Uptick in patristics and church-history resources
Key Questions
What divided Catholics and Protestants?
Key issues include sola scriptura vs. tradition, faith alone vs. works (Luther on James 2, Romans, Trent). Bible Hope TV traces Reformation schisms.
How did John Wesley approach Bible reading?
Wesley's radical Methodist method emphasized devotional, repeated reading. It resurfaces amid patristics uptick with Knox, Packer, Allison.
What early church figures address ecclesiology and creeds?
Ignatius on Eucharist/ecclesiology, Ambrose on Nicene/Arianism, Papias via Reeves. Classical theism from Damascus/Augustine ties in.
Ignatius/Ambrose/Augustine/schisms/Reformation (Wilson-Heschmeyer/Wesley/Luther)/Confessionalism (Packer/Allison). Bibliographies/primers.
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Updated Apr 8, 2026