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I've read very little of the church fathers (I think only De Incarnatione and Confessions, which are currently at my bedside) but basically every Protestant denomination except maybe Anglicanism is beginning to seem untenable and I need to read something very old, patristic, etc.
I know the Orthodox particularly venerate St. Basil and John Chrysostom, and presumably others that I don't know about, but my question is this: if you were to read a handful of books (~1000 pages' worth?) by the Church Fathers, especially the Fathers which are most important to the Eastern Church, which would they be? I've read that St. Basil's On the Holy Spirit is very good, but that's really all I know. Thanks in advance for any responses; any advice would be a great help to me.
Also, if you read this far, are there any slightly more modern books which might be helpful for someone trying to learn about Orthodoxy? I'm really not sure about anything anymore except the Nicene Creed (and not even the filioque, haha) so if you could keep that in mind I would appreciate it. If you feel like it, you could pray for me too--I'm not sure if I'm allowed to ask for prayer but it's a Christian forum so it has to be ok, right?
I know the Orthodox particularly venerate St. Basil and John Chrysostom, and presumably others that I don't know about, but my question is this: if you were to read a handful of books (~1000 pages' worth?) by the Church Fathers, especially the Fathers which are most important to the Eastern Church, which would they be? I've read that St. Basil's On the Holy Spirit is very good, but that's really all I know. Thanks in advance for any responses; any advice would be a great help to me.
Also, if you read this far, are there any slightly more modern books which might be helpful for someone trying to learn about Orthodoxy? I'm really not sure about anything anymore except the Nicene Creed (and not even the filioque, haha) so if you could keep that in mind I would appreciate it. If you feel like it, you could pray for me too--I'm not sure if I'm allowed to ask for prayer but it's a Christian forum so it has to be ok, right?