Apologia for the Fathers - A Defense of the Early Church Fathers

I have already made the calls that no way am I going to work tomorrow. Hopefully I will be back up to snuff by Tuesday. However before I go nap for a couple of hours(medicine making me sleepy) I saw this interesting piece by a Orthodox Blogger defending the Early Church Fathers.

In his first paragraph he states:
Christ is in our midst!
There are some in this day and age who calumniate and malign the holy Fathers of the Church, in an attempt to deny the doctrine they preached as truly Apostolic. This criticism may range from the mild, that the Fathers were “erroneously influenced,” to the truly sinister accusations, such as that the Fathers were pagans, conspirators, and so on. It is a dangerous error to so lightly dismiss the early Christian writers, as, if their teachings truly reflect the Tradition of the Apostles, then many professed followers of Christ are in serious error as to their faith and worshop.
A close study of the Fathers, and examination of the arguments against their instruction, will swiftly reveal the error of those who protest their Tradition. Let us, then, examine the merits of the Fathers and the fallacies of their detractors.

I think it is a pretty good short read. The fact is that the re discovery of the Church Fathers by many Christians have got many taking another look at what it means to be Christian and what is Church. The internet is playing a huge role in this. Some have said "well look they are all wrong and it just shows the Church of Christ went off the rails right away". SO PLEASE QUIT TALKING ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS REAL PRESENCE, BISHOPS, PRIESTHOOD, SACRAMENTS, and other Popish things.

Oh well they are not going away. This is a good piece to read in case you encounter the above reaction.