Through the Church Fathers: January 17
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Through the Church Fathers: January 17
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Faith is not proven in abstraction but under pressure—when allegiance to Christ collides with fear, reputation, and power, the Church’s true center is revealed. In today’s readings, Polycarp stands unyielding before the flames, Augustine confesses how desire blinded him even while truth surrounded him, and Aquinas clarifies that God sustains all things without ever becoming one of their parts. Together, these texts confront the temptation to compromise—whether through coercion, appetite, or confusion about God’s nature—and call us to a faith that is whole, grounded, and unmixed.
Readings:
The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna Concerning the Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp (Chapters 8–14)
Augustine of Hippo, The Confessions, Book 2, Chapter 3 (Section 8)
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1, Question 3, Article 8 — Whether God Enters into the Composition of Other Things
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