Put on your miner's caps, light 'em up and follow me. These timbers are old, the walls are crumbly, and the roof could cave in at any minute. Stay together and watch your step. We're about to enter...The Abandoned Mind!
Here is something worth checking out. It is a timeline of the Orthodox Church, with many imbedded links to lots of information. It provides a good overview of significant events between Pentecost and the present day.
posted by Fr. Michael Reagan @ 8:23 AM
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Yes, the title "The Abandoned Mind" is mostly a joke at my own expense. But, if I may say so, it also refers to the Mind of God--His will and purpose--which has also been abandoned by many contemporary folks, Christian and non-Christian alike, who prefer their own thoughts to the thoughts of their Creator.
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Well, that's just fascinating stuff. My *goodness* the people over at OrthodoxWiki are smart folks.
Unless I read the timeline wrong it seems to posit that Matthew wrote his gospel first. I have always been taught that Mark wrote first. Am I relying on outdated scholarship?
Hi Salvatore,
My understanding is that most of the earliest Christian fathers regarded Matthew as the first gospel written, whereas today some lean toward Mark as the first.
Thus your scholarship is not outdated but it would be interesting to know what it's conclusion is based upon, if not the testimony of the early Church.
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