Category Archives: Patristics

Who’s your daddy? St. Polycarp

Posted on February 23, 2011 by This Restless Pilgrim

Today is the feast day of St. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna. Contrary to the insistence of some of my friends, “Polycarp” does not mean “much fish” 😉 Rather, his name means “much fruit”, an appropriate appellation for a man whose life was full … Continue reading →

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Which father are you?

Posted on December 12, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

A few years ago, even before I even really knew the Early Church Fathers, I took the quiz “Which Church Father Are You?“.  I took it again yesterday and got the same answer I got the first time around: “You’re … Continue reading →

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Early Church Fathers, Love & Romance

Posted on December 7, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

Yesterday’s post was rather long, so I’ll keep this one nice and short. After the Office Christmas Party this weekend one of my coworkers, Kevin, and his girlfriend got engaged.  This put me in mind of two of my favourite quotations … Continue reading →

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In the midst of busyness, a happy thought

Posted on November 19, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

Okay, so I’ve been crazy-busy over the last few weeks (I hope to explain why sometime next week), but I just had a nice piece of news drop into my RSS Reader – “The Fathers Know Best” is currently being … Continue reading →

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iPatristrics

Posted on October 21, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

Previously I had posted the feed for my recordings of the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch.  However, it just got even easier!  It is now possible to find that feed through Apple’s iTunes Store 🙂 You can either search … Continue reading →

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Beginning Ignatius’ letter to Polycarp

Posted on October 18, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

Well, we’re finally here!  The last letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch!  I’m posting this a bit earlier than usual because the next couple of weeks are going to be rather busy. Each of the Ignatius’ letters are special for … Continue reading →

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Set Up iTunes Feed…

Posted on October 16, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

It’s probably worth mentioning that I’ve created an RSS feed to allow people to subscribe to the St. Ignatius podcasts in iTunes: If you have problems with this, or don’t use iTunes, simply point your media player software towards: http://www.trycatch.net/audio/ignatius/IgnatiusOfAntioch.rss

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Beginning Ignatius’ letter to the Smyrnaeans

Posted on October 16, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

The final two letters of St. Ignatius which we read are both sent to the city of Smyrna.  The first letter is sent to the Church as a whole, the second specifically to their bishop, Polycarp. This first letter is … Continue reading →

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Beginning Ignatius’ letter to the Philadelphians

Posted on October 12, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

Ignatius is moving! Thus far we have been reading the letters this inspirational martyr wrote from the city of Smyrna, but we must now follow him to Troas where he will write his last three letters before completing his journey … Continue reading →

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Beginning Ignatius’ letter to the Ephesians

Posted on October 5, 2010 by This Restless Pilgrim

This week in the JP2 Group we will be continuing our study of the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch, martyr of the early 2nd Century. Last week we read his words to the Trallians where Ignatius presents unity with the bishop … Continue reading →

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