Miscelaneous Links and Study Helps

A collection of resources that have been shared during class or in subsequent discussions.

Patristics

Some of our primary references for the patristics study.

• Immaculate Conception Church, Patristics Study Notes, our main page for reading assignments and a rough schedule.
• New Advent, the primary source for our reading material. Includes a section with Thomas Aquinas' Summa and a Catholic Encyclopedia.
• The Original Catholic Encyclopedia is an excellent resource now available. The Curriculum on Patrology is of special interest.
• Fathers Timeline, a slick little timeline from Steve Ray of the Apostolic Fathers in our study.
• Fathers Know Best, a collection of quotes from the fathers organized by topics.

General

General study notes or discussion topics from class tangential discussions.

• Other Studies Offered through Immaculate Conception Church in Lexington, Missouri
• Catechism of the Catholic Church, a searchable version of everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask.
• Latin Prayers
• Life of Paul Timeline, from Steve Ray's website
• A Tiptoe through TULIP, a great little tidbit from Jim Akin that compares Calvin and Aquinas on predestination

"Faith seeks understanding": it is intrinsic to faith that a believer desires to know better the One in whom he has put his faith, and to understand better what He has revealed; a more penetrating knowledge will in turn call forth a greater faith, increasingly set afire by love. The grace of faith opens "the eyes of your hearts" to a lively understanding of the contents of Revelation: that is, of the totality of God's plan and the mysteries of faith, of their connection with each other and with Christ, the center of the revealed mystery. "The same Holy Spirit constantly perfects faith by his gifts, so that Revelation may be more and more profoundly understood." In the words of St. Augustine, "I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe." - CCC 158