In January, I enrolled in the Diocese of Fond du Lac’s Deacons’ School. I lasted two months, not because I couldn’t hack it, but because it seemed to not be the time for me to continue towards ordination. One of the great gifts of my brief time, besides the awesome students and instructors, were the books. Its always interesting to think about or consider what are the ‘basic texts’ in any subject. The choices made can tell a lot about where a person is coming from.
One of the choices for Theology, taught by the Rev. Dean Einerson, Rector of St. Augustine’s, Rhinelander, is ‘Faith and Practice‘ by the Rt. Rev. Frank E. Wilson, who was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Eau Claire.
I find its insights on the most basic of Christian doctirne and understanding to be pretty much epiphanal, snf I have continued my reading in this book.
I thought I would share some of the better quotes I have discovered.
“Christianity does not say that all other religions are wrong. It simply says they are inadequate.”
“Christ did not come to give religion to a world which had no religion. He came to fulfill the spiritual aspirations of all of them-more especially those of the Hebrews because they had already outstripped the others.”
”The important consideration is not how far we have gone, but whether we are going in the right direction.”
“Somewheere G.K. Chesterton has written-’It is the saint who tries to get his head in the heavens; it is the atheist who tries to get the heavens into his head; and it is his head that splits.’”
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