Reading together?

[Macrina]

Sorry, I'm not sure I know what that means... I just wanted to know if it wasn't an invite only sort of a thing among friends.

Threads with [OPEN] in the title are open to non-Christians as well as Christians.


It is certainly NOT invite-only. I'm hoping that we can get a lot of folks together -- the more the merrier! I'm especially hoping that we will gather people from various Christian traditions together, since these are faith resources we can all share and enjoy together.

All are welcome.

 

[a_ntv]

Sorry, I'm not sure I know what that means... I just wanted to know if it wasn't an invite only sort of a thing among friends.

A thread is [OPEN] when it is open also to not-christians, even if it is a christian-only forum (see rule 1.3).

Sorry, that is what I understood of your previous post, because it is obvious that you, and any other christian who like the ECFs, are warmly wellcomed to partecipate to the reading-thread

 

[Macrina]

Hey everybody -- Feel free to spread the word to others you think may not have heard of this, but would be interested in joining in.

 

[Sojourner<><]

Threads with [OPEN] in the title are open to non-Christians as well as Christians.


It is certainly NOT invite-only. I'm hoping that we can get a lot of folks together -- the more the merrier! I'm especially hoping that we will gather people from various Christian traditions together, since these are faith resources we can all share and enjoy together.

All are welcome.

Great sounds like fun

 

[CalmInTheStorm]

I am in, and I will be talking to a couple people from my church about joining up, this is way exciting for me... guess I have to go find this book before saturday, so I can read the first two parts before Monday... I have a meeting Monday night, so expect replies on part one to come on Tuesday from me... but I know nothing of our founding fathers, so my comments are most likely to be in the form of questions. You guys rock, and I can't wait to start the group.

Blessings
-Chris

 

[CalmInTheStorm]

Is this the thread we are going to be talking about the book on, or are you creating a new thread, I just want to make sure I subscribe to it, to get the e-mail notification. Thx!

Blessings
-Chris

 

[Macrina]

I am in, and I will be talking to a couple people from my church about joining up, this is way exciting for me... guess I have to go find this book before saturday, so I can read the first two parts before Monday... I have a meeting Monday night, so expect replies on part one to come on Tuesday from me... but I know nothing of our founding fathers, so my comments are most likely to be in the form of questions. You guys rock, and I can't wait to start the group.

Blessings
-Chris

There's a link in my signature to a free online copy at a great resource site.

I imagine we'll all be asking a lot of questions -- at least, that's what should make for good discussion!

Is this the thread we are going to be talking about the book on, or are you creating a new thread, I just want to make sure I subscribe to it, to get the e-mail notification. Thx!

Blessings
-Chris

I will link to the thread from here, so being subscribed to this thread, you'll know about it.

And then every week I'll link the new thread from the previous one.

 

[CalmInTheStorm]

And here I thought I was going to have to go out and buy the book... thanks for pointing out the second link in your signature I would of never known. Alrighty, I should be working now... lalala... okay, focus. Thx for the quick reply Macrina.

Blessings
-Chris

 

[NewToLife]

I'm interested in this too, as long as i have the time i will participate. I think this can be a useful and interesting experience all around.

 

[a_ntv]

I think that the English of the site http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf204.vii.ii.ii.html is extremly difficoult.
This other site has the same tranlation: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2802.htm, and also this one http://www.monachos.net/library/Athanasius_of_Alexandria,_On_the_Incarnation_of_the_Word

This site has an easier language: http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/athanasius/incarnation/incarnation.1.htm

 

[Macrina]

I think that the English of the site http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf204.vii.ii.ii.html is extremly difficoult.
This other site has the same tranlation: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2802.htm, and also this one http://www.monachos.net/library/Athanasius_of_Alexandria,_On_the_Incarnation_of_the_Word

This site has an easier language: http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/athanasius/incarnation/incarnation.1.htm

Thanks, that does look better!

 

[eccl12.13]

hey, i would like to join this reading/discussion group. i have never read theological works of any sort before so am glad that the consensus is to start with something good for "beginners". i am looking forward to getting my toes wet in this area of christianity.

also, question: are we supposed to have read the first two chapters or the first two sections of chapter one? Like, each chapter is divided into § 1, § 2, etc. Please advise so i read the right parts.

 

[Macrina]

hey, i would like to join this reading/discussion group. i have never read theological works of any sort before so am glad that the consensus is to start with something good for "beginners". i am looking forward to getting my toes wet in this area of christianity.

also, question: are we supposed to have read the first two chapters or the first two sections of chapter one? Like, each chapter is divided into § 1, § 2, etc. Please advise so i read the right parts.

I'm glad you're joining us!

I haven't read Athanasius before, so I'm looking forward to expanding my horizons. I think we'll have people with all different levels of experience in theological study, and we'll all need to help each other out.

About chapters: Yes. If you follow the link in my signature, one chapter will come up as a single page, divided into different sections. Then the next page has chapter two. After the first week, we'll talk about whether or not that is a good amount to read and discuss weekly.

 

[eccl12.13]

k, awesome. will do. and thanks for the warm welcome.

 

[Willtor]

Oh, yes! I love this book. This is a really good idea, Mac!

 

[a_ntv]

countdown: - 2 days to the first post with the first two §

 

[Macrina]

countdown: - 2 days to the first post with the first two §

Hee hee! Someone's excited!

 

[Sojourner<><]

Hee hee! Someone's excited!

Wait a sec... we're reading two chapters right???

 

[Macrina]

Wait a sec... we're reading two chapters right???

That's the plan, isn't it?

 

[Sojourner<><]

That's the plan, isn't it?

Well, that's what I thought... A_ntv just mentioned something about reading only two sections, which, according to the link he provided, is the first five paragraphs of chapter 1.