen (as edited by Basil and Gregory)
• IV - On the Incarnation, Athanasius
• IV - Hymns on Paradise, Ephrem the Syrian
• IV - Life of St. Anthony, Athanasius
• IV - History of the Church (vol 2), Eusebius
• IV - Commentary on Matthew, Hilary of Poitiers
• IV - On the Holy Spirit, Basil
• IV - On Christian Ethics, Basil
• IV - On Fasting and Feasts, Basil
• IV - Theological Orations, Gregory Nazianzen
• IV - Catechetical Discourse, Gregory of Nyssa
• IV - On Marriage and Family Life, John Chrysostom
• IV - On Wealth and Poverty, John Chrysostom
• IV - Letters to Olympia, John Chrysostom
• V/I - Complete Works, Dionysius the Areopagite
• V - On the Unity of Christ, Cyril of Alexandria
• V - Retractations, Augustine
• VI - Ladder of Divine Ascent, John Climacus
• IV-VI Sayings of the Desert Fathers, various
• VI - Responses to Thalassios, Maximos
• VII - Fount of Knowledge, John of Damascus
• VIII - Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede
• X - Hymns of Divine Eros, Symeon the New Theologian
• XIV - Triads, Gregory Palamas

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Of course, there are different answers to the question and much of it depends on what you're trying to gain. Doctrine? Ethics? Morals? Apologetics? There are so many directions to go with it.

Off the top of my head, I would add

• The Life of Macrina (Gregory of Nyssa)
• On the Unity of the Church (Cyprian of Carthage)
• Conferences (selected sections) (John Cassian)

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• Augustine, City of God
• Irenaeus Demonstration of Apostolic Teaching
• Nyssa, Life of Moses
• Chrysostom, Homilies on Biblical books (yup, a lot, I know!)
• Cassian, Conferences.

[chadwhitacre]

Also should catalog The Bookshelf™ here.

[chadwhitacre]

The Gospels

• https://www.orthodoxroad.com/orthodox-biblical-resources/

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• IV - St. John Chrysostom
  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John (alt, two)
• XI - St. Theophylact of Ochrid
  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John
• XIV - St. Gregory Palamas - homilies / sermons
• XX - Archbishop Averky - Four Gospels
• XX - Rod Whitacre - John
• XXI - Archbishop Dmitri - John
• XXI - Fr. Lawrence Farley
  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John