The reason and reasoning behind the last two posts is perhaps to show the importance of the Apostolic Fathers in Church History. Now, more or less, as I have said before I believe that it is very significant to be clear about where Christianity comes from in history in order to know the strong foundation it has to build its future, ecumenically. Strong foundations as used in this previous thought can be the very earliest reason for Christianity’s existence. It is my belief that documentation is more than enough proof as to why Christianity should exist and why it exists. But, in the book I am writing with the same title as this blog, I wanted to show a transitional period that begins where the New Testament Canon ends without jumping 200 years to the Edict of Milan and the subsequent Ecumenical Councils, or perhaps even worse at the Reformation which is where perhaps many Protestants or Evangelicals I have known would prefer Church history would begin. Please, if you are my Protestant or Evangelical brother or sister, do not take the previous comment the wrong way, but sometimes growing up with an Evangelical background this was the feeling I got. It seems like the book of Acts ended and the Reformation began, and the period in between was the Dark Ages. Excuse me, but we have enough documentation to show it was not a dark age, altogether. Although, when I eventually cover the Crusades it will seem like the very darkest of ages, perhaps. Of course, some Christian denominations cover more of the entire spectrum of Christian history in their teachings or catechism, and I commend this very much. I hope you enjoyed my comments…blessings!
I said: I wanted to show a transitional period that begins where the New Testament Canon ends without jumping 200 years to the Edict of Milan and the subsequent Ecumenical Councils. Of course, this transitional period was the period of growth in Christianity, and for some perhaps brief periods there were many who became martyrs. I may actually document some of them on here. The Orthodox Church, for instance, has much of this well documented on some of their websites. Blessings and I hope you have enjoyed some of the things I have written thus far.
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